The Clutches Of Hell Novel

Chapter 93

The people who were secretly stealing glances were now blatantly staring at Christian.

He smiled, glanced lightly at Nancy, and said, “Do you think I’m the one responsible for delaying Bella’s marriage?”

“Of course!” She held her waist with one hand, raised her head slightly, and retorted without hesitation, “If it weren’t because of how much she liked you and how she insisted on marrying you, I would’ve arranged another marriage for her, and she’d be married by now.”

The onlookers wanted to laugh when they heard this. Instead, they sighed discreetly at how a renowned family like the Spritz Family could raise such a daughter who spoke and did things without thinking about the consequences.

“If that’s the case, then I apologize.” Christian bowed slightly and continued, “You don’t have to neglect Bella like this. You should go ahead and set up an arranged marriage for her. I wouldn’t stop you.”

Nancy did not expect to hear this from him at all and was stunned for a while. Then, she pointed at him with a trembling finger for a long time, her face flushed with anger, and she couldn’t even speak as her chest heaved with fury.

“Mom, what are you doing here?” Bella pushed her wheelchair next to Nancy. Bella’s eyes were still red. She always had a gentle temperament, giving her a sense of sophisticated beauty.

Lucas stood behind her wheelchair, frowning with angry eyes. Nevertheless, he merely shot an irate glare at Christian, clenched his fists, and didn’t speak up or add fuel to the fire.

“I’m seeking justice for you!” Nancy rambled on about how Christian had wronged Bella before lividly ending her sentence, “He doesn’t like you. Call off the engagement. Come. I’ll definitely find you a better man. I’ll make him regret this!”

With that, she pushed Lucas aside and wheeled Bella away.

Unfortunately, she held onto the wheels with both her hands, offsetting her mother’s strength. Thus, the wheelchair didn’t budge. She sighed helplessly as she looked up at her mother. “Mom, that’s enough.”

“Enough? Are you upset with me?” Nancy released the wheelchair and pointed at herself in disbelief. She was filled with grievance and anger. “Who am I doing this for?”

Bella immediately had an embarrassed look on her face and explained softly, “Mom, don’t be angry. I just think that Mrs. Thatcher organized this birthday party for Victoria, and it has nothing to do with Christian.”

Christian was standing at the side, looking down at the wine glass in his hand as though he was a simple audience instead of one of the main ‘stars’ of this debacle.

“You’re not even married into the family, yet you’re siding with him already?!” When Nancy heard what her daughter had said, she was furious. Her voice turned shrill, and she was so infuriated that it ended in a highly piercing note.

Finally, she turned her head to look at Lucas, gripping his arm tightly as she pointed at Bella before muttering hotly, “Luke, look at your sister! Aren’t I doing this all for her?!” Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

“Mom, please stop.” He glanced at the crowd, awkward and annoyed. Then, he whispered sharply, “Did you forget the aftermath of what you did when you couldn’t control your mouth back with Mr. Thatcher? Christian and Victoria aren’t—”

Regrettably, what he said only made Nancy blow up further as she shoved him away and interrupted him with a shriek, “I see, the two of you have grown. You can think for yourself now and wouldn’t listen to me. Is that it?! Fine, I’ll leave. I’ll leave right now!”

After she yelled that, she didn’t spare the two siblings another glance and stomped away as a group of onlookers watched in barely concealed glee.

Lucas frowned but only took two steps to chase after her before he halted in his tracks and returned to Bella.

Bella watched Nancy’s figure disappear at the door and sighed softly; there were hints of disappointment and despair on Bella’s face.

Then, she called the waiter, took a glass of red wine, and turned her wheelchair to face Christian. She bit her bottom lip lightly before saying, “My mother has been spoiled by her family since she was a child. She is too simple-minded and does things based on her mood. She meant no harm with what she said just now. I hope you won’t take it to heart.”

“Mrs. Spritz is right.” Christian sat on the chair and looked at Bella. “You’re not young anymore. You should get married. Our family will never stop you. I’ll send a generous gift when you get married.”

She scrunched her nose at his kind words, and a vicious gleam flashed across her eyes.

Lucas walked to the two and looked down at Christian in contempt, mixed with jealousy and righteous fury. “You caused Bella her right leg and made her wait for you for two years. So now that Victoria is out of prison, you’ll call off the wedding with Bella?!”

“Luke, you’re misreading the situation. Christian only said that because of what Mom said.” Bella raised her glass to Christian. “I apologize on behalf of my mother.”

After she toasted him, she drank it gracefully and placed the empty glass on the table.

“Your mom is lucky to have a daughter like you.” Christian raised his glass but only took a sip before saying perfunctorily, “I still have something I need to do. Please excuse me.”

This made Lucas unhappy, and he wanted to chase after him to say something but was tugged to a stop by Bella.

She shook her head at him. “Luke, if you really love me, don’t cause a scene with Christian. Everything I do is done at my own will.”

“I don’t understand what you see in Christian that you’d do anything to marry him.” Lucas downed two glasses of wine and sat on the chair, looking at her in frustration. “You know fully well that you have no place in his heart. So how can a brilliant girl like you not understand this?”

Yet, Bella just smiled and answered bitterly, “What about you? Why are you still betting all you have on Victoria when you know she doesn’t like you?”

“I hope you won’t regret this in the future.” His eyes dimmed at her remark, and he finally replied after a long silence, but despite that, he couldn’t hide the complicated expression on his face.

“I won’t.” She lowered her gaze as her lashes fluttered a few times when she considered her situation. “Besides, what’s the use of regretting?”

She raised her gaze and glanced at him with a slight smile. “Just like you, even if you’re filled with remorse and regret, you still can’t forget Victoria, can you?”

Lucas froze, and his eyes were filled with shock and guilt.

He wanted to defend himself, but Bella was one step ahead of him. “Mrs. Thatcher really did a good job of helping Victoria. The secretary of the new municipal party that you want to meetnovelxo.com fast update is here. Let’s go.”

Christian had always felt that the Spritzs were a challenging family to deal with. They were like flies; once they swarmed around him, it was hard for him to get rid of them. Still, they were particularly annoying tonight. Kevin came over just as he managed to pry the three of them away, the last person he wanted to see.

“I just heard from the hotel manager that you told them to look for Victoria?” Kevin’s voice was warm, yet his question was anything but that.

Christian lightly hummed and teased. “I’ve always wondered how Bella knows where I am or what I’m doing. It turns out that it’s a genetic trait.”

“I’m not that great. I just heard it by chance.” Kevin waved his hand and took a sip of champagne. “I have no other intention. I just came over to say that I have a few acquaintances in the police department. Do you need me to ask them to help you find out where they went?”

“Thank you, Mr. Spritz, but if I want to know where Victoria is, I can just give her a call. There’s no need for that,” Christian answered.