LOGIN"Is that so? Stop making excuses for yourself!" Noelle sneered. Swiping her fingers across the screen, she brought up various other surveillance footage and receipts. "For the last six months, you've been leveraging your connection to me to skim off the top and embezzle corporate funds. Did you really think I was clueless?"Faris lifted his chin, digging his heels in. "So what? I'm your fiance. The company is yours, which means half of it will be mine in the future. I was merely taking an advance on my allowance!"Noelle shook her head. "That money doesn't belong to me alone; what you did is illegal!"Tears welled up in his eyes, and he adopted that wounded-puppy look again. "I know I messed up, honey. Can you forgive me just this once? I'll pay back every cent I embezzled; we can even use it to treat Noel's face, alright? "You promised to marry me; you said you loved me! I just had a momentary lapse in judgment. Give me one more chance, please! "I promise I'll be good to Noe. I
Faris accepted it with a smile and pushed the straw between my lips. Horrified, I shook my head frantically, refusing to drink.Noelle sighed. "Why are you being so difficult? I distinctly remember telling you to behave."Holding the glass, Faris reprimanded me as well. "Exactly. Listen to Noelle. Hurry up and drink—"Before he could finish, she pulled a syringe out of his chest and spat out, "I wasn't speaking to him. I was speaking to you. I told you, anyone who tries to hurt my brother has to die. But since you're still my fiance, I'll give you a chance."Noelle clapped her hands, and the two burly men from earlier rushed into the room. "Tie him up," she ordered. The men bound Faris tightly, ensuring he couldn't move an inch. Noelle's conversation with them helped me understand everything. As it turned out, the moment Faris eagerly tried to shift the blame to Blaine and even wanted to silence him permanently, Noelle had already sensed that something was wrong. Thus, she had or
"Honey, you've been running yourself ragged all day; you must be exhausted. I'll stay with Noel. So, you should go home and get some rest," Faris offered gently, massaging Noelle's shoulders and head.Noelle visibly leaned into his touch, taking his hand and letting out a low hum of agreement. "But I'm really worried about Noe. I want to keep watch over him myself.""We're getting married soon, so your brother is my brother. I was tricked by Blaine into kicking Noel, so it's only right that I make amends to him. Or... Do you not trust me?" Faris inquired, shedding a tear, as if he were filled with remorse. Noelle held his hand in return and comforted him gently. "You know, when you give me those puppy eyes, you look like the spitting image of my brother. Don't cry. I'll head back right now."Noelle rose from her seat and stroked my cheek. Then, under my terrified gaze, she turned and left. "Don't go, Noelle! He'll kill me!" I pleaded silently. I was so anxious that tears almost
Faris grabbed a pair of surgical scissors from the instrument tray and rammed them straight into Blaine's mouth. Clutching his mouth in agony, Blaine couldn't utter another word. However, Faris wasn't done with him. He used the scissors to butcher the man's lips. Blaine curled into a ball on the floor, writhing and clutching his bleeding mouth. Faris tossed the blood-stained scissors aside and threw himself at Noelle's feet. "Honey, his name is literally engraved on that knife. How could it possibly be mine? "Earlier, completely ignoring my warnings, he held that knife to Noel's face and asked if Noel knew why he was named Blaine. Noel cursed at him, so he slashed his face, cut his lips, and disfigured him. Noel's is so pitiful!"Noelle took the knife and realized it really was the one she had gifted Blaine back then. Little did she know, Faris had asked Blaine for this knife just that morning. Knowing that Faris was about to become Noelle's husband, Blaine hadn't wanted to cr
The color drained from Blaine's face. Dropping to his knees, he began banging his head frantically against the floor. "Boss, I didn't hurt Mr. Brown! It was Mr. Smith who—"Before he could finish his sentence, Faris shoved a rolling pin into his mouth, cutting him off as blood welled up and spilled from the corners of his lips. "He's the one who hurt Noel! Honey, you heard it too. I was about to accept Noel, but Bee told me he isn't your brother. "He said Noel's an impostor, and I believed him… I even had him beat Noel to a pulp. This is all my fault!" A murderous glint flashed in Faris' eyes. "I'll avenge Noel right now!" He raised the rolling pin and began rain-inducing blows down on Blaine. Blaine screamed in agony as the blows rained down on him. "He's lying, Boss! I didn't lay a hand on Mr. Brown. Faris did—""How dare you frame me?" Faris put his whole weight into it, slamming the rolling pin violently against Blaine's skull. Blaine's cries stopped dead as he fell backward,
Noticing Noelle's eyes turn bloodshot and her entire frame begin to tremble, Blaine hurriedly elaborated, "Boss, this kid's name is clearly Ash. Earlier, he screamed his head off, claiming he was Mr. Brown, and he almost managed to fool Mr. Smith, too! Fortunately, I've been by your side long enough to know Mr. Brown's name is Noel and that you sent him to Eisenwald, not Kessland! "This kid had one foot in the grave and still had the nerve to impersonate Mr. Brown. Good thing I showed up right on time to tear his cover story to shreds…" The more he continued, the more pleased with himself he became. He looked at Noelle, as if he were waiting to be praised. As soon as his words fell, Faris' wheels turned, and he immediately threw Blaine under the bus. "That's right! Thank God for Blaine. He saw right through this punk's lies and beat him up!"Devastated, she threw my documents aside and dashed over. She ripped me away from the burly man's grasp, cradling me as she broke down. "Noe,







