Sean finally realized the danger - he should have followed Calvin when he left. Even if it was to find a place to hide in the garden, even if he was suspected by Victoria and the others, it would be better than being suspected by Hesta at this moment. catch.
But it's already too late...
Hesta held him by the back of his collar and pressed him face down on the desk. Sean's thighs and entire upper body were firmly pressed against the table, with only his calves hanging outside the table.
This set of movements was so smooth that Sean wanted to struggle, but he couldn't find a flaw at all. His hands were tightly pressed behind his waist by Hesta, preventing him from moving at all.
"What on earth do you want to do! You - you madman -"
Before he finished speaking, Sean let out a scream - he felt Hesta's foot step on his calf.
A sharp pain came from his knees.
"It's broken... it's broken!"
"Is it broken now?" Hesta said coldly, "I haven't exerted enough force yet."
"Spare me, spare me, He——"
"Eureka."
"Spare me, Youleka, don't...don't..."
"What happened to the shoe store that Calvin mentioned just now? Why are you afraid of being recognized by people outside?"
"You heard wrong, there is nothing-ahhhhh-"
"Say or not?"
"That's because... we... we went to a shoe store in October and met the owner. He humiliated us, so I... I don't want to see him again -"
Before he finished speaking, Sean clearly felt Hesta's foot tightening harder. He screamed and struggled in horror, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead.
"I've already... told you the reasons, why do you still..."
"Because you're dishonest, Sean. Let me ask you again, why are you afraid of being recognized?"
Sean shouted for help, shouting "Here comes someone" at the top of his lungs, but the door to the study was always closed - there was silence outside the door, and even the noisy human voices just now were extinguished.
"Karl... will settle the score with you..."
There was suddenly a smile on Hesta's face. She leaned over slightly and whispered in Sean's ear: "Don't waste your efforts. I asked Victoria to take him away. Even if you scream, your throat will be broken." He won’t come either.”
Sean was startled, and he finally realized in despair that no one would come. His voice became smaller and smaller, and finally turned into a sob of unknown meaning.
"Seriously, what are you afraid of? Even if you have a broken bone, you can still get it cured. Even if it can't be cured... wouldn't it be nice to let the base install a new one for you?"
In the midst of panic and severe pain, Sean was once again unable to make a sound. Everything at this moment was like that horrible base corridor. The past and present pictures flashed back to each other. The suffocating powerlessness and despair were like a tide. The same spread. He was shaking all over, his hands and feet were stiff, and he could hardly breathe. The little food he had eaten at night was churning in his stomach. He wanted to vomit, but he couldn't.
He should have known... He should no longer have any illusions when Hesta appeared at the Duke's mansion - anytime, anywhere, as long as Hesta appeared, everything would inevitably turn into a war. A nightmare that I can’t wake up from.
After many years of not seeing each other, this person has not changed at all.
It even... got worse.
…
When Hesta dragged Sean out of the study, everyone looked at her solemnly.
Sean's screams, begging for mercy and curses had already penetrated the stone wall and fell into everyone's ears.
Calvin and Victoria went somewhere, and Teresa maintained order. She smiled and stopped people from coming forward to find out, and didn't allow anyone to leave the hall. Everyone could only stand there, as if they were being tortured. Listen to Sean scream.
Sophie had been pressed firmly on the sofa by Zoe. When she saw Sean's half-dead state, she couldn't help but exclaimed, "How could you—"
"Sit tight." Zoe frowned and pushed the little girl back down impatiently, "If you do this again, I'll handcuff you."
Sophie's eyes burst with astonishing anger, "Let me go—"
"Who is Mr. Bergman?" Hesta asked loudly, as if she didn't hear Sophie's nonsense at all.
"...It's me." A middle-aged man with a haggard look raised his hand tremblingly.
"In mid-October, you drove away two customers from the store, right?"
Bergman looked puzzled. He stood there and thought for a long time, unable to remember that such a thing happened.
"Come closer and take a look." Hesta grabbed Sean's bangs and raised his face, "Do you recognize him?"
Sean had a nosebleed on his face and bruises on the corners of his mouth, but when his eyes met Bergman's, he still glared back fiercely.
Bergman shouted on the spot. He recognized the young man at a glance, but his expression soon changed - obviously, he was greatly confused by this.
After a while, he trembled his lips and whispered, "You...are you a mercury needle?"
"Yes, he is." Hesta looked at the person in front of him, "So is the person with him."
Bergman fell to his knees with a plop and spread his hands, "Yes... I'm sorry... I'm really... I'm really..."
"You stand up first." Hesta let go of her hand, "We will wait until Victoria and the shepherd come back to talk about everything."
Not far away, Sophie stared at this scene blankly. Seeing the reactions of Bergman and Sean, she had already guessed some of the reasons.
"Xiao..." Sophie's voice stopped suddenly, and then she spoke again with some doubts, "Mr. Saint?"
Sean gritted his teeth and lowered his head.
When Calvin followed Victoria back to the manor mansion, he was shocked to find Sean sitting next to Hesta with a bruised face again.
When Sean recounted in a low voice the means by which he obtained Bergman's private information and how he distributed them to relevant insiders, Bergman's entire private life was suddenly exposed to his lovers and enemies. Before, when there was a storm... Calvin was even more surprised.
For more than a month, he felt that he and Sean had almost never been separated. He really couldn't understand, where did Sean find the time to do these things?
…
Late at night, Sean himself was temporarily handcuffed in the study, with Zoe responsible for guarding him. Villefort invited Bergman to go to other rooms to discuss the aftermath - now that they knew the ins and outs of the whole thing and the initiator, what they needed to do now was to minimize the damage caused by Sean.
At this point, Villefort envied Bergman.
The guests dispersed with satisfaction. They were still excited about the story they heard tonight. It is conceivable that in the next period of time, it will definitely become a hot gossip after dinner.
