Chapter 496 The Trap Is Sprung
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When her mother refused to listen, Naomi said, “I’m doing this for both our futures. If this baby isn’t a boy. I’ll never be the Hartwell family’s mistress. Nathaniel is a flirt, and he’s already surrounded by beautiful women. Any one of them could end up pregnant. And look at my face now–what man would want me? Better to use our leverage while we still have it, sell it for a good price, and then we can disappear overseas together.”
Evelyn could almost picture that day as Naomi spoke.
Naomi took her mother’s hand. “Mom, you know I’d never hurt you. That ring cannot go to Henry
“But… but my hand is more important!”
Naomi’s tenderness vanished. “Fine, take it to him. But if Henry finds out it’s fake, you won’t live either.”
Evelyn’s expression grew darker. In the end, she clutched Naomi’s hand, panicked. “What should I do? I really have no other way!”
Earlier, Evelyn had seen her daughter lingering near her door. She quickly realized Naomi must have just taken the ring. Determined to save her finger, she snatched it from Naomi’s arms.
“You!” Naomi’s face darkened.
“Don’t blame me. I can’t lose a finger–absolutely not!” Evelyn hadn’t felt the terror of a blade at her hand without reason.
She ran off with the ring.
Naomi didn’t chase her. She knew her mother too well–this would be a lesson learned.
Outside, Evelyn was soon intercepted by bodyguards and taken to the Foster Group.
In Henry’s office, she presented the ring.
Under the light, it gleamed oddly.
“This is the ring Emilia left behind,” Evelyn said. “Now that you have it, I get to keep my finger, right?”
Henry’s expression didn’t change. He sneered. “This is the ring you’re talking about?”
“Yes! It’s real, I swear! I got it myself!”
She’d seen it in Naomi’s hands before, and Naomi had given it to her personally. She’d guarded it carefully.
But Henry suddenly threw it to the floor. “Do you think I’m that easy to fool? Bring me her finger!”
“Yes, sir.”
The bodyguards pinned her arm, and before Evelyn could process what was happening, her little finger was
gone.
“Aah!” Her scream tore throughy the office.
“You think I can’t tell jewelry apart? That’s a cheap crystal, not a diamond. Emilia would never choose something so worthless.”
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Chapter 496 The Trap Is Sprung
“I–I didn’t know! I swear this is the one!” Evelyn’s face turned pale..
She remembered Naomi boasting about its cost and quality. So how had it turned into this?
Then she realized–her daughter had switched it to keep the real one from Henry.
Her face twisted with rage. Naomi had set her up.
Henry merely glanced at her crumpled form. “Stop the bleeding.”
“Yes, Mr. Henry.”
As the guard worked, Evelyn shuddered.
“I’ll give you one more chance. Bring me the real thing, or-”
“There’s no need for my mother to do anything,” a voice interrupted from the doorway. “The ring is hidden, and she doesn’t know where.”
Naomi stepped into the office.
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