Torn Between Love and Hate

Chapter 201

Chapter 201 The Scent of Blood

Deborah’s fascinated gaze hadn’t yet managed to shift away from Lucien when her view was

completely blocked by

Joseph.

She actually just watched Lucien fight and found it really thrilling.

After all, those men who were knocked down had attempted to assault her not long ago.

Blocked by Joseph’s figure, Deborah finally looked up at the person in front of her. “How did you get

here so quickly?”

Joseph completely blocked her view, not allowing her to look at Lucien anymore.

He said in a serious tone, “You can’t do this again next time. It’s very dangerous You have to discuss it

with me beforehand, understand?”

Deborah muttered quietly, “If I discuss it with you, there won’t be any chance.”

Joseph definitely wouldn’t want her to risk her own safety to lure Chandler in.

But when Deborah thought about how Chandler had caused Joseph to be slapped last night, on New

Year’s Eve, she couldn’t help but feel infuriated.

Just as Chandler approached her, he foolishly thought he could treat her like a fool.

With such a great opportunity, how could she possibly let it slip away?

After discussing with Lucien, they cooperated both internally and externally, and thus performed this

play.

As for taking risks, she really doesn’t consider it a risk

From the moment she entered the room, Lucien had already installed eavesdropping equipment in the

adjacent guest room, allowing him to listen to the entire conversation live.

As soon as there is any danger in Deborah’s situation, he will immediately use the access card to open

the door and

stop Chandler.

However, Joseph wouldn’t care about all these details. To him, letting Deborah face Chandler alone

was the greatest

danger, and he couldn’t accept that.

Even now, Joseph still felt a lingering fear. He looked at Deborah solemnly and said, “I’m not in a hurry

to deal with Chandler. But if anything happens to you, I…”

Deborah interrupted hign, “Alright, I’m fine now, aren’t I?”

Lucien stood nervously to the side, while Joseph, unwilling to talk more about Deborah, turned to face

Lucien and said,

“I’ll settle the score with you later.”

Lucien couldn’t beat Joseph, so he immediately tried to shift the blame. “It was Deborah who dragged

me into this

alliance, it wasn’t my idea.”

With a face showing her readiness to face death, Deborah nodded repeatedly, taking full responsibility.

“It was me who found Dr. Garza, it has nothing to do with him. If you want to settle the score, come to

me!”

Lucien looked defeated and said, “Yes, go ahead and settle the score with her!”

How could Joseph and Deborah possibly settle their scores?

Do

you realize your mistake? You know you’re wrong, so don’t do it again next time, okay?

It’s as simple as that.

But if he were to mess with Lucien, he would really get a beating.

Joseph, feeling helpless, patted Deborah on the head and said, “You can’t do this again next time.”

This is just what I was saying!

Over here, the conversation was relaxed, but on the other side, Chandler’s situation wasn’t so good.

Chandler watched as Gerald’s face turned pale and walked towards him, tremblingly saying, “Dad,

Grandpa, let me

explain…”

Robert was so angry that he didn’t even bother to lift a finger. Instead, he just stood to the side, leaning

on his cane, waiting for Gerald to take action.

Gerald walked up without a word and slapped Chandler right across the face.

A clear handprint immediately appeared on Chandler’s face, and he couldn’t even finish what he was

saying.

Gerald angrily said, “Do you think you can still make excuses? Lucien has already sent me the

recording, and your Grandpa and I listened to it on our way here!”

Chandler’s face turned pale, and he was at a loss for words.

Gerald looked at him with extreme disappointment, “So, you’ve already kidnapped Ms. Shepherd once

back in Oceanview City. And now you’re still deluding yourself into trying to ruin the innocence of a

young girl by using these

petty thugs.

Every day you pretend to be a decent person, but you’re worse than an animal. If your brother breaks

both of your legs, that would be getting off easy!”

Chandler’s face trembled as he said, “Dad, I… I know I was wrong.”

Gerald’s veins bulged at his temples, and he raised his hand to deliver another slap, landing it on the

other side of

Chandler’s face.

“Now that someone has caught you red-handed, you realize your mistake, but it’s too late! The Black

family won’t tolerate someone like you. You have a few days to hand over your work and get out of the

Black Group!

Don’t even think about driving your brother away. From now on, you won’t have any share in anything

related to the

Black family!”

Chandler was trembling and couldn’t speak.

Gerald angrily said, “Get back to Black Manor right now, and I’ll teach you a proper lesson later!”

Chandler hung his head low, his face devoid of any color, as he frantically pushed the wheelchair, trying

to leave.

Before he could reach the door, Joseph blocked his way,

Chandler looked up at him, unable to control the expression of fear that appeared on his face.

Joseph had warned him before, if he dared to lay a hand on Deborah again, he would face the

consequences.

Joseph stood in front, then looked indifferently at Gerald. “He messed with my people; it won’t be so

easy for him to

walk out of this door.”

Gerald hesitated, wanting to give Joseph a chance to vent, but fearing it might lead to someone getting

hurt.

After all, no matter what, Chandler is still his son.

The usually calm and quiet Robert finally spoke up, “Let the two brothers have a good talk. Once All content is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

they’re done, if Chandler still has any strength left, bring him back to Black Manor.”

Robert spoke up, and Gerald didn’t dare to say more. He directly helped Robert to leave.

Chandler panicked and exclaimed, “Dad, Grandpa, you can’t…”

As soon as he finished speaking, Joseph forcefully kicked the wheelchair, causing the man to fall to the

ground in a disheveled state.

Joseph glanced at Lucien, who immediately called out to Deborah, “Ms. Shepherd, let’s go outside;

there’s not much to see here.”

Deborah was worried that something might go wrong, but Lucien reassured her, saying, “Don’t worry,

he knows his

limits.”

Deborah let out an “oh” and followed Lucien out first.

After all this commotion, it was already late at night.

Deborah felt a bit drowsy, and she wasn’t sure if it was due to drinking cold water or her fluctuating

emotions, but she began to feel a faint pain in her lower abdomen.

Evelyn sent a message saying that she had already accompanied Alyssa to sleep and told her not to

return to Moxley Manor tonight.

Learning from the previous experience, Evelyn reassured, “Don’t worry, Adrian definitely won’t contact

you tonight.”

Lucien noticed that Deborah was feeling unwell, so he arranged a room for her nearby, allowing her to

rest while waiting for Joseph and Chandler to finish their conversation.

Deborah was indeed feeling unwell and didn’t bother with pleasantries. She went straight to her room,

went to bed.

washed up, and

She didn’t know how long she had been asleep before Joseph finally came in and approached the

bedside.

Deborah smelled something strange and, with her eyes still a bit blurry from sleep, looked at him and

asked, “Why do you seem to have a strong scent of blood on you?”

Joseph just got into a physical altercation with Chandler, and it seems he may have lost control of the

situation.

But he was afraid that Deborah would find out, so he took a shower and changed his clothes before

coming over.

Upon hearing this, he immediately sniffed his own sleeve and asked, “Is there still a smell? I’ll go wash

it again.”

Deborah sleepily called out to him, “Stop washing, come here.”