Chapter 5
Silas has martial arts training and brought a dozen bodyguards with him.]
They take control of the situation immediately.
Callum and Vivienne’s friends are shouting and trying to fight back, but they get taken down fast.
Silas rushes over and lifts me off the ground.]
He’s almost crying as he whispers in my ear: “I’m sorry, baby. I’m so sorry I wasn’t here to protect you.“]]
I bury my face in his chest, voice breaking: “How did you find me?”
saw someone livestreaming them attacking you. I used every resource I had to track down this address.“]
“I swear to God, you’ll never be hurt again. Not while I’m breathing.”
That’s when Callum walks over.
He glares at Silas furiously: “Who the hell are you? Elara’s my fiancée. Get your hands off her.“[]
Silas looks at Callum with pure disgust. “You? You think you deserve her? I’ve been watching you for years, and I know shitty thing you’ve done. Time someone taught you a lesson.“]
He punches Callum square in the face.
Callum goes down hard, dazed and bleeding, can’t even get back up.
He’s sprawled on the floor with his face swelling up, asking me: “Elara, who is this guy? Are you really married?“]]
I can hear the panic in his voice now.]]
I don’t even look at him.]
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I pull the security camera from the corner and hand it to Silas. “Call the cops. This has evidence of them assaulting me and destroying my property.“[]
Silas nods.
After calling the cops, he checks his watch and tells his bodyguards: “We’ve got thirty minutes before the police arrive. Make them pay.“]
The bodyguards immediately get–to–work, beating the absolute shit out of Callum and Vivienne’s friends.]]
Callum gets tossed into a corner like a rag doll, face swollen beyond recognition.
Vivienne’s makeup is completely destroyed and her wedding dress is torn to shreds. Her little demon spawn keeps screaming curses at us until a bodyguard picks him up and locks him in the bathroom.]
Chapter 5
Thirty minutes later, the cops arrive.[]
I hand over the security footage with a smile: “Forget about my injuries. Just the destroyed antiques alone are worth thirty million.”
All of Vivienne’s friends turn ghost white.
They start shouting: “Are you fucking insane? That’s highway robbery!“]]
I pull out my auction receipts, voice ice–cold: “Don’t believe me? Get them professionally appraised.“[]
The police review the video right there and confirm that practically everyone participated in destroying my collection.]
Split between all of them, each person is looking at hundreds of thousands in damages.[]
Now they’re really shitting themselves.
Several of them turn on Callum: “This is all your fault! We only got involved because we came to your wedding!“]]
“We attacked her to defend your wife!“]
Callum keeps his head down, saying nothing.[]
Someone has the nerve to suggest: “Callum, you should pay for this, right?“]
“You’re the CEO of a public company – a few million is nothing to you, right?“|]
Before Callum can respond, Margery completely loses it.
She starts screaming: “Why the hell should my son pay? We’re broke! He’s just a figurehead CEO – the company actually belongs to Elara’s family!”
The moment those words leave her mouth, Margery’s face goes dead white.[]
She finally realizes what they’ve done.]]
She turns to me with this pathetic, pleading expression: “Elara, sweetie, let me apologize for today.”
“I’ll make sure Callum gives you a proper apology. He’ll dump Vivienne and marry you today instead!“]
“As a favor to me, can we just forget this whole thing?”
I couldn’t help but laugh. “Mrs. Drayton, and exactly how much is your ‘favor‘ worth–thirty million?“]
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