"Where is he?!" Avery demanded coldly as she stood in the living room.

David glanced at his lackeys, and they immediately went to get Wesley.

Moments later, two men in black dragged Wesley into the room.

Avery's entire body stiffened as she could not believe her eyes.

Wesley was covered with blood and bruises. There was not one spot on his body that remained untouched.

David shrugged, then said, "You should thank me, Miss Tate. If I didn't catch him in time, this idiot would have jumped off the cliff and turned into a rotting corpse!

'Jump off the cliff?!' Avery thought.

There was, in fact, a cliff outside the mansion.

'Wesley actually tried to jump off of it!' she thought. 'Did he choose to jump off the cliff because he did not want to expose her identity and he no longer wanted to endure all that torture?'

Tears instantly rolled down Avery's cheeks.

"Wesley!" She rushed over to Wesley and held him in her arms. "Wesley! I'm sorry! It's all my fault!"

Wesley did not move a