True Love Deserves a Second Chance
Chapter 77 Caught in a Trap

Julian took Joey to see a psychologist.

After several tests, Julian learned Joey was suffering from severe depression.

The cause? A stress-triggered response.

She had seen someone she shouldn't have.

Thinking about Joey's past, Julian's eyes got a bit misty.

He pulled out his phone and made a call.

"Henry, replace a woman named Angie for me."

Two hours later, Julian met Angie.

Her hands and feet were tied, and a black blindfold covered her eyes.

She kept cursing.

Julian stood to the side, smoking quietly as he watched her.

This woman had made Joey suffer for years.

She had driven Joey to the brink of suicide multiple times.

How could she be so cruel to push her own daughter to despair without any remorse?

Thinking of all this, Julian felt a sharp pain in his chest.

He stubbed out his cigarette and instructed Henry, "Hit her, but not kill her."

Henry began to punch under Julian's command.

Angie screamed in pain and begged for mercy on the ground.

In the end, her face was swollen with blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.

Her body was covered in bruises, her arm dislocated, and her thigh broken.

She could only lie on the ground, groaning weakly in pain.

Julian looked at her expressionlessly and said coldly, "Take her to your base and don't let her leave."

This was the best solution he could think of.

He couldn't kill her because she was Joey's biological mother after all.

But he could replace a way to keep her away from Joey.

Henry took the order and left with Angie.

Joey stayed in the hospital for two days, and Sebastian didn't even call her.

She stood by the window, looking at the brightly lit night scene outside, and laughed self-deprecatingly.

The summer evening breeze blew on her face, bringing the coolness after a heavy rain.

It instantly cleared her mind.

Joey thought, 'What was I still expecting from Sebastian?

I was just a pet to him. When he was happy, he would pamper me, and when he wasn't, he would ruthlessly cast me aside.

There was no affection at all, let alone trust.'

Joey reached out her finger and wrote '99' on the glass.

Staring at this number, her eyes became moist.

If she hadn't met Sebastian back then, if she hadn't fallen for him, and if the wheels of fate hadn't brought them together again three years ago, perhaps her life would be more wonderful. When Julian pushed the door open, he saw this thin and lonely figure and smiled bitterly.

Julian said gently, "I bought you some food."

Joey turned around, forcing a smile.

"Julian, I want to see Mr. Whitmore."

Julian flinched and said, "He's still at the hotel. Why do you want to see him?"

"I want to talk to him about how to switch to the legal profession as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Julian's face lit up with a smile.

"You've made up your mind?"

"Yes, I want to do what I love."

"Alright, I'll call him right away."

But before he could make the call, the hotel phone rang.

"Hello, is this Mr. Knight? This is a service staff from Charm Town Hotel. While cleaning the room, I found that Mr. Whitmore has a fever. Please come over to check on him." "Okay, we'll be right there."

Hanging up the phone, Julian looked at Joey and said, "Mr. Whitmore has a fever at the hotel. Let's go check on him."

They rushed over immediately.

The hotel room door was ajar.

Joey pushed the door open and called out, "Mr. Whitmore, how are you?"

But after searching for a while, they couldn't replace him.

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"Don't worry. I'll call and ask."

Julian pulled out his phone and dialed Harold Whitmore.

But after several attempts, he couldn't get through.

Thinking it was his phone, he asked Joey to try.

Same result.

Then he noticed the landline phone line had been cut.

The cell phone signal was blocked, and the phone line was cut.

Julian sensed that something was wrong.

He ran to the door, but it was locked tight.

He instantly realized they had been set up.

The purpose was to frame him and Joey.

Figuring this out, he turned back to Joey.

Her face was flushed, and her eyes were filled with an unprecedented desire as she looked at him.

Julian's heart clenched.

"Joey!"

Joey's voice was soft, and her body seemed to lose strength. "Julian, it's so hot."

She collapsed on the sofa.

From his years of experience, Julian knew Joey had been drugged with an aphrodisiac.

Her depression medication must have been switched.

A chill ran down his spine.

If this was true, they had been targeted for a long time.

"Joey, we might have been set up. The door won't open, the phone won't work, and you seem to have been drugged."

Hearing this, Joey uncontrollably took a step back.

"Julian, I need to take a cold shower."

"But you're afraid of water."

"I can't care about that now, or I don't know what I'll do later."

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But even so, Joey's fear of water was uncontrollable.

Besides trembling all over, she started to babble incoherently.

If this kept going, Joey would go crazy before the drugs wore off.

He immediately wrapped her in a bathrobe.

"Joey, I need to get you out of here. If this continues, you'll go crazy."

Julian held Joey to the bed.

Under the influence of the drug, her mind involuntarily recalled the intimate moments she had with Sebastian.

The man's caresses, his kisses, and the sweet nothings he whispered in her ear.

Each memory was like a poison, making Joey yearn and crave.

She couldn't help but call out softly, "Sebastian, I feel so bad, help me."

Julian was holding an ice towel, wiping her face. Hearing her murmurs, the veins on the back of his hand bulged.

Julian felt a tearing pain in his chest.

He thought, 'How much did she love Sebastian?

Even in this situation, she was thinking of him.

She would rather endure the pain herself than accept my help.

But that man was so cruel to her.'

"Joey, how are you?"

Joey's brows were tightly knit, and she bit her lower lip hard, not saying a word.

At this moment, blood started to trickle from her nostrils.

Even the usually composed Julian panicked.

He kept wiping her with the towel.

It was unclear how long had passed before her bleeding stopped and Joey finally calmed down.

She lay quietly on the bed.

Julian looked at her heartily and said in a hoarse voice, "Joey, are you really willing to risk your life for him?"

At that moment, the door to the room opened.

Sebastian stood at the door, exuding a menacing aura.

His deep eyes were filled with uncontrollable anger.