Dominic met Leah’s pleading eyes, his face pale. “But that’s not the truth. Your mother is the one who is ruthless and vicious; Selena is the victim. Leah, you used to be the most understanding and profoundly righteous. Are you going to let them turn black and white and wrong your sister for the sake of your mother?”
Leah shook her head, tears falling. “But that is my mother. I cannot stand by and watch her go to jail. If Selena loses the lawsuit, there is Luke and her boyfriend to protect her. She will not lose anything. But once my mother’s lawsuit is lost, my mother will be finished.”
Dominic’s gaze was obscure. “Yes, Selena lost the lawsuit; she won’t go to jail. But once this lawyer’s claim is publicized, everyone will scold her. Her reputation will become worse than ever. Your mother almost ruined her, which in itself is an unforgivable sin. And in the end, she even has to let Selena take the blame, on what ground?”
Leah tugged on Dominic’s sleeve, feeling a pang of jealousy as he defended Selena. If others questioned the lawyer’s remarks, there might be room to argue, but not Dominic.
Dominic grew up with Selena, knew Molly, and could be considered a party. His testimony would be taken into account by the judge. Most importantly, Dominic was the one she had spent more than ten years snatching from Selena. She couldn’t tolerate him going back to help Selena step on her.
She didn’t want to lose to Selena. She would die rather than lose to Selena. Leah grabbed Dominic’s wrist, a desperate determination in her eyes. “Dominic, I promise you, this is the last time. In the future, I will advise my mother. I will never allow her to hurt Selena again. I don’t ask you to help me save my mother; I only ask you to keep silent. Don’t even step on me.”
She cried and said, “Dominic, I don’t care how people scold me or insult me. Even if everyone in Creephia disgusts me and doesn’t like me, it doesn’t matter. But you can’t. You know how much the hurt from you is to me.”
“As a daughter, I am already unfilial for not being able to save my mother, and you want me to watch, with my own eyes, the man I love the most ruthlessly send my mother to prison. How do you want me to live?” Her eyes were filled with pain and despair.
Dominic looked at her with a complex look in his eyes. He didn’t want to force her to die or hurt her, but for her sake, he had hurt Selena too many times.
He broke free from Leah’s grasp, saying, “Leah, your mother deserves to be in jail. Her sins should not be borne by Selena.”
Leah was in tears, her heart aching. She looked at Dominic incredulously. “Dominic, are you trying to drive me to death?”
Dominic was stunned, wiping her tears. “Leah, I didn’t want to force you to die, and I don’t want to hurt you. It’s just that, for your sake, I’ve hurt Selena too many times. She grew up with me, even though she’s no longer related to me. I can’t do something like watching her be ruined.”
Leah laughed in despair, questioning, “Dominic, is the reason why you are so angry and ruthless because of your childhood love with Selena, or is it because Mum did this thing and ruined your wedding with her? Did it cause you to lose her completely?”
Dominic’s face faintly stiffened, denying hastily, “No. The person I love is you, not Selena.”
Dominic had always told himself that Leah was the woman he loved most. Leah looked at the glimpse of panic in his eyes, her heart twitching painfully out of jealousy. She hugged Dominic, snuggling into his arms and said softly, “Then I’ll marry you, okay? Let’s get engaged, Riddle’s marriage with Walson’s. I’ll marry you with my championship and my script, help you win over Talon and become the next heir to the Walson family, and you let Mum go, okay?”
Dominic’s body stiffened. His first reaction was to raise his head to look at Selena, who remained seated at the plaintiff’s table, receiving questions and reproaches from her lawyer. She hadn’t looked at him since she walked in, as if he was just an insignificant stranger.
Selena was married. She had a husband of her own and could never be his wife again. Dominic’s heart was dense with loss and sadness. He looked down at Leah in his arms. At this moment, he did not feel the slightest joy at the conditions Leah had proposed.
“Leah.”
“Dominic, think carefully. I heard that Talon has officially entered the Walson’s company. He hates us for hurting Selena. Once he takes control of the Walson family, what will happen to you, your father, mother, and Angie?”
Dominic’s face changed, remembering the recent situation in the Walson family and how Talon had gone crazy, seemingly hating him passionately. Talon didn’t even hide his hatred for him at all. Once the Walson family fell into Talon’s hands, their family would definitely not end up in a good place.
Dominic’s eyes turned icy cold. He needed Leah to help him take over the position of the head of the Walson family, something that her mother had explained to him from the very beginning that he must do. If he refused a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and really sent Mrs. Riddle to prison for the sake of Selena, Leah would definitely hate him and would never marry him. If he lost the support of the Riddle family and had no one to fight with, he would definitely end up in a miserable situation.