CHAPTER 78: CHAPTER 78: DAMIEN LANCASTER ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Facing Rachel Shaw, facing this abuser, Ivy Summers felt an immense sense of humiliation.

She tried to stand up, but Damien Lancaster’s hand forcefully pressed on her shoulder.

Ivy couldn’t get up, the summer clothing was thin, and the pain in her knees came in waves, brought by endless humiliation.

"Ivy Summers, I offered you a dignified way, but you refused and made me take action."

"Damien... how can this be? Although Ivy went too far, I’m still willing to forgive her. Ivy, get up."

Rachel Shaw anxiously looked at Ivy Summers, she held onto the cabinet beside the bed and straightened up, leaning over to help Ivy. But as she pressed hard on the corner of the cabinet, it fell towards Ivy along with the water on top, and she herself unsteadily fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Damien Lancaster reached out and caught Rachel Shaw.

Rachel’s face turned pale, leaning steadily on Damien’s hand.

With a "thud."

She screamed, "Ah! Ivy!"

Ivy Summers was kneeling, the cabinet fell right on her injured arm, causing a sharp pain.

With Rachel Shaw’s scream, Damien Lancaster turned back, his dark pupils constricted slightly.

Ivy Summers ignored the pain on her body, lifted her head, and directly met Damien Lancaster’s dark eyes.

She just looked at him like that, her beautiful eyes filled with tears, yet they didn’t fall. Damien could see nothing but disappointment and hatred in her eyes.

Damien Lancaster’s hand trembled slightly, as if the cabinet had hit his heart, causing him incredible pain.

Ivy Summers got up from the ground herself, her gaze never leaving them, piercing coldly.

Rachel Shaw fearfully called out, "Ivy..."

Damien Lancaster let go of Rachel Shaw to check on Ivy Summers’ arm.

"Don’t touch me." Ivy swatted away his hand with disgust, but the violent action pulled at her dislocated joint, causing more pain.

As his anger dissipated, Damien Lancaster finally noticed the wrong expression on Ivy’s face every time she moved her arm. He grasped Ivy Summers’ arm to check. Though not a doctor, he could feel that Ivy’s arm was injured.

No wonder she didn’t even raise her hand to block the cabinet when it fell on her; she couldn’t lift her arm at all.

Damien’s anger surged again, "Why didn’t you say you were hurt?"

When will Ivy Summers learn from Rachel Shaw? If Rachel had suffered such an injury, she would have made sure everyone knew, so that everyone would come to care for her.

But Ivy Summers said nothing, she was always like this.

Damien pressed his lips tightly, bent down, picked Ivy up, and headed out.

Rachel Shaw, seeing this, anxiously called after him, "Damien... Damien..."

Damien paid her no mind and left directly.

"Rachel, Damien still cares about you, seeing how he just punished Ivy for you was so satisfying," Penelope Page said, feeling relieved as she came up to Rachel Shaw.

Rachel Shaw didn’t have a pleasant expression.

She could see that Damien punished Ivy not for her, but because Ivy repeatedly defied him and angered him, forcing him to take drastic measures.

And his concern for Ivy just now, his pained heart, that was his most genuine reaction.

She had never seen such worry and pain.

"Mom, do you know? When I fell from the seven or eight-meter-high Ferris wheel, and Damien rushed over to see me, do you know what I saw?"

"What?"

Rachel Shaw trembled as she clenched her fists, "He sighed with relief."

"What do you mean?" Penelope Page didn’t understand.

"It wasn’t Ivy who fell, it was me, and he sighed with relief."

Rachel Shaw had always been perceptive, and at that moment, when Damien saw her, she clearly saw Damien visibly relax.

Because it wasn’t Ivy who had fallen.

Tears fell from the corner of her eyes.

If both she and Ivy jumped, who would Damien save?

The answer seemed already clear.

"How could that be? You must have seen it wrong, Damien still loves you," Penelope Page consoled.

"Love?" Rachel Shaw let out a bitter laugh, shaking her head slightly.

Whether a man loves her or not, she can tell.

It’s precisely because she can see it that she strives harder, unwilling to let go at all costs, because without love, she can only rely on methods to drive away the women around him.

"Dad, do me a favor, when we were in the cabin Ivy recorded something, I’m afraid her phone might get found, go find it quickly."

"Why are you only mentioning something this important now?" Phillip Shaw immediately took out his phone and went outside.

...

Damien Lancaster took Ivy Summers to the doctor’s office.

The doctor, seeing someone burst in with a chilly aura, was so scared they backed away. Damien placed the woman in his arms onto the chair, "Her arm is injured."

The doctor blinked, "First... you need to register..."

Damien slightly furrowed his brows.

"Actually, it’s not... necessary to register..."

The doctor nervously adjusted her glasses, afraid this man might hit her.

"You leave." Ivy spoke coldly.

Seeing these two, the doctor sensed something unusual. Afraid of Damien’s presence, she mustered the courage to say, "Sir, could you step outside? I need to examine her."

Damien pressed his thin lips, gave Ivy a glance, and turned to leave.

"Where are you hurt?" The doctor walked over to Ivy Summers.

The woman didn’t speak.

The doctor only felt a cold aura around her, her expression was difficult to look at, her eyes devoid of light, a beauty that seemed broken and heart-wrenching.

Ivy Summers lifted her head, looked at the doctor, and when the doctor reached out towards her, she grabbed the doctor’s hand, "Call the police for me, he’s been domestically abusing me."

"Domestic abuse?"

The doctor was initially surprised, then calmed down. In her line of work, especially in orthopedics, she had seen such things often. Hearing those words, her sense of justice instantly surged.

"Alright."

Ivy stayed in the doctor’s room while Damien Lancaster stood outside and lit a cigarette.

Seeing the no-smoking sign, he put it out in frustration.

Damien raised his hand, took out his phone, and made a call, "Find out what happened tonight."

After hanging up, Damien pushed the door open and walked into the consultation room, asking, "How is she?"

Ivy Summers sat there expressionless, not even looking at him.

The doctor glanced at the two of them and calmly continued writing a note, saying, "Her shoulder is dislocated, luckily no fracture. I just helped her put it back, but it’s a bit late. Her arm is swollen, put ice on it to reduce the swelling, then use a bandage to stabilize it. Don’t move this arm much these days."

The doctor finished writing the note and glanced at Ivy Summers, feeling a bit pained. How could such a beautiful woman encounter a man who commits domestic violence?

"What caused the dislocation?" Damien Lancaster inquired carefully.

The doctor looked at him with a strange expression.

He did it himself and still had the face to ask?

The doctor’s tone became less friendly, "A strong impact or blow, and clearly, her arm swelled badly from being forcefully used after the injury."

Damien Lancaster frowned, this injury happened on the Ferris wheel, meaning they fought inside the cabin.

And afterward, Ivy Summers grabbed Rachel Shaw.

Ivy grabbed the note and silently walked out.

Pressing his thin lips tightly, Damien noticed the doctor’s odd attitude towards him and followed her out.

Only to be stopped by two police officers.

One officer showed their badge, addressing Damien Lancaster seriously, "Mr. Lancaster, you’re suspected of domestic abuse, please come with us for investigation."

Damien Lancaster lifted his gaze, only to see Ivy Summers in front of him, coldly looking back.