Chapter 15 Monica let out a muffled , mournful cry , thrashing her body , her eyes pleading . Matthew walked over and ripped the duct tape from her mouth . ] " Matthew ! Let Joseph go ! Everything was my idea ! He had nothing to do with it ! " ] Matthew just watched her coldly , as if she were a pathetic clown . ] " You lied to me for seven years , making me play the fool while I supported your little family . He ate my food , lived in my house , spent my money . How is he not involved ? " He crouched down , his finger nearly touching her face . " I am curious , though . Joseph's blood type is 0. Why did you bribe a doctor to forge his records and steal my daughter's Rh - negative blood ? " " Monica , is your heart made of stone ? " The file his assistant had just found flashed before his eyes . [ ] On Joseph's birth certificate , his original blood type was clearly listed as O. It was Monica who paid a bribe to have it changed to the same rare type as Dawn . [ ] Then there was the preschool physical , which stated in black and white that his blood type was O. How had he missed it then ? ] And his face ! Joseph's eyes , his nose - he was the spitting image of the kidnapper on the floor , with no resemblance to Matthew whatsoever . Matthew suddenly felt laughably stupid . " Mr. Wilson , please ... " Monica begged through her tears . " Punish me , not him ! Joseph is just a child ... " ) " A child ? " Matthew scoffed , kicking over a nearby chair as he stood up . " When he was shoving a glass marble down daughter's throat , his intentions were more venomous than any adult's ! " [ ] He turned back to Monica , his voice suddenly sharp . " Tell me , where is Sophie ? " my Monica froze , her eyes darting away as she shook her head . " I don't know ... She just left with the baby . She didn't say where she was going ... " Matthew suddenly remembered something . He strode to the sofa , picked up Monica's phone , and used her fingerprint to unlock it . He found and opened an encrypted file . It was an agreement . " Sophie Harris voluntarily relinquishes the title of Mrs. Wilson and agrees to never again contact Matthew Wilson . " At the bottom was Sophie's signature . ] ] His mind went blank with a roar . " You bitch ! " Matthew spun around and kicked Monica squarely in the chest . " You forced her to sign this ? " Monica coughed up a mouthful of blood but then began to laugh hysterically . "So what if I did ? Matthew , I am your your legal wife ! Sophie Harris is nothing but a secret mistress ! " Her eyes filled with venom . " You want to divorce me and divide the assets ? I'll tell you what - not a chance ! You owe me for seven years of my life , for my pain and suffering ! You won't get away without paying every single centi " ] Those words lit the final fuse of Matthew's rage . ] " Assets ? " He laughed as if it were the funniest joke he'd ever heard . " You think you're entitled to anything ? " He kicked her hard in the lower abdomen . As she curled into a ball , he gave a cold order to the bodyguards behind him : " Have some ' fun ' with her . Show her what it means to wish you were dead . " He turned and walked away . The moment the door closed , Monica's inhuman screams echoed behind him . Sometime while he was inside , it had started to rain , a gentle drizzle , just like the day Dawn was born . ] Matthew stood in the rain , letting the cold water soak him to the bone . He didn't know if it was rain or tears streaming down his face . He clenched his fists and swore an oath to the empty . rain - swept street . || " Sophie , just you wait . Everyone who ever hurt you and our daughter , I will make them pay a thousand times over . Three days later , Matthew stood outside the registry office with his fresh divorce papers in hand , but there was eyes . [ ] there was no r relief in his Monica's assets were frozen , Joseph was removed from the Wilson family registry , and every cent she had secretly siphoned off was tracked down and reclaimed . He even managed to pin a charge of " misappropriation of company funds " on her , burying her under a mountain of astronomical debt . [ ] As for prison ? He felt that was letting her off too lightly . He had Monica locked in the basement of the suburban villa , given only a bowl of slop a day , and left to the " care " of his bodyguards . The same torments she had inflicted on Sophie were now being visited upon her . But the more he tormented Monica , the emptier Matthew felt . [ ] The image of Sophie was a constant presence in his mind . The hangover soup she used to make , his perfectly pressed shirts , the light in her eyes when she looked at him ... He realized that this woman was etched into his very being , her shadow haunting him whether he was awake or asleep [ ] He searched for her like a madman . [ ] Lucas checked every travel record , only to find that Sophie had bought dozens of plane tickets before she left - to Beijing . Paris , Sydney ... All over the world . It was obvious she didn't want to be found . " Mr. Wilson , " Lucas began hesitantly , " they say when a woman is angry , she goes back to her family . Do you think Mrs. Wilson ... might have gone back to the Harris estate ? " ] The idea struck Matthew like a bolt of lightning . His hands trembling , he dialed Sophie's mother's number , his voice uncharacteristically humble . " Mom , is Sophie there with you ? " ] There was a few seconds of silence on the other end , followed by Mrs. Harris's furious voice . " Matthew Wilson , you have the audacity to come looking for her ? " " You deceived my daughter for seven years ! She's finally come to her senses ! Don't you dare try to ruin her life again ! " ] Come to her senses ? A shiver ran through Matthew's body . Could Sophie have known about Monica all along ? Known about his years of deception ? He wanted to ask more , but the line went dead . Growing more uneasy by the second , Matthew drove like a madman to the nearest registry , bursting through the doors . " I need to check a record ! Sophie Harris ! Did she come here recently to register a child ? The child's name is Dawn Wilson ! " ] The clerk searched the system for a long time before shaking his head . " There's no record of a newborn named Dawn Wilson being registered . " ] Matthew breathed a sigh of relief , nearly collapsing . Thank God .... she hasn't registered the baby yet . That means she hasn't decided to cut ties with me completely . [ ] He muttered to himself , " Good ... I still have a chance ... " But in the next moment , the clerk slapped his forehead . " Oh , that's right ! A woman named Sophie Harris did come in about two weeks ago to register her daughter . She registered her under her own name : Dawn Harris . " ] " She specifically requested that the child take the mother's surname , stating there was no relationship with the father . " [ ] BOOM Matthew felt as though a thunderclap had exploded in his head . He stumbled to the counter , staring intently at the clerk's computer screen . On the registration file , his daughter's name was indeed written : " Dawn Harris . " ] connection to him at all