Chapter 86

“I want all of you to get out of here this instant.” Aidan commanded in an icy voice. And so, the bodyguards started to leave one by one, trickling out of the room until the last one of them closed the door shut behind him. Aidan then opened his palm to reveal the terrifying-looking whip in his hand. He glared at Eliana as he snarled, “Tell me right now - why did you kill him?” Even though Eliana knew that she pretty much had no way out and had to bear her impending punishment and torture, she was adamant against staying silent and letting the whole thing slide just like that. “Aidan, please, listen to me,” she pleaded, “I wasn’t the one who’d killed Evan - it was Laura who’d hired a nanny and…” Before Eliana could even finish her words, however, Aidan raised his hand to let the whip crack against the former’s skin. Even though Eliana had braced herself for this, she couldn’t help but howl in pain as soon as her skin split open under the end of Aidan’s whip. As usual, Aidan stubbornly refused Eliana’s explanation - in his mind, he was already certain that she was the one who’d murdered Evan. “Aidan, please…” Eliana begged as she clenched her fists in agony, “It really wasn’t me…” Alas, Aidan turned a deaf ear to Eliana’s pleas and whipped her once again - even though the latter was in so much pain that it almost felt as though she was being split apart, she did not let out a single sob or try to beg for mercy. All she did was repeat over and over, “It wasn’t me...it wasn’t me…” Despite this, Aidan did not stop at all, “You make me sick - I regret not having killed you earlier,” he spat, “Evan was just a child...a child...how could you...you vicious and malicious woman…” … There were fresh and open wounds littering Eliana’s skin towards the end of her torture and punishment. She was sprawled across the floor, twitching slightly as she appeared to be half-dead. Aidan, who’d been whipping Eliana for quite a while now, had been exerting so much force upon her that even his hand was starting to tremble. At last, he threw the whip down and lurched forward to grab Eliana by the collar. Aidan scorned as he looked at the ugly marks on the latter’s originally gorgeous face, “You’re inhumane, you know that?” he spat in disgust, “Evan adored you so much - how could you do this to him? Eliana, tell me, tell me right now! How could you be so heartless and cruel?” “It wasn’t me…” Eliana murmured. Just then, there was a knock on the door - it was Robert. He couldn’t help but shudder as soon as he realized the state that Eliana was in - she looked like she was on the brink of death. “Second Young Master,” he murmured, “Master Witton is here - he said that he wants to tell you something right now.” Aidan huffed as he glared down at Eliana’s limp figure, “I don’t want to see anyone right now.” he replied. “It has something to do with the Little Master’s death…” Robert whispered into Aidan’s ear. Aidan immediately perked up at this - he hesitated for a moment before walking out of the basement. As soon as he was gone, Robert rushed up to Eliana and asked her in concern, “Miss Harvey, can you hear me? Are you alright?” “It wasn’t me…” Eliana muttered yet once again. Before Robert could say anything in reply, Aidan returned and rebuked him, “Aren’t you going to follow me out? I don’t want anyone to go near or see her.” he growled. “But Second Young Master…” Robert gulped worriedly, “What if Miss Harvey…” “We’ll just burn her if she dies.” Aidan retorted ruthlessly before going to the study to meet Travis. “Aidan, I understand that you’re in a bad mood right now,” Travis said, “But this is really important - I have to tell you that Eliana probably doesn’t have anything to do with Evan’s death…”