Bankrupt Tycoon? No Problem – This Villainess Will Make Him Rich Again

Chapter 183: Chapter 186: Cecilia Quincy Is Beaten

"Bro, your leg still hasn’t healed!" Lynn Preston was frantic, rushing to follow him.

"Sonia... Sonia!!"

Felix Preston limped frantically to the stretcher, shoved Mina Jennings aside, and took Sonia Quincy’s hand in his.

Looking at Sonia’s deathly pale face, the words Felix had prepared for so long were suddenly stuck in his throat.

"Sonia..." His throat convulsed a few times before he could force out her name. "Sonia, I’m sorry."

A thousand words rushed to his lips, but all that came out was a choked, "I’m sorry, I’m so sorry..."

He apologized to Sonia, full of regret. The moment he remembered how he’d ignored her while sulking, he wanted nothing more than to slap himself.

"I’m sorry, Sonia. It’s all my fault... I shouldn’t have been sulking with you. I shouldn’t have ignored you. I’m sorry..."

Hot tears blurred Felix’s vision. Unable to see Sonia’s face clearly, he could only reach out a trembling hand to gently caress her cheek.

Sonia’s face was so cold, so icy it made him shiver.

Sonia had known he was there for a while, but the pain in her abdomen was so intense that she only now had the strength to open her eyes.

"Hmph..." She managed a smile through the pain and said proudly, "Felix Preston, your wife isn’t a bad woman. She’s an incredibly talented jewelry designer..."

"She is!" Felix nodded, agreeing earnestly and firmly. "My wife is incredible. She’s simply the most amazing, most outstanding person I’ve ever met."

"You can talk more after the patient gives birth." The doctor had given them enough time and now had to get Sonia into the ambulance.

Felix didn’t dare delay. The moment the doctor finished speaking, he quickly kissed the back of Sonia’s hand, then let go and stepped aside.

"Sonia Quincy!! You fucking wait and see!!"

Cecilia Quincy burst out of the studio like a madwoman. Seeing Sonia being loaded into the ambulance, she ran toward it, screaming curses.

When Felix heard her voice, his tear-filled eyes instantly turned cold.

He stood his ground, making sure Sonia was safely in the ambulance before slowly turning to face the lunatic running toward him.

"Sonia, you set me up! How dare you set me up!!"

Cecilia was still lost in a blind rage from being outmaneuvered by Sonia. She didn’t even notice someone suddenly dash in front of Felix. The moment she got close, a hand flew out and struck her across the face without warning.

SMACK!

A sharp, crisp sound.

Cecilia’s body lurched sideways, and she fell right into a bystander who was watching the drama unfold.

The bystander kindly helped her up, only to be shoved away violently.

"You fucking dare to hit me?!" She clutched her stinging cheek, staring in disbelief at Lynn Preston, who had slapped her.

Lynn said nothing, simply raising her hand and slapping Cecilia’s other cheek.

SMACK!

This one was even louder than the last.

Cecilia was completely stunned.

Lynn took a step forward, her gaze icy as she stared at her. "That first slap was for my brother. This one was for my sister-in-law. Cecilia Quincy, you’re really fucking asking for it!"

"..." Cecilia gritted her teeth, her face a mask of venomous hatred.

Lynn continued, "You had the choice to be a decent human being, but you insisted on being a demon. The fact that I haven’t slapped your face to a pulp just means I’m holding back!"

"...AAAAAAHHHH!!!" After a few seconds of silence, Cecilia broke down, screaming.

"Bullies! You’re all bullying me!!!" she shrieked, her eyes red as she cried, looking so pathetic and helpless you’d think she was the one who had been grievously wronged.

"Heh..." Lynn scoffed, rolled her eyes at her, and then looked away, not even bothering to spare her another glance.

Her face ached terribly, but her heart ached even more.

’Ethan Lockwood’s heartlessness, the ugly curses from the livestream, Sonia’s smug look when she saw my downfall, the humiliating slaps from Lynn Preston and Renee Sinclair... All the voices that despised and mocked me came flooding back.’ Unable to contain her resentment, she started screaming like a madwoman.

"Die! Everyone who bullied me can just go die!"

"Sonia Quincy! Don’t even think about having that baby safely! Don’t even think about making it out of that delivery room! You and your bastard spawn must die! You must die—"

Cecilia was so engrossed in her cursing that she didn’t even notice when Felix Preston had walked up to her.

She was panting heavily, her mouth wide open to continue, but the next second—

SMACK!

Felix swung his arm and slapped her.

A full-force slap from an enraged adult man was completely different from the slaps delivered by Renee Sinclair and Lynn Preston.

At first, Cecilia didn’t feel pain. Her entire cheek just went numb, and then she was sent sprawling to the ground.

She couldn’t get up right away. Her head was spinning, and a faint ringing echoed in her ears.

"..." She shook her head, trying to clear it. But once the dizziness subsided, the pain set in. Her face hurt, her mouth hurt, her head hurt—everything hurt.

"You... you dare hit me..." She gaped, looking up at Felix’s grim face. "Felix Preston, you actually hit a woman!! Have you no shame?!"

Felix looked down at her, his expression impassive. "You were maliciously cursing my wife and my child. You think I care whether you’re a woman or not when I hit you?"

"You—" Cecilia seethed, but she didn’t dare talk back.

Felix said, "If I hear you curse my wife and child again, I’ll hit you again."

"..." Cecilia bit her lip hard, not daring to say another word.

Felix’s slap had been vicious. One side of her face was badly swollen, the corner of her mouth was split open, and the nauseating taste of blood filled her mouth.

She was beaten into submission. Even though she was seething with indignation, she no longer dared to defy Felix.

Felix shot her a warning glare, then turned and climbed into the ambulance.

WEE-WOO, WEE-WOO...

The ambulance sped away with its siren blaring. Lynn Preston and Jasper Linden jogged back to their car and gave chase.

"Take my car to the hospital," Renee Sinclair said to Mina Jennings and the others, pulling a car key from her coat pocket.

Mina hadn’t even had time to grab her phone; she just ran off with Renee.

The main players in the drama left one after another, leaving only a pathetic Cecilia Quincy sitting in front of the studio.

The crowd of onlookers, feeling there was nothing more to see, began to disperse.

But just then, a huge wave of reporters holding cameras suddenly appeared, swarming toward the studio.

Cecilia was stunned for only a moment before the reporters completely surrounded her.

"Miss Cecilia Quincy, did you cause Sonia Quincy’s premature labor? Did you hit her out of shame and anger?"

"Miss Cecilia, are the things Sonia Quincy revealed on her livestream true? Did you really start as the other woman?"

"Miss Cecilia, why did you deliberately frame Sonia? Do you really hate her that much?"

"Miss Cecilia, does your family know about all this?"

Countless questions rained down on Cecilia like a hailstorm of stones. She scrambled up from the ground, wanting to leave but unable to get through. She was helplessly trapped in the middle of the reporters.

"Miss Cecilia, do you feel even a little bit guilty sometimes? After all, you’ve made Sonia suffer so much."

"Miss Cecilia, excuse me..."

"Go away!!" Cecilia didn’t want to hear them. She clamped her hands tightly over her ears and tried to push forward with her head down. But after two steps, she remembered her swollen face and moved her hands down to cover the four slap marks.

"Go away! All of you, just go away!!!"