The Clutches Of Hell Novel

Chapter 110

“She’s trying to take me down because she thinks Christian likes me. I’ve always been a good friend to her. I don’t know why she’s doing this,” cried Bella. Pearly tears flowed down her cheeks, stirring pity in everyone’s hearts.

Christian sat back in his chair. As he looked up at Bella, he tightly grasped his knees as he quickly lowered his head again and averted his gaze from her.

Nancy was so angry that she almost passed out. “T-This Victoria. I treated her like she was my own daughter, yet she dared to do such a heartless thing! I’ll sue her. I’ll make sure she rots in jail!”

“Mom…” Bella tugged her mother’s arm, shaking her head repeatedly. “No, she’s my good friend. I—”

Kevin stared at his daughter silently, deep in his own thoughts.

Nancy shook her head and interrupted her daughter, “You almost died! Do you realize that? Your leg is broken, and you might never be able to dance again! Why are you still standing up for that murderer?” Hatred surged in her heart like bile.

Hearing this, Bella was stunned.

Staring down at her right leg, she tried to move it. After discovering that she couldn’t even twitch her leg, her mouth was agape as the tears began to stream down her cheeks.

Lucas’ eyes brimmed with pain. Frowning, he said, “Could there be some misunderstanding? Tori loves to fool around, but—”

Slap!

Nancy slapped him hard across the face. Jabbing a trembling finger at him, she shouted, “You’ve always been shameless! Everyone knows you have a thing for that murderer, but she almost ran your sister over! Why are you still speaking for her?”

Her breathing started to get heavier and her voice was hoarse from all the shouting. “What are you trying to say? That your sister almost killed herself to frame that murderer?!”

As for Bella, she didn’t say a word. She flopped on the bed and stared at him with betrayal clear in her eyes.

Since he was unable to face his sister, Lucas turned away from her gaze. He held the cheek that Nancy had slapped while each heartbeat was a dull ache. “Bella, I’m sorry. If I hadn’t introduced her to you, you wouldn’t be…like this.”

“Luke, don’t blame yourself. I lost my leg, but I’m still alive. That’s what counts.” Bella forced a smile, but she couldn’t stop her tears from flowing.

Lucas could’ve bore his guilt better if she had blamed him for everything. She was a dancer who could no longer dance. Yet, here she was, trying to comfort him. His heart sagged, heavy with guilt.

Clenching his fists, he looked at his sister on the hospital bed and then said solemnly, “Bella, don’t worry. I’ll avenge you.”

“Finally, spoken like the brother you’re supposed to be. Come on, let’s go to the Coleman Residence and find that murderer!” Nancy dragged Lucas out. Looking back at Kevin, she shouted, “You’re coming with us too!”

Kevin turned to Christian, who had been sitting silently at the side. “Christian, I’ll leave Bella in your care. After all, she was injured because of you.”

Patting Christian on the shoulder, Kevin glanced meaningfully at Bella before finally leaving the ward at Nancy’s persistent urging.

After he shut the door, only two people were left in the ward—Christian and Bella.

As Bella wiped the tears off her face, she struggled to smile. “I’m fine. You must be tired from a long day at the company. You should go home and rest. I won’t kill myself or anything like that just because I can’t dance.”

Christian stared wordlessly at her.

Bella chuckled bitterly. “All right, I admit losing a leg and not being able to dance anymore is a huge blow, but I’m definitely not thinking about killing myself.”

She bit her lip. A look of misery suddenly flooded her face. “It’s just… I never expected Victoria to run me over because she thought you liked me. I’m sad that someone I considered a friend could do this to me.”

Then, she glanced at Christian. She wasn’t expecting him to also be looking at her. Flustered, she hurriedly lowered her head. She could feel her cheeks burning.

The incident between Lucas and Victoria had already bothered Christian enough. Now, he needed to deal with the matter of Victoria ‘running someone over.’

He stared at Bella coldly. “Is she stupid? Out of all the time to run you over, she chose to do it on her birthday? In front of so many people?”

“You doubted me yesterday, and I can’t believe you still won’t believe me now.” Bella pointed at herself. Despair and anger were evident on her face. “My greatest wish in life is to become a professional

dancer and perform in front of people all over the world. Are you seriously suggesting I threw away my life’s dream and crippled myself to frame Victoria? Do you think I’m that crazy?”

He didn’t back down. Sneering, he said, “I’m not you. How should I know what’s going on in thnovelxo.com fast updateat head of yours?”

“You… still don’t believe me?” Tears rolled her cheeks as she cried, “Victoria and my brother have wronged you. Why are you still taking her side?”

Christian frowned. He stood up angrily. His voice was somehow even chillier. “What happened between her and me is none of your business.”

“It seems like you’re really in love with her. She cheated on you, yet you still can’t let her go. You still have feelings for her, am I right?” Bella’s fingers clutched her hospital gown. Her eyes burned with resentment, anger, and jealousy.

Without the slightest hint of hesitation, he shouted, “You’re wrong!”

“So, why don’t you believe me?” Bella’s soft voice was wracked with pain. “So many people saw her run me over. Or do you think I let Victoria hit me?”

However, he continued to stare coldly at her. “You didn’t need to let Victoria hit you. You could’ve done something to her brakes and just ran in front of her car.”

He knew Victoria could be stupid and possessive. However, she would never have the guts to kill anyone. He once saw her being so scared to slaughter a chicken that she held a knife unsteadily over the chicken’s neck.

The ward fell into uneasy silence.

Both of them stared at each other wordlessly.

All the oxygen in the ward seemed to have disappeared. Their breathing was labored like they were on a high mountain.

Staring at Christian’s cold face, Bella sank back into her bed. “If you don’t believe me, then there’s nothing I can do.”

Curling her lips, she continued, “I really don’t want to take this to court, but since you don’t believe me, I have no choice but to sue her for attempted murder.”

Seeing that Christian was still unimpressed, Bella fished out her phone and played a recording. NôvelDrama.Org: text © owner.

“Go to hell, Bella Spritz! I want you dead!”

Victoria’s spiteful voice rang out of her phone speakers before there was a loud crash.

Christian narrowed his eyes as his whole body seemed to stiffen up. “How did you come about with this recording?” He still couldn’t believe Victoria would try to murder someone. “How long did you take to plan this whole thing?