Chapter 4

James was still trying to fool me with those pop-up comments. I figured that he was panicking over the fact that I was really bent on going to the Wests.

I wound up the car window and snickered.

“Do you really think you have a say in my life? Step aside.”

He suddenly reached his hand into the window which clamped down so hard on his fingers, he rolled on the floor crying in pain.

“Jerry! I was trying to remind you out of the goodness of my heart. How could you try to maim me? I’m an artist, for goodness’ sake! My hands are of utmost importance to me!”

Mindy rushed over in less than two minutes and helped James to his feet.

She started roaring at me. “How dare you hurt James like this! To think that I was at your house, waiting for you to regret your decision and come begging me. I didn’t expect you to play such nasty tricks with James!”

I looked coldly at her and said, “He was the one who stretched his hand into my window. Can you at least use your brain before jumping to his defense? Can’t he tell that I was winding up my window?”

The two of them were probably thinking of ways to ruin Charmaine and my wedding. Any delays would only make things riskier.

I decided to ignore them and ordered the driver to leave.

Mindy’s anger grew, making her pull the car door open and drag me out. She said to James with a sneer, “James, he wanted to maim you, didn’t he? Crush his legs! Let’s see if he’ll dare to bully you next time!”

She pulled out a black bag from her trunk and covered my head with it. She then struck my legs with a stick, and the throbbing pain made it hard for me to stand.

She dragged me a few feet away and said viciously, “Since you’re so desperate to marry into the West family, I’ll see if they want a disabled son-in-law! You’ll have no choice but to beg me when they throw you out!”

Her voice faded into the distance. Soon after, I heard the roar of a car’s engine as it sped toward me.

The inability to see made my other senses more keen. As the heat of the racing car grew closer, my body started shaking with fear.

“Mindy Sullivan! I’ll apologize to James! Make him stop!”

I shut my eyes, my legs trembling as I awaited my doom.

But the car never crashed into me. Instead, all I heard was James and Mindy’s mocking laughter.

“Jerry, the way you begged us to spare you was hilarious. I was just scaring you. To think you’re so easily frightened!”

“I managed to capture a video of how stupid you look and sent it to Ms. West. Just sit back and wait for her to call off the wedding.”

The bag over my head was pulled off. I gritted my teeth in anger and watched them leave hand in hand, bright smiles on their faces.

Comments flashed past once more, trying to defend Mindy’s actions.

[Mindy was just trying to hold you back because she doesn’t want to see you marrying into the West family. Didn’t you see the look of concern for you on her face just now?]

[While she’s still in a good mood, you should seize the chance and beg her to marry you! If not, you’ll be dragged to hell with the Wests!]

I sneered and sat back in my car, resuming my journey to the West’s to pick up the bride.

Nothing else out of the ordinary happened along the way. After I successfully picked up

Charmaine, we went straight to register our marriage.

Mindy and James can just forget about getting their hands on the inheritance!

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When Mindy arrived home, she kept checking her phone obsessively, waiting for Jerry to call her to beg for mercy.

Everything she and James had done, coupled with those comments, were enough to scare Jerry into coming back for her. She was certain of that.

Yet, she never received news from Jerry even until the skies turned dark. In her frustration, she decided to pay the Bales a visit.

Just then, her secretary knocked on her door.

“Ms. Sullivan, the company called. The contract for Mr. Sullivan’s 50 million dollar inheritance has been invalidated. The reason being, Mr. Jerry Bale has married the daughter of the West family.”