The Clutches Of Hell Novel

Chapter 125

As soon as Janice heard that, she stopped in her tracks abruptly and ran over to stand in front of the two guys. She lowered her head to take a look at Christian’s hem. If she was not intimidated by him, she would have been so tempted to pull up his hem and take a look at the wound.

However, Victoria continued to move forward without stopping at all and she headed in the direction of the car by herself without giving a toss about what was going on behind.

Christian watched her disappearing figure and he frowned slightly before replying, “I’m fine.”

Matthew followed his gaze and looked in the same direction. He lifted his brows slightly and strode over to stand in front of Victoria as he stopped her in her tracks. “Miss Coleman, I’ve got to send Janice back and I have some work to deal with at the firm, so I can’t spare the time to send Christian to the hospital. Could you accompany him to get his wound checked out at the hospital?”

“Didn’t he just say he’s fine?” Victoria responded calmly.

Matthew overtook her and spared a look at Christian before coughing mildly. “Christian, your wound’s started to bleed again. I think you should get it checked at the hospital to prevent any complications. What do you say?”

Pausing for a moment, Christian acted naturally as he glanced at Victoria, who was standing not too far from them. “That’s fine with me.”

“I’m sorry, but I’ve got an early shift tomorrow morning, so I don’t have time either. See you.” After Victoria said that, she did not give Matthew a chance to convince her to stay as she instantly hailed a cab and hopped onto it.

As soon as she shut the car door, Janice swiftly entered the car from the other side and wound down the window to say to Matthew joyfully, “Sir, since you’re busy, then there’s no need to send me home. I’ll catch a cab with Victoria.”

Subsequently, she said to Christian softly and solemnly, “See you, Mr. Thatcher.”

The man did not respond at all as he merely directed his dark, moody eyes on Victoria’s side profile inside the car. He pursed his thin lips and there seemed to be a turbulent look in his eyes.

Inside the car, Victoria did not bother to spare him a glance or say anything to him despite sensing his gaze on her.

“Miss Mooney, where are you headed?” She turned to look at Janice by her side.

Janice hastily replied, “Town Hall; I’ll get off at the… the Town Hall Station!”

“Sir, we would like to head to the Town Hall Station first and then to Delta Club next, thanks.” Victoria leaned over and moved past Janice to wound up the window on Janice’s side.

The driver affirmed loudly and started the ignition soon after that. Subsequently, their car disappeared at the first intersection.

Christian finally retracted his gaze after seeing the cab disappear from his view and he instinctively moved his right index finger he had placed by the side of his trousers.

“Do you still want to go to the hospital?” Matthew stretched and shifted his glasses before asking.

However, Christian headed in the direction where the car was parked and left Matthew staring at his back. “It’s just some blood. I’m not going to die from that.”

“Okay, you’re the one who refuses to go, so don’t blame me for being cruel then.” Matthew strode forward and caught up with the man as he placed his hand on Christian’s shoulder. “Christian, let’s continue the topic we didn’t get to finish earlier on. As one of the top lawyers in town, I have a simple wish, which is to seek the plain truth.”

They had been discussing the reason Christian and Victoria had fallen out, but before Matthew obtained an answer, Janice had barged into the room.

“Unlock the door.” Christian was already standing by the side of the Mercedes-Benz and he frowned as he turned to Matthew.

Fishing out his car keys, Matthew opened the car door before entering the driver’s seat. Meanwhile, Christian walked over to the other side and sat in the front passenger seat.

“Christian, what did Victoria do to you two years ago? You didn’t tell me and I’ve had so many random speculations about it the entire day.” Matthew was not in a rush to drive off, so he tilted his head and asked.

Meanwhile, Christian’s handsome face darkened slightly. The lights inside the car were off and there was only some faint reflection of the bright lights outside. Since it was dim inside the car, it was hard to see Christian’s expression.

However, based on their long-standing friendship, Matthew tactfully stopped asking and shifted his glasses before adding solemnly, “If you find that you’re still unable to move on, then you should forgive her for her previous mistakes. Otherwise, why would you torment yourself this way?”

“That’s not the case.” Christian frowned and replied without hesitating.

Matthew smiled and leaned over abruptly to unclench the first two buttons on Christian’s top; it revealed the pendant that he was wearing on his neck. “How do you explain this, then? I remember

that b*stard Vincent spent a huge amount and won the bid on an exact same one as this.”

“It’s just a coincidental resemblance.” Christian’s eyes flickered at that moment. Even he himself could not quite explain why he had to lie about such a trivial thing.

Matthew harrumphed, “Stop lying! The first time I saw Victoria, she had that on her neck, but now it’s gone. What are the odds that you obtained the exact same one after hers disappeared? I don’t believe in such coincidences!”

Hearing that, Christian frowned and remained silent as he pursed his lips.

“You can’t come up with a rebuke, huh? You’re just being—” It was very rare for Matthew to have the chance to mock Christian, so he was about to ramble on when someone suddenly knocked on his car window.

With no choice but to let Christian off the hook for the time being, Matthew wound down his window and there were two traffic policemen standing outside.

Matthew shifted his gold-rimmed glasses and behaved as a top lawyer would. “How can I help?”

Matthew shifted his gold-rimmed glasses and behaved as a top lawyer would. “How can I help?”

The two traffic policemen exchanged looks with each other and there was an awkward expression on their faces.

Subsequently, the older-looking man cleared his throat and stated, “You’re in a public space right now. Everyone can see what you’re doing, including the passersby.”

As soon as he said that, he shot a furtive look at Christian, who had his chest bared slightly, before shaking his head.

At that point, Matthew was stunned in place and significantly speechless.

“If the two of you can’t help yourselves, then you could proceed to a motel nearby. If you’re novelxo.com fast updatejust trying to seek excitement, then you should go somewhere deserted. This is a public space, so please watch your behavior,” the older man continued to mention this before leaving with the other man.

The younger man’s voice rang out along with the breeze, “No wonder my sister is always lamenting about how hot men are always gay…”

Matthew was at a loss for words as he thought, What the heck?!

Meanwhile, Christian silently moved away from Matthew.

With an awkward expression, Matthew explained, “I’m not interested in you at all.”

Subsequently, he started the ignition and no longer continued the topic, which was awfully awkward for them. “If you can’t move on from Victoria, then consider your actions before you make a move. If you keep offending her like this, you’ll definitely regret this in the future.”

As a response, Christian took off the pendant and toyed with it in his hands. The reflective light hit his face and there was an inconspicuous flash of troubled look in his eyes that disappeared soon enough.

Matthew sent him back to Thatcher Residence and left immediately after that. Before Matthew left, he instructed Christian not to put up a tough front and that he should go to the hospital if the pain in his feet became too much to handle.

In the living room, Evelyn was sitting on the couch; the usually composed and elegant woman was currently dejected and her eyes were red-rimmed.

“Did you have a fight with Dad?” Christian shot a look at her before asking.

She smiled. “Well, it’s not exactly a fight. It’s just…”

Before she could even finish her sentence, she was choked up with emotions as the tears streamed down her face after which she tried to cover her face awkwardly.

“Wipe your tears.” Christian took out a handkerchief and handed it to her before taking a seat on the couch across from her.

Evelyn wiped her tears and took several minutes to regain her composure before replying, “It’s nothing much. Tracy felt aggrieved during her stay with us, so she phoned your dad to complain. Then, he called me up to say that if she complained to him one more time, he would divorce me instantly.”