Chapter 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 shed through Sloane’s eyes. She looked straight at Adrian, her tone sharp and cutting. “What’s that supposed ito /imean? me everything on Samantha, and suddenly you’re all off the hook?”

    Adrian froze for a second, quickly trying to exin. “No, that’s not what I meant… I just wanted to say that we shouldn’t have believed her, and we shouldn’t have treated you that way…”

    Sloane let out a coldugh, cutting him off. “Don’t pretend to be the good guy now, Adrian. You all ignored me, pushed me away, and even locked me up in a mental hospital. Was that Samantha forcing you, too? You made those choices yourselves, and now you want to dump all the me on her?”

    Adrian couldn’t get a word in. Her words had caught him off guard, and his face showed ia /iflicker of embarrassment and panic.

    He tried again. “We really regret it, we shouldn’t have treated you like that…”

    Sloane stared at him, her voiceced with undisguised contempt. “Regret? You’re not sorry for hurting me. You’re sorry the Rivers family copsed. You regret losing the chance ito /iuse me.”

    Adrian’s face flushed with shame as she tore right through him. “No, that’s not what I meant…”

    “Enough!” Sloane snapped, her tone zing with fury. “Stop lying to yourself, Adrian! You didn’te here because you feel guilty, you came because the Rivers family is done for, and you’re desperate. You suddenly remember I exist because you want me to beg Lucas to save your precious family, don’t you?b” /b

    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 waspletely unmoved, Adrian’s frustration boiled over. He stepped forward, his eyes dark with anger. “Sloane, you’ve gone itoo /ifar. No matter what, the Rivers family gave you life. Even if you want to cut ties, you owe us that much.”

    So ithe /iimask /iifinally /iies /iioff/ii. /iSloane thought, her gaze slicing through him like a de. “That so–called debt? The moment you threw me into 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 sh 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 same motion, Sloane drove her knee hard into his gut.

    He doubled over with a muffled groan, stumbling back a few steps before copsing 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 time it 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.