CHAPTER 256

Sam could barely hold himself up any longer.

Star escort.

Selling his body.

These words were enough for him to get the full picture of who this young man was.

Isabel conceived a child with a gigolo!

She, the Taylor family's daughter, got pregnant with a gigolo's child!

"Isabel Taylor! You… you!" All color drained from Sam's face, and his voice was shaking. "How can you engage in such debauchery?!"

"He's lying! That's not what happened!" Isabel was afraid to admit what she had done, so she tried to lie. "I didn't know that he's the star escort at Twilight Oasis. I just hired him to be my assistant and bodyguard. I got pregnant by mistake. I was having a bad day so I got drunk and he took advantage of me. I was afraid of damaging my reputation so I didn't tell anyone, but who would've thought that I would've gotten pregnant just from that one time…"

Sam stared at Marshall suspiciously.

Naturally, he trusted Isabel's words over his.

Sam wanted to believe that Isabel simply brought the man back to be her assistant and bodyguard, but

the man had his sights on her and wanted to use her as his ticket to a life of luxury.

After seeing the skepticism in Sam's eyes, Marshall did not say anything. He wordlessly began to unbutton his shirt.

"Marshall, what are you doing?! Get out at once! Get out!" Isabel shrieked.

Marshall ignored her as he took off his shirt, leaving his scrawny body on full display.

Once Sam saw Marshall's body, he gasped.

While Marshall's face was unblemished, his body was littered with a myriad of scars.

Sam was so shocked that he fell into a daze.

Marshall fixed his eyes on Sam and said, "Your sister was the one who gave me all these scars. Do you think I have the guts to take advantage of her?"

Sam stared at Isabel in disbelief.

Isabel frantically shook her head. "No, I didn't! He's lying! Don't believe him, Sam!"

She never thought Marshall, who had never dared to disobey her, would expose her in front of Sam.

She was fully aware of Sam's personality.

He was a righteous, kind, and principled man who never abused his power and hated those who acted cruelly or immorally.

If Sam found out about all the things she did behind his back, he would give up on her entirely.

Nigel and Dan no longer cared about her anymore, so Sam was the only person she could depend on now. If he too despised her, she would really be left with nothing.

Isabel was shaking. She had never felt as petrified as she did now.

Sam had gone numb all over. His heart sank to the lowest it could ever go.

He truly wanted to believe her, his only little sister, but he was sharp enough to discern that Marshall was telling the truth, and Isabel was lying.

Isabel had gone behind his back to hire a gigolo, and she even got pregnant.

This was far too outrageous!

Sam turned back to Marshall and eyed his body before finally asking, "Was Isabel the one who gave you all these scars?"

"Yes." Marshall nodded.

"Did she coerce you?" Marshall asked, "Why didn't you report it to the police?"

Marshall lowered his eyes. "I told you. My brother is gravely ill and his treatment requires a lot of

money. Your sister took a liking to me and wanted to take me away from Twilight Oasis. When I refused, she threatened to make me lose my job. I had no choice but to follow her. She was generous, so I earned enough money to pay for my brother's treatment. I wanted to leave after that, but… I couldn't…"

"Why not?" Sam asked.

This time, Marshall looked him in the eyes and said, "Because she drugged me and took naked pictures of me in indecent positions… I've fallen into this vices and my future is ruined, but my brother is still a regular person who has a bright future ahead of him… Your sister threatened me. If I left, she would blast those pictures of me all over my brother's school…" holds © this.

Sam got the full picture.

At that very moment, he felt a mix of shock, disappointment, and anger.

"How could you?" Sam turned back to Isabel, his body numb with rage. "His brother's sick and he couldn't afford the treatment, but for the sake of saving his brother's life, he had to resort to taking on that sort of work. His life is already pitiful as it is, so how could you lock him up and abuse him like he's some sort of animal?"

Isabel vehemently denied everything. "Sam, don't believe him! He's lying! He's lying!"

She dared not admit the truth.

She would lose everything if she did.

"I'm not lying." Marshall looked at Sam and said, "You can ask your men to look into this. Everyone around her knows about this."

Sam's subordinate walked over and muttered, "Sir, Marshall's telling the truth. I looked into it. Miss Isabel frequently brings Marshall to her room. While the staff doesn't know what happens inside the room, they have said that they could hear him screaming in agony every time. Sometimes, it lasts all night…"

The screams would last all night…

Sam's blood was boiling and his vision was beginning to get a little spotty. Once again, he stared at Isabel in disbelief.

The Taylor family's daughter, his little sister, abused a man until his body was covered in scars. He would scream in agony for nights on end, but he was afraid to disobey her. Despite all of his suffering, he had to stay by her side.

Who gave Isabel the power and confidence to do such a thing?

He did!

It was him, Sam Taylor!

His father and younger brother had long since found Isabel despicable and chased her out of the house. They left her to fend for herself.

His father told him that raising Isabel to adulthood was his duty, and he had done exactly that. From

then on, Isabel was responsible for her own life. The Taylors had nothing to do with her anymore.

Sam had thought that his father's actions were too cruel, so he took Isabel in and arranged for her to live in one of his houses. He even arranged for a whole team of staff to care for her.

With his care and protection, Isabel was able to continue living a life of luxury even though Nigel and Dan no longer considered her family. She was cared for in every way and had servants to wait on her. Her life now was no different from what she had enjoyed in the Taylor household.

Even so, Sam continued to pity Isabel.

He thought that the only culprits were Phoebe and her father, and that Isabel was innocent. Since Phoebe had paid for her crimes, they shouldn't take their anger out on Isabel too.

Obviously, Nigel and Dan thought otherwise.

Their hatred for Phoebe extended to Isabel as well and they refused to even see her.

In the past, Isabel was the Taylor family's precious daughter, but now, both of them hated her, and he was the only one who still cared about her.

This was why he pitied Isabel.

Deep down inside, he believed what they did was wrong. They were unable to separate their hatred for Phoebe from what they felt about Isabel, and they were too harsh on her. Isabel did nothing wrong, but she had to suffer because of Phoebe's actions.

Due to this, he felt even more sympathy for Isabel and showered her with even more care.

As the first in line to inherit the Taylor family fortune, and as the general manager of Taylor Corporation, money was no object to him.

He pitied Isabel and gave her even more money than what she had received when she was still a part of the Taylor household, but what did she end up doing with the money he gave her?

She spent it on a gigolo. She even tricked him and threatened him into staying by her side for her to abuse, as if he was some kind of animal!