Chapter 5

Sean said he needed to change clothes and told the other two male colleagues to shove the remaining half bottle of cleaner into my mouth.

After he left, one of the male colleagues, Brown, picked up the bottle, and the other one stopped him.

"Maybe we should just forget it. What if he reports us to the police?"

Brown scoffed. "There's not even a surveillance camera here. Even if he reports to the police, as long as we deny everything, the police can't do anything to us."

"Even if this matter really gets investigated, it was Sean who did it first. When that happens, the chairman will definitely protect him. I don't want to offend the chairman's son."

The two of them were originally Sean's lackeys, and they were both eager to climb the ladder.

When Sean outside urged them a few more times, one of them held my mouth open while the other poured all the cleaner into my mouth.

The cleaner was acidic. As it flowed down my throat, I felt like my esophagus was being burned through.

Worse than the physical pain was the pain in my heart.

I didn't understand. I had never done anything wrong to them at the company, yet they were treating me like this.

After they finished, Sean had already changed his clothes. He said Barbara had already called and told them to hurry downstairs.

The hands supporting me loosened, and my whole body collapsed on the floor.

I looked like I was barely breathing.

Brown was a little scared now. "Sean, he looks like something's really wrong. Should we take him to the hospital?"

Sean was dismissive. "It's just half a bottle of cleaner. At worst it'll damage his throat a bit. He'll throw it up himself in a moment."

"I'm going to confess to Barbara at the temple in a bit. I can't let him ruin my plans."

Then he kicked my stomach.

I felt something surging up. A few seconds later, I threw up with a loud retch.

The cleaner mixed with vomit stuck to my body, making my scalp tingle with disgust.

Sean cursed, "Disgusting."

Then he took out his phone and took a picture of me. "In a bit, I'll show this photo to Barbara. She definitely won't like Howard anymore."

Brown flattered him from the side. "Sean, if you ask me, Barbara probably already likes you. After all, you're tall, rich, and handsome—much more noble than Howard."

Listening to this flattery, I almost wanted to laugh.

I had already found out that Sean did have some connection with the chairman, but he was just a poor student sponsored by the chairman, not his son at all. And there were no bodyguards secretly protecting him.

Thinking of the scene when they would truly encounter those things and be helpless, I felt satisfied.

I lay in the bathroom all night before being discovered by Miss Kane who came looking for people.

When she saw me like this, she immediately untied the ropes on my body.

"Howard, who tied you up? Where are the other colleagues? Why can't I reach any of them?"

My eyes immediately reddened. "I'm sorry, Miss Kane. They insisted on going out. I couldn't stop them at all."

When Miss Kane heard it was around midnight, her eyes went even darker.

She was just about to take out her phone when a call came through.

After answering, Miss Kane collapsed on the floor.

"Something terrible has happened."