Chapter 4

"Y-you let go of me! Where are you taking me?"

The main entrance was blocked by glass. I dragged him by his hair and slammed his head into the biometric scanner.

With the hatred of two lifetimes, I used all my strength. The scanner shattered instantly.

The alarm blared,

"Ahhhhh!"

A trickle of blood ran down Caleb's forehead.

Jessica snapped back to reality and rushed over, her eyes burning with fury.

"Alex Miller, are you insane?! I order you to let go of Caleb!"

I smiled, gritting my teeth.

"Didn't you say I was bullying him? How could I possibly disappoint you?"

Jessica was livid, swinging her hand and slapping me across the face.

Her sharp nails left deep, fiery gashes, and the stinging pain froze me in place.

Again, she hurt me without hesitation, for someone else!

While I was stunned, she snatched a wailing Caleb back into her arms.

Caleb touched his forehead, which only had a small cut, and tears streamed down his face in terror.

"It hurts so much! Am I going to be disfigured?"

"I knew I shouldn't have been so willful. My sister didn't want me to come to the branch to learn. It's all my fault for being so headstrong..."

In an instant, Jessica's face turned white.

Rumors had long circulated that the CEO's younger brother had secretly joined a branch office.

Now Caleb had just admitted it himself!

Jessica pointed at me, her eyes bloodshot, and yelled at the approaching security guards.

"Arrest him! Make him kneel and apologize to Caleb!"

Despite my struggles, the security guards immediately twisted my arms behind my back and tied me up.

Jessica sent Caleb to the hospital, and they took me there too.

"Quick, call all the specialists! Make sure Caleb doesn't have even the slightest scar!"

She was so frantic she could barely speak, as if Caleb had lost an arm or a leg.

As doctors swarmed into the room, Jessica finally let out a sigh of relief.

Then, her gaze fixed on me, cold and piercing.

"Do you have any idea what you've done?"

"Our company worked so hard to achieve today's success. Are you going to ruin everything?!"

I scoffed, a laugh escaping me.

"You're truly insane for Caleb."

Jessica shook her head:

"Alex Miller, you are rotten to the core."

She clenched her fist and ordered the security guards.

"Hold him down. Don't let go until he bows down and apologizes a hundred times to Caleb."

Caleb, feigning distress, clutched Jessica's skirt, whimpering.

"Forget it, Jessica. It's all my fault. If I hadn't accidentally given Alex those peanut snacks, he wouldn't have lashed out at me and injured me."

"It's just because Alex loves you too much. Please don't break up because of me..."

Heh, what a scumbag.

He made me sound like some kind of possessive, violent psychopath.

Jessica's face was grim.

"Caleb is still pleading for you, and look at yourself, your maliciousness. I don't think we need to get married anymore!"

I stared at her cruel face, as if all our past happiness had been nothing but a lie.

I fought back tears and shouted.

"Fine! From today onwards, we have nothing to do with each other!"

"You..."

Jessica was momentarily stunned, as if she hadn't expected me to agree so readily.

At that moment, the medical staff in the room glanced at me with peculiar looks.

And with Caleb injured, everyone felt more pity and sympathy for him.

Yet no one saw the blood from my face running down my neck, staining my white shirt...

As the medication was applied to Caleb's head, he let out a sharp cry of pain.

Jessica snapped back, saying.

"I am so disappointed in you. What are you waiting for? Hold him down and make him apologize and bow down to Caleb!"

"Never! I'd rather die than bow down to him!"

A security guard kicked my knee hard. My joint buckled, and I involuntarily dropped to my knees.

Jessica, how could you make me suffer such humiliation, lose all my dignity?

At that moment, a figure exuding a palpable chill walked into the room.