NovelEnglishChapter 170 Adrian Begs for Forgiveness.
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Adrian lowered his head, his voice thick with remorse. “I'm sorry, Sloane. We... we did too many terrible things to
you. We shouldn't have believed Samantha's lies, shouldn't have pushed you aside, and we definitely shouldn't
have... shouldn't have sent you to that mental hospital. We were wrong. Really wrong.”
At those words, a flicker of coldness flashed through Sloane’s eyes. She looked straight at Adrian, her tone sharp
and cutting. “What's that supposed to mean? Bleverything on Samantha, and suddenly you're all off the
hook?”
Adrian froze for a second, quickly trying to explain. “No, that’s not what | meant... | just wanted to say that we
shouldn't have believed her, and we shouldn't have treated you that way...”
Sloane let out a cold laugh, cutting him off. “Don’t pretend to be the good guy now, Adrian. You all ignored me,
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtpushedaway, and even lockedup in a mental hospital. Was that Samantha forcing you, too? You made
those choices yourselves, and now you want to dump all the blon her?”
Adrian couldn't get a word in. Her words had caught him off guard, and his face showed a flicker of
embarrassment and panic.
He tried again. “We really regret it, we shouldn't have treated you like that...”
Sloane stared at him, her voice laced with undisguised contempt. “Regret? You're not sorry for hurting me. You're
sorry the Rivers family collapsed. You regret losing the chance to use me.”
Adrian’s face flushed with shas she tore right through him. “No, that’s not what | meant...”
“Enough!” Sloane snapped, her tone blazing with fury. “Stop lying to yourself, Adrian! You didn’t chere
because you feel guilty, you cbecause the Rivers family is done for, and you're desperate. You suddenly
remember | exist because you wantto beg Lucas to save your precious family, don’t you?”
Adrian clenched his fists tightly, then finally said what was on his mind. “Sloane, the Rivers family really needs
you right now... Can't you help us, just for the sake of
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Chapter 170 Adrian Begs for Forgiveness
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Sloane scoffed, her eyes glinting with mockery. “Family? You seriously have the nerve to say that word to me?”
When he saw her heart was completely unmoved, Adrian's frustration boiled over. He stepped forward, his eyes
dark with anger. “Sloane, you've gone too far. No matter what, the Rivers family gave you life. Even if you want
to cut ties, you owe us that much.”
So the mask finally comes off. Sloane thought, her gaze slicing through him like a blade. “That so-called debt?
The moment you threwinto that hospital, it was paid in full.”
Sick of the whole pathetic scene, she turned to leave.
But Adrian lunged after her, grabbing her arm in a death grip. His voice turned vicious. “You think you can just
walk away? Not that easy. If you don’t agree to help the Rivers family today, you're not going anywhere.”
A flash of frost passed through Sloane’s eyes. Without a second thought, she twisted his wrist sharply, forcing
him to release her.
Adrian let out a grunt of pain and instinctively let go. In the smotion, Sloane drove her knee hard into his
gut.
He doubled over with a muffled groan, stumbling back a few steps before collapsing to the ground.
Sloane brushed off the sleeve Adrian had touched, as if shaking off something filthy. Her eyes were icy as she
looked down at his crumpled form. “Try that again, and next tit won't end this cleanly.”
With that, she turned on her heel and walked away without looking back, leaving Adrian on the ground, gasping
for breath, his face twisted in unwilling defeat.
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