Chapter 3

The next day, as soon as I got to my cubicle, I found it drenched in red ink.

My computer was completely dead.

A fellow intern whispered to me that Willow had come in early to do it.

I was furious, practically breathing fire.

But I could only swallow my anger since I was at work.

And Willow wasn’t even at the company; she had gone on a business trip with Caleb.

As soon as I clocked out and reached the company’s ground floor, someone doused me with a bucket of cold water.

Willow emerged from the crowd.

She held up her phone, with the live streaming camera on.

Beside her were several of her girlfriends, all seemingly on her side.

Willow pointed at me, drenched like a drowned rat, and looked into the live camera.

“Family, this is the psycho who coveted her own brother. Absolutely disgusting.”

At her words, sharp laughter mixed with jeers erupted around me.

Many people gathered to watch the show.

Those who didn’t know the full story started pointing fingers at me.

I clenched my fists. “Are you crazy?”

Willow let out a short, mocking laugh.

“So what if I am? If you dare to seduce my boyfriend, you better be prepared for the consequences.”

The live stream comments were frantically scrolling.

I glanced at them; almost all of them were insulting me, calling me cheap.

I pushed Willow away.

“Willow, does Caleb know what you’re doing today?”

“So what if he knows? I’m going to marry him someday, I’m your sister-in-law. As your future sister-in-law, I’m practically family, and I have the right to teach you a lesson! Who can say anything?”

Willow spoke as if it were obvious.

She lunged forward and grabbed my hair, pulling so hard my scalp stung.

I tried to struggle, but her girlfriends came up and grabbed my arms.

I was forced to look up at Willow.

She sneered:

“You bitch, you’d better tone down your innocent act, or you’ll regret it once I’m officially part of the family.”

As she spoke, she eyed the bag on my shoulder.

Her eyes lit up instantly. “That’s the latest Chanel bag!”

Then she reached out to snatch it.

Of course, I wouldn’t allow it.

But there were too many of them. I was slapped several times, and my bag was still snatched away.

Many people were coming and going from the company, but no one dared to intervene.

“Willow!” I suddenly broke free.

But Willow grabbed my hair again and violently shoved me away.

I fell to the ground, my forehead throbbing with a dull pain, the world spinning.

During this, I heard the continuous sound of gift notifications from the live stream, mixed with the shrill laughter of Willow and her friends:

“Family! Our little 'innocent' sister is bleeding! Send rockets, and I’ll make her kneel and beg!”

Then, several rockets appeared in the live stream.

Willow’s high heel suddenly kicked my hand.

She triumphantly held up the bag she’d snatched from me.

“The Sterling family will be mine and Caleb’s. You need to understand that every penny you spend now is mine. How dare dead weight like you spend so lavishly?”

“Caleb told me you get a six-figure monthly allowance. From now on, that money won’t be yours.”

As she said this, Willow’s heart ached.

She already considered the Sterling Group as good as hers.

Me spending my parents’ money also felt like *her* loss.

“Are you insane? What does me spending my parents’ money have to do with you?”

I truly couldn’t follow Willow’s twisted logic.

Willow giggled at the camera, then turned to me:

“Of course, it’s your sister-in-law helping you get rid of your wasteful habits.”

I gasped for breath. “You? You think you’ll ever step foot in my family’s house?”

Willow was enraged. She raked her long nails across my face.

In a few swipes, glaring red scratches appeared on my face.

Just then, a furious shout came from outside:

“What’s going on?! Who dares bully my sister, Skylar Sterling?!”