Chapter 4

I took my phone, which they had smacked away earlier, and transferred Violet the money with shaking hands.

Violet couldn't keep her lips from spreading into a delighted smile when she read the notification informing her that she had received a bank transaction.

Only once the other colleagues saw that Violet had received the money did they step away from around me.

"I've given you the money, so can I go now?" I panted, barely clinging to my consciousness.

"Go on, leave! Don't stick around here like an eyesore!"

The male colleagues were staring at their phones with pleased smiles. Clearly, all they cared about right now was money.

"We can't let her go!" Violet suddenly shouted.

Everyone was confused and turned to look at her.

"Violet, we've already gotten the money. Why can't we let her leave?"

Violet's gaze raked over my battered body, and I could see a hint of malice flash in her eyes.

"Considering how badly you've beaten her up, she's definitely going to report this to President Kinsley."

At that, they took a good look at me, noting the bruises and swelling all over my arms and legs. There were even several bright red handprints on my cheeks.

Sucking in a deep breath, they asked fearfully, their voices shaking, "What do we do? She's President Kinsley's woman. There's no way he'll let us off the hook for this!"

"Calm down. At this point…" Violet deliberately paused before saying harshly, "we might as well just beat that bastard in her belly to death."

Her words stunned everyone, freezing them to the spot in shock.

"What are you saying! That's President Kinsley's baby we're talking about! Do you have a death wish?"

Naturally, there was no way everyone else would be able to accept this ridiculous idea. They were only after the money; they certainly didn't want to lose their jobs!

However, Violet chuckled and went on to explain, "If we allow her to give birth to that baby, President Kinsley will definitely continue to let her do as she pleases in the company. By then, she'll be throwing her weight around every day, and we'll have no choice but to submit to her every whim.

"President Kinsley definitely has no shortage of women around him, so without a child, I'm sure he'll grow bored of her soon enough."

Digging my nails into my palms, I screamed with every ounce of energy I could muster, "If any of you dare to harm my baby, President Kinsley will have your heads!"

Cowed by my words, the others began to talk Violet out of her idea.

"You do hae a point, but President Kinsley's first reaction to losing the baby will surely be anger."

"That's right. By then, we won't even need to wait for him to grow bored of Elena. We'd have already been fired long before that and blacklisted!"

Nonetheless, Violet seemed calm and unfazed as she replied, "What are you guys afraid of? I already have it all planned out. I'm going to seek out President Kinsley's wife and have her back us up. After all, we're helping her get rid of President Kinsley's mistress and illegitimate child, so I'm sure she'll support us!"

That finally convinced everyone enough for them to agree with her idea.

Seeing that, I immediately made a phone call.

"Mom, they're trying to kill my baby at the company—"

In the next second, however, Violet had snatched my phone from me and ended the call.

"What are you all still standing around for? Get her! Are you going to wait till she calls President Kinsley for help?"

The men who had beaten me up earlier were swiftly overcome by fury again, and they pinned me to the table edge once more.

Unlike before, when they had purposely avoided my abdomen and only hit me in the arms and legs, this time, every single hard punch landed right on my protruding belly.

I screamed in agony, my vision growing spotty as my consciousness threatened to leave me.

Just as I thought both me and my baby were about to die, a familiar voice hollered authoritatively, "What are you doing!"

Opening my eyes, I saw that Mom had appeared at the back of the crowd.