Chapter 2

I was stunned for a moment before I said hoarsely, “Did Kelsey ask you to chase me away?”

The developer did not answer. He sent the workers straight to my dormitory to throw out my belongings.

My face was disfigured, and I was ugly enough to look scary.

My right leg was crippled too. Even though I could endure hardship, no one was willing to take me in. I had begged on my knees to get this job.

I refused to be driven away, so I tried to beg the developer again, but he grabbed my hair and yanked me to the ground.

“I want you to get lost. Are you deaf? If you keep stalling and make Madam Jones wait, you’ll drag me into it. If you do, I’ll break your other leg too!”

Suddenly, autumn rain began to fall. It got heavier and heavier.

I struggled to get up on my feet. “I signed the contract. You can deduct my pay, but I’m not leaving…”

Before I could finish, the developer slapped me.

Under the developer’s instruction, the other workers reluctantly started hitting me as well.

“Max, just go with Madam Jones! We overheard the boss talking to her. She really wants to take you along and give you a decent job.

“You’re incredibly lucky for being noticed by a big shot like her…”

They beat me bloody in the heavy downpour. The mud ran with streaks of red.

Through the rain, I saw Kelsey and Josie standing not far away, facing me.

Kelsey covered Josie’s eyes, but Josie pushed her hand away.

Josie felt delighted to see me get beaten up.

As “her father was a murderer”, she must have suffered a lot of humiliation. That was why she hated me so much, right?

After I lost everything, only one hope remained in my numb heart: that my daughter would grow up happy and healthy.

Even if I were beaten to death at this moment, I still would not go with Kelsey.

Maybe if I died here, Josie could escape my shadow and live a better life.

When I was about to close my eyes and accept my fate, I saw that Weylon had also arrived.

Josie was very close to him. She immediately threw herself into his arms.

Weylon purposely placed his hand on Josie’s neck and looked at me with a mocking yet threatening expression.

The hairs on the back of my neck prickled with fear. I cried out, “Don’t hurt her. I’ll go! I’ll go now!”

I dared not take the risk. Weylon was too ruthless.

He did not even hesitate to kill the villagers to embezzle millions of dollars of compensation money!

I once treated him like a younger brother and helped him build his business from the ground up, but he was not grateful at all. A man like him was capable of anything!

As we sat in their luxury car, Weylon treated me with exceptional warmth. He kept treating me like his “brother-in-law.”

A chill ran through me.

“Will you let me go once I help you successfully get the company listed?”

Kelsey turned around and looked at me intently. “Max, why would you rather be the lowest piece of trash on a construction site than live a good life with us?

“I promise we’ll arrange plastic surgery for you and fix your leg.

“We’ll also do our best to restore your reputation…”