Chapter 5

Aiden pushed up his glasses.

His gaze swept back and forth between me and the big screen.

As long as he said he didn't know me, this farce could end.

However, Aiden remained silent.

He lowered his eyes, avoiding my gaze.

When he looked up again, his face wore an expression of pained heartbreak.

"Miss Celine."

He sighed, his voice gentle yet cutting.

"I already told you we could never be together."

"Why do you keep pestering me?"

"Even... even chasing me to my wife's banquet to cause a scene?"

My eyes widened, my whole body turning cold.

"What did you say?"

My voice trembled.

"Are you insane? I've never even seen you before!"

But Aiden no longer looked at me.

He turned around and held Eve's hand.

"Eve, I'm sorry."

"She kept pestering me. I was soft-hearted and didn't completely reject her."

"But I swear, you're the only one in my heart."

"I'll handle this. Please don't be angry, okay?"

Eve's face twisted with rage.

"Bitch!"

Eve whirled around and kicked me hard in the stomach.

Caught off guard, I was sent flying and crashed heavily to the ground.

My internal organs screamed with pain, making me convulse.

"What else do you have to say?"

Eve shrieked, completely losing her mind.

"My husband admitted it! You still dare argue!"

I clutched my stomach, cold sweat pouring down.

I looked at Aiden's evasive eyes and finally understood.

Of course he knew I wasn't the woman in the photo.

Because he wanted to protect the woman he loved.

So he didn't hesitate to push me out as a scapegoat!

"Aiden... you'll die a horrible death..."

I stared hard at him.

A flash of guilt crossed Aiden's eyes, but he quickly recovered his cold indifference.

"Pick her up."

Eve's voice was ice cold.

"Make her kneel!"

Several bodyguards immediately rushed forward, pressed me to the ground, and forced me to kneel toward the big screen.

Eve pointed at Tony, who lay motionless on the ground.

"Drag him to that display platform!"

That platform had an extremely strong electromagnetic field set up to display floating jewelry.

"No!"

My eyes widened as I shouted and struggled.

"He has an implanted defibrillator in his heart! Strong magnets will cause cardiac arrest!"

"Please! Spare him!"

Eve turned a deaf ear.

The bodyguards dragged Tony next to the display platform.

As soon as he got close to the platform, the monitoring patch on Tony's chest emitted a piercing alarm.

His body began to convulse violently, his eyes rolling back.

"Tony!"

I screamed with all my might, my voice breaking instantly.

Eve walked up to me and raised her hand.

Slap!

A resounding slap landed on my face.

My cheek swelled instantly, and I tasted blood at the corner of my mouth.

Eve rubbed her wrist, her eyes vicious.

"This slap is to teach you how to be human."

She raised her hand again.

Slap!

"This slap is for your shamelessness."

The monitoring patch's alarm grew more and more shrill.

I watched Tony's face gradually lose its vitality, my heart turning to ash.

I bit my lip hard, staring at her intently.

"You'd better pray you can kill me today. Otherwise, you'll regret being born into this world."

Eve laughed loudly.

"Regret? I don't know if I'll regret it, but I'll make you regret being a mistress."

"Let's see what you'll use to seduce men without this face."

As she spoke, she took a knife from a bodyguard.

The blade gleamed with cold light, aimed straight at my cheek.

Just as the knife was about to cut my skin, I closed my eyes.

Bang!

The shutters were torn apart by force.

"You dare touch my sister?"