A Relentless Pursuit for Love
Chapter 198

Chapter 198

Leah was scared to death. She finally saw Gwyneth for who she was, a femme fatale.

Leah was kept in the basement for as long as Zane was away. She was treated like a criminal, exceptworse. At least criminals were fed several times a day. Leah only had a few sips of water throughoutthe time. Every night, Gwyneth held up a whip and made her kneel in front of her, and lectured her.Leah had to do as told to survive. She tried to escape and defend herself, but Gwyneth replaced allthe housing staff with her people. The home Leah once knew became a living hell. Finally, Gwynethreleased Leah upon Zane's return. Gwyneth had sent Leah away to the hospital as she had a highfever from the infections of her wounds. Gwyneth even lied to Zane that she got bullied in school,hence the wounds. Zane went to the hospital to visit Leah. Much to her dismay, her father did noteven care about her but reprimanded her for picking a fight with others. “Look at yourself, whathave you done to receive such a beating? You must have done something terrible if they picked onyou and no one else!” Gwyneth put on a fake mask and said gently, “There, there, don't get mad ather. Leah is still a kid, she'll learn.” She looked at Leah who was now bright red and sighed. “Thispoor child. Hubby, it's so tough being a stepmother. I'm worried about people saying that I abusedher.” Zane comforted Gwyneth and continued reprimanding Leah, “Look at yourself! Think about herif you don't care for yourself. People might blame her for treating you badly, how is she going toexplain for herself?” Leah felt so disappointed in her father that day. Compared to her heart, herwounds felt no pain at all. That's who her father really was. From that day onwards, Gwyneth'sattitude towards Leah worsened. Sometimes she would even slap her face in front of Zane, but toZane, she was only teaching her proper manners. She was grounded at home by Gwyneth, andfinally, it was the day of her college orientation. She could not believe Gwyneth stopped her fromattending school and ripped her acceptance letter to pieces. Lucky for Leah, she finally ran awayfrom this living hell and informed her school about her late arrival. If not, Leah might have alreadybeen dead a long time ago. She did not have a great time in college either. Leah had to work for herschool fees as her father refused to pay for it ever since she ran away.

Many of them broke down as soon as they heard what Leah's been through all these years.

“That's ridiculous, what did a child do to you that you had to abuse her like that? You have a son,aren't you worried karma will serve you?” Even the janitor could not take it anymore and cursed atGwyneth.

"Yes! You have a son too, I can't believe you're such a vicious woman!” “She's a beauty with an evilheart. I can't believe this is happening in real life!”

“What beauty? Ivan said she was a whore and she did plastic surgery. No wonder she looked sofake.”

“I heard once from a friend from the Suburbs, that Gwyneth was infamous for being a sugar baby.”“What's a sugar baby?"