He Never Loved Me Until the Day I Finally Left Him novel Chapter 777

She was blatantly backing him into a corner.

Sebastian deeply cared for Kyle; there was no way he wouldn't show up.

But being manipulated by Janetta made his expression turn pitch-black.

Yet he couldn't just abandon the boy.

Knowing full well that Kyle wasn't actually Janetta's flesh and blood only amplified his anxiety.

Sitting across from him, Helena could read the entire situation effortlessly.

She lowered her head, letting out a dry, mocking laugh.

"I almost forgot, Mr. Hayes is a family man," Helena drawled, flashing him a dangerously taunting smile.

She didn't bother lowering her voice.

It was a calculated strike, meant entirely for Janetta to hear on the other end of the line.

As expected, the silence over the speaker grew tight.

When Janetta spoke again, her voice trembled with poorly concealed panic. "Seb... is someone there with you?"

"I'm busy. I'll have Carter Miles pick Kyle up. Stay at the set. We'll talk later," Sebastian ordered brusquely.

He had made his decision in a split second.

Janetta was stunned. She never imagined that using Kyle as leverage would still end in rejection.

Her face surely contorted with rage on the other end.

But she didn't dare openly defy him.

To make matters worse, Sebastian completely ignored her frantic question about the other woman.

That only spiked Janetta's terror to unbearable heights.

"Seb..." she practically begged.

Sebastian knew exactly what she was trying to ask.

His gaze remained locked onto Helena.

He could see the fiery provocation blazing in her eyes.

If she was truly his supposedly dead wife, this level of open hostility toward Janetta made perfect sense.

He maintained his impenetrable composure.

Helena didn't care in the slightest. She smiled and shrugged. "I didn't stop you. Don't look at me like that, or I'll end up looking like the villain here."

Her tone was purely teasing, mocking the ridiculousness of his predicament.

"Did she do something to offend you?" he asked calmly.

Helena knew he was testing her. It was a high-stakes psychological chess match.

She thought back to the warning Julian had given her over the phone.

After only a momentary pause, she embraced a sudden wave of reckless defiance.

"Didn't you go see Dr. Leo Vance?" Helena asked, looking him dead in the eye.

This time, Sebastian was the one stunned into silence.

He likely never expected her to so brutally rip away the veil between them.

He kept his face blank, waiting to see what her endgame was.

"You went to him to verify my identity, didn't you?" she asked, her voice completely flat.

He neither confirmed nor denied it.

"Did you find what you were looking for?" she continued, unfazed.

"I told you before. Years ago, I was in a massive car crash. My face was completely destroyed, which is why I underwent extensive plastic surgery. From start to finish, I had about four major reconstructive surgeries to look the way I do now."

"And the cause of the crash? The person who hit me was driving drunk. My car plunged off The Coastal Expressway in Coralia and crashed onto The Reefs below. It happened five years ago, in November. It made the news as a major traffic collision, so you can easily verify it. I was rushed to The Sanctuary Hospital in Coralia for emergency trauma surgery."