Chapter 4

Bang! Bang! One after another.

"Miss Celine, are you in there?"

Everyone stared at the door in terror.

My eyes lit up instantly.

It was my eldest brother's agents planted in New York. They'd come!

I struggled free from the bodyguards' grip and screamed toward the door at the top of my lungs.

"I'm here!"

My heart leaped with joy as I shouted hoarsely.

"I'm here! Save Tony! Save him quickly!"

Eve's expression changed, then she showed even more contempt.

"Your lover actually has some backbone? He really came?"

She straightened her wrinkled skirt, laughing coldly.

"But a bunch of underground thugs who can't see the light of day dare to crash my Blanchett family's party?"

"They really don't know what's good for them!"

She picked up her walkie-talkie, her voice low.

"Security team! Riot squad! Everyone mobilize!"

"Beat those thugs outside to death! Break their legs!"

"Activate Level One lockdown protocol. Lock down all electromagnetic doors!"

"Not even a fly gets in today!"

With her command, metal shutters around the banquet hall crashed down.

Completely sealing off all sounds from outside.

The heavy doors were locked tight with several steel chains.

The sounds of fighting and door-breaking from outside gradually became faint.

The hope that had just ignited in me was ruthlessly crushed by these doors.

"No! Open the door! Open it!"

I rushed frantically toward the door, pounding on the shutters with my fists.

My knuckles scraped raw, blood dripping, but I felt no pain.

"Tony can't wait!"

"Open the door!"

Eve walked up behind me, grabbed my collar, and threw me to the ground.

"Scream! Keep screaming!"

She looked down at me from above, savoring my despair.

"See that?"

"This is your backup? Pretty weak~"

"In New York, if I don't want someone to get in, they'll have to kneel outside no matter who they are!"

She pointed at Tony, who had fallen into semi-consciousness on the ground.

"He's dying, isn't he?"

"This is all your fault!"

"If you'd just admitted you were a mistress earlier, if you'd just kowtowed and admitted your mistake, how would he be suffering like this?"

"Now the door's sealed. Your kneeling is useless!"

I looked at Tony's purple lips, tears bursting from my eyes.

I had never hated anyone this much.

Even when I encountered those passive-aggressive socialites before, I just laughed it off.

Because I had four siblings protecting me.

I didn't need to fight or compete.

I just needed to be a happy little princess.

But now my most important Tony was about to die in front of me.

And I was powerless.

"Eve..."

I stared hard at her, my voice hoarse.

"If anything happens to him today, I'll make your entire Blanchett family pay with their lives."

Eve laughed loudly.

"Oh my, I'm so scared~"

Just then, the butler rushed in.

He looked somewhat panicked, lowering his voice to say something in Eve's ear.

Eve's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Aiden's here?"

Hearing that name, a glimmer of hope ignited in my heart.

As long as he came forward to clarify, to prove I didn't know him, to prove the person in the photo wasn't me.

The misunderstanding could be cleared up!

Tony could go to the hospital!

"Aiden!"

Eve immediately went to greet him, her eyes reddening.

"Look at this woman. She actually dared to come to my banquet and cause trouble!"

"She even brought an idiot to disgust me!"

Aiden's gaze swept across the entire venue, finally landing on me.

I forced myself to stand up and pointed at the photo on the big screen.

"Mr. Aiden!"

"Tell her quickly that I don't know you at all!"

"The person in the photo isn't me!"