Chapter 12 1/1 The moment Sophia saw Jason , hope flashed in her eyes . She dragged her battered body toward him , limping badly . Tears were streaming down her face as her voice shook uncontrollably . " Jason , s - she was going to kill me ! Victoria's lost her mind ! She can't stand to see me happy ! " Jason pulled her into his arms , his eyes dark as he looked at Victoria . He could barely contain the fury in his voice . " What the hell is wrong with you ? " Victoria wiped the blood from her lips and sneered , carelessly tossing the steel pipe aside . The metallic clang echoed harshly through the empty warehouse . W " Jason , you'd better think carefully about who was really in the wrong . " Her voice was hoarse but eerily calm . She paused , her gaze sharp as a blade . " Don't forget . You still owe me for today . " Jason frowned , his tone ice - cold . " Weren't you the one working with Wesley ? " " Ha ! " Victoria let out a short laugh , cold glint flickering in her eyes . " Fine then . I'll tell the media right now . She stared directly into Jason's eyes , saying each word carefully . " Let's see if you can handle the backlash . If I remember correctly , the Reids are trying to acquire that property downtown , aren't they ? " Then she turned to Sophia . " Ms. Page , you wouldn't want tomorrow's headlines calling you a homewrecker , would you ? " Sophia's face went white , her lips trembling as she immediately pressed herself weakly against Jason's chest , sobbing . " Jason , Coleman must be angry because you two didn't get to hold the wedding … it's all my fault … Ms. Jason's frown deepened as he looked at Victoria . " If that's what this is about , I can make it up to you . Why Victoria scoffed , her eyes filled with contempt . " Save your energy ." take it out on Sophia ? " She slowly straightened up . Despite her injuries , her posture remained perfectly straight . " Do you think I need a wedding ceremony ? Even formality , I'm still Mrs. Reid . " Victoria stopped looking at them . Clutching her abdominal wound , she walked slowly toward the warehouse exit . without that As she passed Jason and Sophia , she paused briefly to say in a cold voice , " We'll leave things here for today . Don't worry , We have plenty of time ahead of us . " With that , she left without looking back . Jason stood there , watching her retreating figure . His heart was suddenly pierced by an unfamiliar emotion . Victoria was disheveled , wounded by his own hand . She should have been furious , hysterical . Yet she had simply looked at him calmly , and somehow that made his chest tighten . He suddenly realized he had never truly seen her clearly . Sophia was still sobbing softly in his arms , but he felt inexplicably irritated . He instinctively raised his hand to wipe the tears from her face . But the moment his fingertips touched her skin , Victoria's bloodied , mocking smile flashed through his mind . His movement froze . A secret , unprecedented emotion began growing in his heart . Had she become this way because of Sophia ? Or had she become this way because of .. , him ? The thought made Jason's breath hitch .