The Wicked Wife's Dark History Keeps Coming Back To Haunt Her - Chapter 97
The moment a scream burst from the boy’s mouth, Nina grabbed the hem of her skirt and ran swiftly.
“You little brat, didn’t I tell you not to come here?”
“O-Oww!”
A voice mixed with the suppressed groans of pain.
Nina signaled to a knight from the Bayern household, who followed her like a shadow, and gave an order to Marsha.
“Marsha, go quickly and bring the guards!”
“Yes, Madam!”
After confirming the knight by her side, Nina turned the corner.
“I warned you that if you pulled any stunts again, I’d leave your siblings half-crippled, didn’t I?”
“I-I’m sorry… I’m sorry, please…”
A hulking man with a menacing appearance was dragging the ten-year-old boy by his hair.
That man?
“Stop right there!”
Startled, the man turned around at Nina’s commanding voice, his expression flustered.
“Haha, what seems to be the problem… ma’am?”
“Let go of the child.”
The man, instantly recognizing Nina’s noble status, gave a servile laugh.
“Oh, the kid was misbehaving, so I’m just disciplining him. There’s no need for someone of your status to worry about this.”
Nina’s gaze sharpened, fixed on the hand roughly gripping the boy’s hair.
Discipline?
One more round of that kind of “discipline,” and the child would be done for.
“I said, let go.”
Clang.
The man hesitated, releasing his grip as the knight at Nina’s side casually displayed the sword at his hip.
Tadadak!
Freed, the boy darted toward Nina without hesitation.
The knight reflexively moved to stop the boy, but Nina raised a hand to signal him to stand down.
“Collin, where are you going? You need to go home with this father of yours, right?”
Nina gently wrapped her arms around the boy, who clung to her skirt like a lifeline.
Father?
So, it’s domestic violence?
“H-He’s not my father.”
“He says you’re not.”
If he’s not an uncle either, could this be abduction or human trafficking?
Nina stared at the man, demanding an explanation.
“Oh, ma’am, you’re too naive. The boy may look pitiful, but he’s a habitual liar and a notorious thief!”
Naive?
Clearly, this man had no idea who he was dealing with.
Nina Bayern, infamous in high society for her ruthlessness—known for schemes, coercion, threats, and manipulation—was being called naive?
“Th-that’s a lie! It’s not true!”
“He says it’s not.”
“Ma’am, would a liar ever admit they’re lying? He’s just trying to use you by acting pitiful!”
“I don’t know about that, but the boy’s face doesn’t lie.”
Nina brushed back Collin’s blue bangs, revealing his small, delicate face, marred with bruises.
His golden eyes filled with tears as he clung to her skirt, sobbing.
“They said… they said you help people… someone who helps…”
“…That’s right.”
“We’ve opened a legal consultation booth! Free consultations! If you need help, legal assistance, we’re here to help for free!”
The boy didn’t understand what a legal consultation was or what legal assistance meant, but he had been drawn by Marsha’s call for those in need of help.
Because he desperately needed someone’s help.
“Collin, let’s go home with your father, okay? Tell the good madam it was all a lie. You know you shouldn’t lie, especially when your siblings are waiting at home. Haha…”
When Collin flinched at the mention of siblings, Nina wrapped her arm around his trembling shoulders and turned to the knight.
“Hold that man until the guards arrive.”
“Yes, Madam.”
The knight swiftly subdued the man as he tried to flee.
“Let me go! I said I’d leave, didn’t I?!”
Whatever his identity, the mention of Collin’s name, home, and siblings indicated that separating him was urgent.
“Madam, I’m back!”
At that moment, Marsha returned with the guards.
“We received a report of a suspected criminal.”
Nina approached the guards, who were hurrying toward her.
“This man was acting extremely suspiciously, so I had him detained. He should be held temporarily in the station and thoroughly investigated. Would that be possible?”
