bChapter 80 /b

Victor shifted slightly, shielding Skr behind him as he locked eyes with Yosef. “Get out now?

Since he’d already been asked to leave, stayin

any longer would just make him a joke.

Yosef turned and walked away, his face expressionless..

Without even ncing at him, Skr helped

ior /iinto the hut.

Victor looked at Skr and asked, “Skr, what’s really going on between you and him?”

Skr remained silent for a moment before lowering her head. “It’s nothing.”

The tension between them clearly suggested there was more to the story.

Victor could tell she didn’t want to talk about it, so he wasn’t going to push her.

Yosef headed back to Elianna’s ce.

Elianna blurted out, “Yosef, how is Skr?”

“Skr refused the settlement,” Yosef said tly.

“What?” Elianna screamed, her voice piercingly shrill.

Elianna anxiously nced at Yosef. Seeing no reaction from him, she adopted a frail tone and pleaded pitifully, “What am I supposed bto /bdob? /bbI /bbcan’t /bgo to jail.

“If I go to jail, what about Adam? I might as well die right now instead of bing a stain on his life.”

Tears streaming down her face, Elianna scrambled off the bed, snatched the knife from the table, and pressed it against her throat.

Yosef grabbed her wrist, wrenched the knife from her hand, and flung it aside. “Calm down. There’s still ba /bway out. I’ll help you, but you have to promise me. No more messing with Skr.”

Elianna bit her lip, tears welling in her eyes. “How am I the one provoking her? She’s the one who just won’t leave me alone.”

Yosef said, “Either way, steer clear of her from now on.”

Elianna thought resentfully, ‘Why do I have to be the one to avoid her? If anyone should back boff/bb, /bit’s Skr.”

Elianna nodded obediently, putting on a sweet, docile face. But in her mind, she was viciously cursing Skr out.

Yosef pulled some strings to get Elianna a falsified hospital report iming she had a life–threatening condition, forcing the police to release her on medical parole.

He ordered Hudson to purge all negative mentions of Elianna online.

Elianna was off the hook.

Skr stared at the vanished news reports and the notification from the police, a bitterugh escaping her lips.

She thought, ‘Yosef must bepletely obsessed with Elianna. Even after ball /bthis, he still won’t bgive /bup on her. How btouching/b.

Skr’s knuckles whitened as she clenched her phone.

“Skrb, /bbare /byou all packed?” Victor asked.

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Skr finally rxed.“Yeah.”

“Let’s get in the car and head home.” Victor gingerly made his way out, leaning heavily on his crutch

He was seriously injured this time. He informed his agent that he would halt all workmitments and take medical leave to recuperate at home for

while.

With Victor no longer on the show, Skr saw no point in staying either. After negotiating the penalty fee with the producers, she decided to go back with

him.

They left separately to avoid arousing suspicion.

They met up at the airport and took the same flight.

After they left, Elianna followed Yosef back.

In the car, Elianna scrolled through X and saw people still talking about how she nearly got Skr and Caden killed by that wild boar

Thement section was full of hate.

The more Elianna scrolled, the angrier she became.

“Yosef,” sheined, “didn’t you already handle everything for me? Then why are people still talking about meb?/bb” /b

“Look at this,” Elianna said, her eyes red–rimmed as she shoved her phone toward Yosef.

Yosef nced at it briefly before looking away. In a cold voice, he said, “Just don’t stir up any more drama for bnow/b, and you’ll be fine.”