Chapter 6

"That's enough, let's stop here."

"Jack, you're too kind."

Just as I was about to pass out from the pain, I thought I heard Jack and Sophia's voices.

I struggled to open my swollen eyelids, and sure enough, I saw them both.

I tried to pull out the document from my arms to hand it to Sophia, but I couldn't muster any strength in my hands.

"Jack, someone like him doesn't deserve sympathy. If he dares to ruin other people's relationships, he should face the consequences," Sophia's voice rang out again.

Tears that had been held back suddenly gushed forth.

Once upon a time, Sophia had saved me when I was being bullied.

She had carefully tended to my wounds and chased away the bullies.

She said that as long as she was around, no one could bully me.

The gentle breeze on my wounds, taking away all the pain, that feeling was still etched in my heart.

But now.

She stood there, coldly watching as I was beaten black and blue.

Jack looked away: "That's enough, we don't want this to turn into manslaughter."

The thug leader approached Jack, bowing slightly: "Don't worry, Boss Jack, we know our limits!"

Sophia glanced at me curled up on the ground, then linked arms with Jack: "Jack, I know you're soft-hearted. Don't look anymore. There's a dessert shop nearby, let's go check it out."

Blood from my forehead flowed into my eyes, blurring my vision.

I could only see two figures gradually moving away until they disappeared.

"What are you looking at?"

The thug leader spat and kicked me again: "What? Thinking of stealing my boss Jack's girl again?"

"Too bad, she doesn't give a damn about you."

"This beauty has been chasing Jack for a long time, I heard. They say she's loaded too, always giving him houses and cars."

"We should thank you, actually. If you hadn't stolen Jack's girl, she wouldn't have been able to swoop in, and we brothers wouldn't be able to enjoy the good life."

Yeah, thanks to me.

I grinned, tears falling uncontrollably in large drops.

"Boss, has this guy gone crazy? He's smiling?"

"Who cares, just go easy on him. We'll beat him for a bit more and then leave."

Sporadic blows began to fall on my body again.

"Stop!"

Vaguely, I thought I heard police sirens.

In an instant, those thugs scattered like startled fish and birds.

"Are you okay?"

My eyelids felt like they were glued shut with superglue. I couldn't open my eyes, but I knew my savior was a girl.

The only thing I could be certain of was that this person definitely wasn't Sophia.

After all, Sophia was accompanying her new love, eating desserts at a nearby shop.

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