Tell Walter; it's better for him to ask. Besides, Ashlyn is not a suitable match. It's best he sees her true colors sooner."

Lilah immediately called Walter.

Half an hour later, he arrived.

Through the door, he saw Effie curled up in the corner, and his heart ached deeply.

"Lilah, what's wrong with her?" Walter's voice was urgent. "She was perfectly fine, how could this happen?"

"Why don't you ask your lovely fiancée, " Lilah replied with a sarcastic smile. "Walter, only someone like you would dare marry a woman who doesn't care about human life. Good luck."

Before she finished speaking, Walter had already left.

Jensen family home.

Ashlyn was savoring her breakfast, feeling quite content.

Suddenly, someone reported Walter's arrival.

Ashlyn quickly stood up, ordering her bodyguards to block his path.

Her neck still bore the bruises from when Walter had choked her before, making it look as if she had been kidnapped.

"Ashlyn!" Walter pushed aside the people in front of him, striding directly to her. Before she could react, he grabbed her by the collar.

Ashlyn turned pale with fright, not expecting him to be so agitated.

But given the circumstances, she was determined not to back down.

"What do you want, Walter? This is my home! Are you crazy?"

Ashlyn gritted her teeth. "If you dare lay a finger on me, Effie is as good as dead."

Walter's raised hand froze instantly.

If he could, he would have punched this wretch right then.

"What do you really want? I've already broken up with her!" He stared into Ashlyn's eyes, filled with fury.

Ashlyn merely smiled coldly. “Walter, this all happened because of you. If you had agreed to be with me sooner, broken up with that wretch earlier, none of this would have happened. I love you so much, how could I possibly watch you be with someone else and have a child with her?"

Meanwhile, Lilah and Gerard drove up to the entrance of Albert University.

Calvin had mentioned over the phone that Araceli was a student here and that she met her friends at a bar behind the university around this time every week.

Araceli, Ashlyn's younger sister, had just turned twenty and was the apple of the Jensen family's eye.