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Chapter 5 I lay in the familiar ward once again. Thankfully, the glitter had not caused a second puncture in my lung, but the damage to my airway and vocal cords was severe. The doctor said I would need a long period of rest. Alex stayed beside my bed without saying a word. The air in the room felt suffocating. I knew his silence meant that he was enraged. "Alex, I'm sorry, I made you worry again." My voice sounded like sandpaper being dragged across wood. He lifted his head to look at me. Tears welled up in his eyes. "I should be the one apologizing. I failed to protect you.

should have realized long ago that Justin was no good." I shook my head. "It wasn't your fault! I was the one who refused to see it." I had loved Justin for three years, from my freshman year to my junior year. I had believed he was the one for me. I stayed up late with him to finish assignments, wrote his notes, took care of him when he was sick, and even shielded him from the knife. Yet, everything I did for him was me trying to play the hero and meddle in his business. That memory still stung. "Alex, I want him to pay! Sophie too! And everyone who took part in it." He held my hand.

His palm was warm and steady. "Of course. I already had the legal team step in. Intentional injury, public humiliation, and defamation. Not a single charge will be overlooked! Justin's livestream is the strongest evidence. "As for the rest..." A cold glint flickered in his eyes. "I'll make sure they understand there are some people in the world they should never mess with." Just then, someone knocked on the door. Alex's assistant, Owen Clarkson, came in wearing a complicated expression on his face. "Mr. Lawson...

The chairman of Miller Construction, Mr Jason Miller, and a couple claiming to be Sophie's parents, are downstairs. They're requesting to see you and Miss Lawson." Alex sneered and said, "Tell them to get lost." "But... Mr. Miller said if you refuse to meet him, he'll jump off the hospital roof." 1/3 Chapter 5 +25 Bonus I looked at Alex and said faintly, "Alex, let them come up. I want to see them." I wanted to see the kind of people who had raised someone like Justin. I wanted Sophie's parents to know exactly what their "favorite daughter" had done.

Most of all, I wanted them to watch their children face the consequences and realize they could do nothing about it. Alex studied me for a moment before he nodded. "Bring them up." Before long, three people were escorted inside. The first one to walk in was a chubby middle-aged man in a wrinkled designer suit. He fell to his knees in front of Alex almost immediately. Tears and snot streamed down his face. "Mr. Lawson, I failed to teach my son some manners! Please show mercy and spare our family!" Behind him stood a modestly dressed couple. They looked worn and anxious.

The woman was Sophie's mother, Maggie Shaw. She caught sight of me and dropped to her knees. She then started wailing. "Miss Lawson, Sophie didn't mean to do this! She's still a child! She's just an innocent child! Justin led her astray. Please forgive her! If she goes to jail, our family is finished!" Her husband, Benjamin Shaw, stood off to the side. He was wringing his hands anxiously. Jason crawled closer to my bed after seeing Alex's lack of response. "Miss Lawson, it was all Justin's fault!

If you sign a settlement agreement with us, the Miller family is willing to give you 30% of our company's shares as compensation! Please!" 30% was a huge offer. If I did not have a brother like Alex and I was just an ordinary college student, that would have tempted me. Unfortunately for them, I was no ordinary girl. I stared at his calculating face and felt disgusted. Instead of answering him, I picked up the tablet on my bedside table and clicked open a video. It was the full recording of Justin's livestream, which Owen had just sent me. I turned the volume up to max.

"Good evening, everyone! My girlfriend hasn't been feeling well lately... "Sophie's here to help with some... candle-blowing therapy... "Look! With this outfit and this makeup, doesn't she look like she's indeed been through something? This is incredible!" Justin's mocking voice filled the room. Every word landed like a slap across the faces of Jason and Sophie's parents. 2/3 Chapter 5 +25 Bonus Jason's complexion turned chalk white. Maggie stopped sobbing and stared at the screen. She stared in horror at her bright-eyed daughter, who was smiling and holding the cake. Then, the video ended.

"Now, tell me, Mr. Miller, how much of your company would you trade for your son's life?" I turned to Sophie's parents, "And you... Where exactly do you think your innocent daughter should end up?" I sneered at them. "I'll tell you the answer to that. "Justin'll pay for everything he has done. "And Sophie'll pray for me from hell." Support Share 3/3 Chapter B +25 Bonus admin