Marriage Beyond Redemption
Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Chapter 23 Peytie, Pay for Your Father’s Debt

In Peyton’s impression, her father was a loving father and a kind man. Besides sponsoring students, heregularly donated money to charitable funds.

All reports depicted her father as a nice, humble, almost perfect man.

As Peyton bent down to pick up the scattered papers, her face grew darker with each paper.

Nolan had done his work. There was clear evidence of Kason’s affairs, including those with one–nightstands with him.

Over the past decade, Kason had had multiple mistresses. All were pretty young women.

It wasn’t difficult to understand why Kason was handsome and kept shape even as he grew olderthanks to his regular workouts. With his tall, well–built figure and good looks, he was a popular choicefor many young women in the city.

However, Kason seemed to prefer those with humble backgrounds and had little exposure to worldlyaffairs.

It seemed that their innocence was a desirable quality to him.

Nolan confirmed this. “Do you think he sponsored kids in rural areas for noble reasons? He sees themmerely as his prey. Kason is a patient hunter who slowly preys on his victims.”

“These young women, who had looked up to him, slept with Kason willingly when they came to the bigcity. That’s why ninety percent of the students he has sponsored are girls. The remaining ten percentare

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Just cover–ups.

Peyton wanted to deny it, but the evidence was right in front of her. Alarmingly, sixty percent of thesponsored girls had sex with him when they were grown–ups.

Kason would soon grow tired of them, dump them, and replace new prey. Some women couldn’t take it,developing depression and taking their lives by jumping off buildings or self–harm.

Finally, Peyton’s eyes fell on the file about Leilani. She was the one who had been with Kason thelongest, a year. After Leilani got pregnant, their relationship changed. Leilani wanted to marry him andstart a family, but Kason didn’t.

In addition to the photos, there was a video clip of their fight, captured by a CCTV in a remote corner ofthe hospital.

On the night when Leilani had the accident, Kason had gone to her apartment and left with a largesuitcase just at 2:00 p.m. when it was still dark.

Leilani was slim enough to fit in it. There had been reports of murders – conducted in this way before.

From that day, Leilani was nowhere to be found. Her apartment was rented to another tenant shortlyafter. All remaining evidence vanished. Her body was found by fishermen half a month later and thecase was reported to the police.

Nolan was contacted by the police as he once provided his DNA when his sister was missing. He foundout the truth during the police investigation

Peyton looked at the scattered pictures of the women, their smiles so bright.

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Most of these women were dumped. A few had even taken their lives. Some managed to continue theireducation but became somewhat isolated.

Peyton’s fingers trembled as she held one of the photos. She recalled her father’s smiling face.

“Peytie, good girl. Stop crying Daddy will always be there for you.”

“Even when you’re eighty years old, you’ll still be my little princess.” “Sweetie, Daddy will always loveyou.”

Kason had given her the best of everything, yet he had hurt other

Women.

Tears fell onto Leilani’s picture. Peyton could finally relate to Nolan.

Leilani was as important to Nolan as Peyton was to Kason.

“Kason may be a good father, but he’s not a good man. Beneath that hypocritical mask lies a devil’sheart. Peytie, I don’t want to hide that fact from you.”

Nolan dropped to one knee and cupped Peyton’s cheek with his hands. A sick, paranoid smile flickeredacross his face.

“I once thought you were my whole world. I loved you beyond. anything. But you are Kason’s daughter.I hate you more than anything now.”

Peyton felt a chill run down her spine when seeing his smile.

She asked, “When Helena and I were almost drowned, did you save her first on purpose? Did you wantto kill our child in exchange for Leilani’s baby?”

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“An eye for an eye,” murmured Nolan.

Peyton grabbed his collar, tears streaming down her cheeks. “Are you mad? It’s our baby! It hasn’t gotthe chance to see this world. What did it do wrong? It’s innocent!”

Nolan tilted his head with a wicked smile, “What did Leilani do wrong? Wasn’t her child innocent?”

Peyton stared at Nolan, who revealed his evil side. It seemed they could never solve this issue.

“Nolan, I know how painful it is to lose your sister.”

Nolan’s expression suddenly changed. He snapped, “You don’t know! There’s no such thing asempathy! Leilani was born prematurely and was a sick girl from a young age because of her heartcondition. She was the pearl in our palm. But she died a tragic death! She was such a kind, beautifulgirl, who would be sad if I stepped on her hairpin. But she left the world in such an undignified manner.”

Nolan slowly reached out and caressed Peyton’s check. “You’ll never know how I felt when I saw herbody. The despair I felt when I lifted that white cloth. I would rather never have found her than have hergone forever.”

Peyton moved her lips, but no words came out. It would be an insult to Leilani to say anything.

She understood why Nolan had been so emotional during that time and why he had looked at her insuch a way.

Nolan must have put in a great deal of effort to prove it was not Kason.

Nolan wanted to overturn Kason’s case. But he only got more and more evidence that pushed Peytonfurther from Nolan. Nolan’s attempt was proof of his love.

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Nolan had struggled. But in the end, he couldn’t overcome the mental barrier and be with her.

He wanted to seek revenge for his sister’s death.

Peyton knelt on the ground, gripping his collar and resting her forehead against his. Tears streameddown her cheeks. “You must be heartbroken, honey. We lost the baby. My dad is unconscious. Let’sstop torturing each other. Okay?”

Nolan’s body trembled slightly as Peyton hadn’t called him honey in a long time. He was overwhelmedby emotions, but Peyton didn’t know what he was thinking.

She waited for the outcome in fear. Peyton didn’t want him to live in self–blame every day. Why couldn’tthey make peace?

After a long while, Nolan raised his head. The corners of his eyes were red, as he fought back tears.

He gently caressed her cheeks and his long. His dark eyelashes concealed the emotions in his eyes.

He said, “Peytie, pay for your father’s debt.”