Chapter 157: Marcus: I Pushed It Too Much.
Marcus’s hand loosened.
She actually harmed Gemma!
Once Mabel started talking, it became much easier.
She had already thought it through.
With William in that state, the Raven family would surely make her, the mastermind, pay the price.
It was better to confess to Marcus directly.
Let Marcus prepare himself mentally.
And quickly figure out how to protect her.
After all, no matter what happened before, Marcus had always ensured her safety.
“Max.”
She cried for a while, still rearranging her words in her mind.
“It’s the Ravens.”
“Mr. Cassius protected Gemma to repay her for saving his nephew.”
“The Raven family’s internal strife…”
She weakly looked up, tears streaming down her face, a pitiful sight.
“Max, the infighting in powerful families is always a life–or–death struggle. You know that better than I do.”
Marcus’s expression darkened. “Keep talking!”
He hadn’t expected Gemma to get caught up in the Raven family’s internal conflicts and regretted not paying closer attention to her recent
activities.
He even thought about assigning dedicated bodyguards to protect Gemma from now on.
Mabel noticed he wasn’t furious.
She guessed he was already weighing the pros and cons.
When it came to the Raven family, many people dared to be angry but not speak out.
Even Marcus had to consider his own limits.
So, Gemma wasn’t that important to him after all.
The sobs in her voice lessened slightly.
*Max, what could I do? I work at the hospital, and it was you who swallowed your pride to get me that job. I can’t lose it!”
“Besides, they found out about the history between the three of us. Even if I quit and hid, they’d still find me.”
“I had to agree to their demands to stop them from targeting Wilson Group…”
She paused.
Then the covered her face.
As if the knew what she had done was shameful.
Using this gesture to show that none of this was her true intention.
“They told me to target Gemma. The person who was supposed to appear on that big screen was Gemmal”
Those words hit Marcus like a ton of bricks.
The Raven family couldn’t touch Cassius.
So they wanted to destroy Gemma to intimidate Cassius!
His face instantly turned grim
The Ravens had gone too fart
He would never let this slide!
Additionally, this was also because Gemana had been too visible in public.
If she had listened to his advice earlier and stayed home as a devoted wife, she wouldn’t have gotten involved in these troubles.
It seemed that after winning her back, he would have to keep her away from the workplace.
“What happened next? Why didn’t Gemma appear on the screen?”
He pulled himself out of his thoughts and looked at the still–shaken Mabel, suddenly feeling he had been too harsh earlier.
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His tone softened slightly.
Mabel sat up straight, wiped her tears, and continued explaining.
“At first, I wanted to scheme against Gemma. After all, I was truly jealous of her. She got to be your wife, and I didn’t.”
“But I couldn’t do it!”
“My moral compass wouldn’t let me harm an innocent person!”
She looked over, her eyes filled with emotion.
“Max, that’s why you saw me following Gemma. I was trying to warn her not to fall into the trap.”
“Fortunately, Gemma is smart, so…”
She started trembling again.
“Max, what should I do? I only wanted to avoid hurting Gemma, but now that Gemma is safe, something happened to the Raven family’s young master, William.”
“The Raven family will definitely pin all the blame on me. What should I do?”
She suddenly stood up and hugged Marcus.
“Max, you’re the only one who can help me now. You can’t hand me over to the Raven family, or I’ll be dead for sure!”
Marcus didn’t speak, but his expression grew colder.
Mabel had accidentally offended the Raven family while trying to save Gemma.
And this incident gave him a chance to win Gemma back.
Gemma was someone who always repaid her debts!
She would definitely change her opinion of Mabel because of this.
He could also take this opportunity to clarify his relationship with Mabel and convince Gemma to come back.
But for this plan to work, Mabel couldn’t be harmed.
“Stay in the apartment for now. I’ll post some bodyguards nearby.”
Mabel was overjoyed.
She had thought she was in a dead end, but now there was a glimmer of hope!
The Raven family was terrifying, but Wilson Group wasn’t weak either.
They should be able to protect her.
“Yes, Max. I’ll listen to you.”
Marcus thought for a moment and helped her sit down.
“If Gemma comes over, can you explain everything to her clearly?”
Mabel, *???”
It took her a while to understand.
Was Marcus asking her to confront Gemma?
No, no!
He wanted Gemma to understand his good intentions?
He might even claim that he had arranged everything to save Gemma!
She trembled with anger again.
Marcus’s tone shifted again.
But there was a hint of threat in his voice.
She quickly snapped back to reality.
She was under his roof now and had no choice but to comply.
“Max, don’t worry. If Gemina comes here, I’ll definitely explain everything to her.”
“But Max, what about us? If Gemma asks about us, what should I say?”
Her eyes were filled with tears
Before, when they hadn’t slept together, she could pretend to be magnanimous
But after all they’d done, pretending would be too fake.
Besides, she had once wanted to climb the social ladder through the Raven family and didn’t care much about marrying Marcus.
But now her comeback dream was shattered, and she had become a thorn in the Raven family’s side.
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She could only rely on Marcus now.
So, she had to become the rightful Mrs. Wilson.
Marcus’s slightly softened expression turned serious again, his tone cold.
“What do you want to say?”
Mabel’s tears fell. “Max, we… we’ve already… And you’re divorced from Gemma now.”
“I know she cured your eyes, and you’re grateful to her, but that’s not love!”
“I’ve already repaid that debt for you by saving her, and now I’ve even gotten tangled with the Raven family. Isn’t that enough?”
Marcus instinctively pushed her away.
Then, as if avoiding the plague, he took several steps back.
This action deeply hurt Mabel.
“Marcus, what do you mean?”
She raised her voice.
“Don’t tell me you don’t want to marry me?”
She nearly lost control of her expression, like a bristling hedgehog.
“Or do you want to remarry Gemma?”
Marcus watched her outburst calmly.
His mind was a me
a mess.
Because once, Gemma had also been this hysterical and lost her composure.
Back then, he had found it annoying, thinking Gemma didn’t understand or trust him enough.
Now, with a different perspective, he felt…
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