Chapter 14
I waited in the living room for a long time before Jake finally came back.]
As soon as he entered the living room and saw me on the sofa, he was slightly stunned, then strode over and hugged me.[]
His voice was hoarse.
“Hope, I’m sorry. I didn’t know that person was Kael.“]]
“I thought when you used to say you liked him, it was just a little girl’s joke.“[]
I gently shook my head to comfort him.]
Jake, what did you do wrong? I just had a terrible relationship, that’s all.“[]
Jake,
I wasn’t in pain anymore.
Jake’s eyes immediately reddened.[]
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He gently coaxed: “We’ll never go to the West Coast again. We’ll stay home where your brother and parents can protect you.“[]
I nodded and told him to go rest.
I didn’t know how much Kael had told Jake, and I didn’t want to be all
to dig deeper.
I had found my own happiness now and didn’t care about that brief period of being lost.
But since Kael had come, there was something I hadn’t been in a hurry to do before–now I decided to move it up on my agenda.[]
I called over our butler and asked if he could handle something for me.
The butler had watched me grow up since I was little. He used to travel the world with my father and had friends in both legitimate and underground circles.]]
When he heard about my ordeal, the butler immediately clenched his fists.[]
That night, Kael was intercepted by a group of people and taken to the outskirts.
The same abandoned warehouse.
Except this time, the person hanging high in the air was him.]
The thugs spoke to their phone screen for instructions.[]
“Miss, one hundred slaps–may we begin?“]
“Begin.“]
Through the surveillance, Kael looked up at me in disbelief.]
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The first slap rang out.]]
Then the second, the third…]
I watched his expression in the camera gradually dim, turn ashen, and lose all light.[]
A breath of stale air released from my chest.]]
Kael, when I loved you, I was willing to give you everything.[]
When I was not, you became as insignificant as an ant before me.
From now on, we’re completely finished–all debts settled.]]
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