Chapter 607

"So what if I hit Theo? He deserved it for biting me!"

Ethan Roscente's gaze turned razor-sharp. "You dragged him by the arm while he screamed in pain. Did you think I wouldn't see the security footage?" The video clearly showed Victoria Roscente violently yanking the child before he retaliated.

"I'm his aunt! Why would I hurt him?" Victoria shrieked. "Ethan, Theo is Sophia's child. Why are you letting Vivian Laurent take care of him?"

"None of your business." Ethan's voice was glacial. "Theo can choose who he sees as a mother. Apologize now, or you'll never see him again."

Victoria clenched her teeth and forced an apology. Theo, ever the gentle soul, forgave her easily.

This only fueled Victoria's rage. Being humiliated by a child was unbearable.

She arranged a meeting with Bianca Semona to vent—the only so-called friend who still tolerated her these days.

Victoria gripped a fruit knife, slamming a plastic doll onto the table. In her mind, it was Vivian. The blade plunged into the doll's chest with savage force.

"Die! Just die!" She hacked off the limbs, gouged out the eyes, and finally twisted the head clean off with a sickening crack.

Bianca feigned concern. "Don't ruin your health over this. You'll only give Vivian more reason to laugh at you."

Internally, she sneered. The once-untouchable Roscente heiress was now a social pariah—no respectable family would marry her after the scandals.

"I can't take it anymore!" Victoria drove the knife through the doll's severed head. "That smug look on her face!"

"Your brother has been..." Bianca ventured carefully. "Why not bring Theo out? I could help watch him."

"You?" Victoria scoffed. "Ethan would never allow it."

"Worth a try." Bianca lowered her voice. "Or would you rather watch Vivian become Mrs. Roscente and kick you out of the family?"

Victoria's eyes darkened. "Fine. But I want Vivian to suffer worse than death."

"Deal." Bianca's smile curled with calculation.

"How's your father's health?"

"He needs a stent." Bianca sighed. "But the chief surgeon is handling it. Should be fine."

Victoria nodded absently. Her mind was consumed with visions of torturing Vivian.

In the shadows, Annika Heilbronn smirked.

Vivian's enemies were multiplying faster than expected.