Chapter 223: Chapter 223

"As long as you let my son go, you can do whatever you want with me."

Sienna Quinn had completely lost her posture; she just wanted to protect Evan Quinn and ensure he wasn’t harmed.

Vera Yates looked at Sienna’s current state, still unable to understand why a woman like her clung to Landon Lawson.

Clearly, she wasn’t as beautiful as she was, nor in better shape, yet she couldn’t fathom why Felix Orwell’s attention always lingered on this woman.

He even allowed her to bear his son.

The more Vera thought about it, the more unwilling she felt. Why not her? What was Vera Yates lacking?

With those thoughts, she looked at Sienna with even more loathing.

At this moment, she was done with pretense, fully revealing her true self.

"You’ll give me anything I want?" Vera started slowly at Sienna before her.

"Yes." Sienna felt a bit hopeful, thinking Vera had wavered.

"What can you give me? Or rather... if I want Landon Lawson to love me, can you give me that?" Vera’s words began to surge with emotion.

Sienna hadn’t expected Vera to speak such words.

Her entire heart froze. Follow current novels on novel{f}ire.net

"I can give you whatever I have; others have nothing to do with me." Sienna took a deep breath.

"I couldn’t care less about your things. I just want Landon’s heart, I want him to love me, I want him to only see me!"

Sienna felt Vera was on the verge of a breakdown; her emotions were too extreme. Her unfulfilled desires and patience over the past five years had twisted Vera’s psyche, and once such suppressed emotions erupted, it was terrifying.

Especially since Sienna had returned, noticing Landon’s eyes only for this woman she once trampled beneath her feet.

Vera’s self-esteem was wholly triggered at that moment.

Seeing Vera’s nearly frantic demeanor, Sienna felt a growing fear and unease.

Sure enough, Vera’s voice drifted into her ears.

"Take the child out first. It’s too bloody; after all, it’s not suitable for children."

This sentence made Sienna shiver all over.

"Where are you taking my son?" Sienna held Evan tightly, not letting anyone approach.

No matter how the men pulled, Sienna didn’t let go.

Vera impatiently waved her hand, and a man immediately stepped forward.

He kicked Sienna hard in the stomach.

The sudden kick painfully made Sienna loosen her grip, though she quickly clenched it again.

But it was too late; the men had already pulled Evan away, creating some distance between her and her son.

Somehow, a knife had appeared in Vera’s hand.

Two men held Sienna down from either side, immobilizing her entirely.

Vera, holding the knife, walked towards Sienna, naked hatred quite apparent.

Sienna started to tremble all over when Vera suddenly stopped.

"If you personally ruin your face, I might consider sparing your son."

Sienna looked at the person in front of her, scarcely believing why this woman would be so vicious.

She looks so harmless, yet her heart is this malicious.

"As long as you guarantee my son’s safety, this face means nothing." Sienna looked at Vera, knowing as long as her son was safe, keeping her face was useless.

Just as Vera handed the knife to Sienna, she swiftly turned it, aiming the blade at Sienna’s neck.

"Your face is useless, and your life too."

Vera’s words seemed to mean nothing as if it wasn’t a human life but just drinking a glass of water.

Sienna closed her eyes, her mind flashing with images of her family. In the end, only her son and Landon’s face remained.

Sienna bitterly shook her head, realizing all along, there was still a place for that man in her heart.

Just as Sienna thought her life would end here.

She hadn’t expected that at the final moment of her life, she would still think of Landon.

Was he truly that important? Even living through two lives, she couldn’t escape the fate of loving him.

Seeing Sienna only fueled Vera’s anger.

"Why are you pretending to be so noble, aren’t you afraid?"

"As long as my son is safe, I have nothing to fear."

Just as Vera was about to make a move to deal with Sienna, the door suddenly got kicked open from the outside.

Felix Orwell kicked open the door, seeing Vera with a knife at Sienna’s neck, and his pupils dilated, heart skipping a beat.

He quickly came over and kicked Vera aside, the knife being knocked away.

Felix’s people had also pinned down everyone Vera had called.

"Are you okay?" Felix looked at Sienna’s disheveled state, worriedly asking.

"I’m fine." Sienna’s thoughts were solely on her son; she had no mind to care if she was hurt or not.

Vera got up from the floor, glanced at the suddenly appearing Felix, and frowned, knowing she wouldn’t succeed today.

At this moment, all of Felix’s attention was on Sienna. After rolling her eyes, Vera quietly slipped away.

Felix’s sudden appearance pulled the near-desperate Sienna, once again forcefully from the brink of death.

Although filled with gratitude towards Felix, Sienna didn’t have time to thank him. Felix’s people brought Evan over.

Sienna, her face full of tears, picked up her son, her nose twitching, then cried sorrowfully onto Chloe’s small body.

Although Evan was usually a very strong little boy, he was only 5 years old. The sudden upheaval really scared him, but seeing his mother so sad, Evan felt heartbroken.

Evan stretched his chubby little hand, gently caressing his mother’s smooth hair, and then, with a calm face, spoke to the sorrow-stricken Sienna.

"Mommy, I’m sorry, it’s my fault. I didn’t fulfill my duties as a man, didn’t protect you well. Please rest assured, from today onwards, I will do my utmost not to let you suffer any harm again, I will ensure you don’t feel this pain again. I will find a way to bring those bad guys to justice!"

Seeing her son so sensible, Sienna felt even more unworthy as a mother; she couldn’t even guarantee her son’s safety, so what else could she do?

No wonder in the previous life she and her son met with such a tragic end. If she continued down this path of cowardice, this life wouldn’t end much better than the last.

Thinking this, Sienna didn’t know from where she gathered the courage, but she suddenly lifted her head, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, her eyes filled with burning anger, and solemnly spoke to Evan standing before her.