Now They Want My Forgiveness - Chapter 67: Chapter 67

Lionel rose from his seat, hesitation flickering across his face as if he wanted to say more. But seeing Stella still unresponsive, he let out a quiet sigh and walked out.
Stella reached for her phone, then remembered it had been destroyed in the attack. She thought, 'Just great, now I have to buy another one.'
Soon after, a flurry of hurried footsteps echoed in the hallway. Then, Fiona, Andrew, Max, and Anna appeared in the hospital room.
"Stella, my dear. How are you? Let me take a look at you. What happened? How did you end up in such a terrible car accident?" Fiona cried anxiously.
"Car accident?" Stella asked, staring at Fiona in disbelief.
Fiona quickly replied, "That's right. Henry called us on our way here and said you two were in a car accident coming back. We just saw Henry.
"He's fine, but you took the worst of it. He was full of apologies, saying he failed to protect you and disappointed us all."
Stella pointed at her wounds and snapped, "Don't you remember how Henry beat me to this state last time? And now you believe his story about a car accident?"
Fiona said, "Stella, Henry already explained these injuries are from the crash. Are you suggesting he'd lie?"
Stella let out a hollow laugh, as if she'd just heard the world's biggest joke. She said, "So, you're saying I'm the one who's lying?"
Anna sighed helplessly. She said, "Stella, what are you up to? If you don't want to marry Henry, that's fine. I can marry him instead. Why did you accuse him of hitting you?"
Andrew cut in sharply, "Anna, what nonsense are you talking about? Henry has his heart set on Stella, not you. If he found out you wanted to take her place, he'd be furious. Don't ever think like that again."
Stella stared at their deceptive masks, and suddenly, everything clicked. She demanded, "Did you all know what kind of person Henry really is?"
Fiona tried to speak, but Stella cut her off. She said, "He has a first love who's barely hanging on. She needs other people's blood just to stay alive. You knew about this all along, didn't you?"
Fiona protested, "Stella, what are you talking about? Are you dreaming or something?"
Stella let out a hollow, self-mocking laugh. She said, "Stop lying to me. Don't think I haven't noticed. Lionel has already dropped plenty of hints.
"I never wanted to marry Henry, but you forced me into it by threatening Eleanor. You kept saying it was for my good, but you still married me off to that monster. Do you even care if I live or die, do you?"
Fiona suddenly slapped Stella hard across the face. Stella's rage reached its boiling point. But that only made Fiona even angrier.
Fiona shrieked, "Stella, how dare you say such things? We're your parents. How could we possibly not care about your life? If we didn't care, would Max have gone looking for you?
"We were just one step behind that so-called friend of yours, and now you're spouting these heartless words. Do you have any idea how deeply you've wounded us?"
Stella's gaze burned holes through Fiona. Her venomous glare was so intense it sent chills down the entire family's spines.
Fiona pointed an accusing finger at Stella and shouted, "I haven't even gotten a chance to question you, and yet you're blaming me. Who is that man who saved you?
"You've only been back a few days, and you're already messing around with another man. You don't want to marry Henry because of him, don't you?
"Henry said that during the 'accident,' that man just took you away and didn't care about him at all. Henry is furious, but as long as you come clean about who that man is, Henry won't hold it against you.
"Let me tell you, Henry has no intention of breaking off the engagement. You'd better come clean about that man right now, and we'll just pretend nothing happened."