CHAPTER 260: CHAPTER 260: DOES HE LOVE HER, OR IS IT JUST AN OBSESSION?

Everything changed on that day.

The day many years ago, when Julian arrived at Serena’s place, she had already fainted, and waiting for him was William.

At that time, William was standing next to Serena, fiddling with something on his phone.

"William, I warned you!" Julian was seething with anger back then.

But William was also laughing, exactly as he was now in prison.

At that moment, William took out his phone and showed Julian some photos.

"You can’t seriously think I only hit her."

"Julian, have you ever thought about what I was thinking when Sheila brought her to marry me?"

William’s disgusting expression remains vivid even now.

"Serena was careful, she would always avoid me, and when I was home, she always tried her best not to go to the bathroom."

"She checked her room every day, inspected every corner."

"But..." William grinned, "We’ve lived under the same roof for so long, how could I really have captured nothing?"

That day, William turned the phone towards him, showing him the photos one by one.

All taken from hidden angles.

In her room, in the bathroom, just as she came out after a bath.

Although you could see she was very vigilant, protecting herself, the photos didn’t capture anything private, but there were still one or two with quite high exposure.

Julian would never forget his feelings at that moment.

He wanted to kill William!

Pulverize him!

But William threatened with the photos.

The rain that day was torrential.

William stood by the unconscious Serena’s side.

"Beg me." William laughed wildly, "I still have all these only on my phone; if you beg me, I can continue to enjoy them myself."

"But if you don’t listen to me..." William’s finger almost touched the upload button.

Anger, humiliation, hate!

All these emotions kept swelling in his chest.

The rain that day felt like countless steel needles piercing him.

"Beg you..." In the end, Julian, soaked to the bone, lowered his head.

William’s response was a maniacal laugh.

"Hahaha, Julian..."

William laughed until he was out of breath, fiercely staring at Julian in the rain: "Why are you being proud? Just these two words make you feel unbearable?"

Laughing, William suddenly demanded: "Kneel down!"

"Begging requires the right attitude, understand!"

Hate!

Bone-deep hate!

Julian’s fists were clenched and trembling.

He calculated his chance of rushing in to grab the phone.

But William’s finger hovered over the send button, just needing a touch...

He couldn’t.

Ultimately, Julian closed his eyes.

He bent his knees and knelt before William.

"Please." He said, "Spare her."

William laughed until tears fell, and he came to Julian’s side, slapping Julian directly.

Julian didn’t dodge.

He could only let William humiliate him.

"Hahaha, this is the proud Young Master Lawson, the sole heir of The Lawson Corporation, Julian!"

William grabbed Julian’s hair and smashed his head onto the ground.

The skin broke, blood flowed, but William still felt it wasn’t enough.

He stood up, stepping on Julian’s face.

Utmost humiliation.

"Didn’t expect you to be a romantic fool." William laughed, "Do you love her that much?"

"Willing to do anything for her?"

Humiliation surged, Julian nearly crushed his teeth, yet made no sound.

He waited.

Waited for a chance.

Finally, the opportunity came.

His people arrived, ambushing from behind.

Snatched the phone, subdued William.

"Young Master Lawson!"

In the pouring rain, there were angry shouts from William.

Someone came to support him.

Rainwater mixed with blood flowed into his eyes, blurring his vision.

He pushed the person away and moved to the fainted Serena’s side, holding her hand.

"Don’t let anyone know what happened today!" He said, his gaze fixed on Serena, tightly grasping her hand, "Especially her."

The pain from the rain on that day continued until now.

Inside the prison, Julian looked through reddened eyes at the laughing William before him.

William had deceived him.

After that day, he had his men comb through all of William’s belongings, anything that could store photos, whether phones, computers, cameras, cloud drives, all were searched.

He sought the best hackers, both online and offline, using all methods to search for and erase traces of the photos.

And he took control of William, using special means to torture him to reveal everything.

It took a long time.

Finally sent William to prison.

Of course, the reason for William’s imprisonment did not include the photos.

William also noticed.

William certainly wouldn’t say anything, nor did he want to add weight to his sentence.

But he understood.

When William left, he gave Julian a deep, meaningful look.

Back then, Julian didn’t understand what that look meant, but later, he knew.

Thankfully, he controlled things once more.

He used various methods to erase the photos again.

Found all the related people.

But... he and Serena seemed never to return to those days.

The pain in his calves persisted, Julian looked at William before him.

He said, "I truly regret, regret not killing you!"

William wiped away his tears of laughter, he said, "You wouldn’t, if you really did that, someone would investigate deeper, and your secrets would be uncovered."

"How about it?" William mocked, "Is she on the brink of collapse now, are those photos flying everywhere?"

Julian’s eyes were bloodshot.

The photos weren’t flying everywhere, but she was about to collapse.

All of this was caused by him.

Julian once again saw her pitiful figure in the apartment that day.

He had comforted her countless nights when she had nightmares.

But now... he too had become her nightmare.

Once he did many things to cover her photos.

But that day in the apartment, he tried to force her.

Silas was right, if not for Silas arriving in time, that day, in his crazed state, he didn’t know what he would have done to her.

She was so ill, yet he still...

[If you love her, why do you hurt her?] Whose voice echoed in his mind.

Julian sat in the wheelchair, fists clenched, in unbearable pain.

William continued to ramble, wanting to extract some joy from Julian.

His days in prison were unbearably dull, he always waited for that thunder to explode.

And today Julian finally came, but it wasn’t as happy as he imagined.

"Speak, what’s happening outside now?" William urged loudly.

Julian didn’t respond to William’s words, he only looked at the laughing William.

He wanted to engrave William’s image deep in his mind, hoping it would remind him and awaken him.

Even in his heart, there was a dark corner.

In that corner, someone spoke.

If Serena knew what he did for her back then, she’d be moved, she’d come back.