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Chapter 6

Author: Wet Tissue
Tristan instinctively rushed to my side, attempting to help me up. He yelled, "Why didn't you dodge? Don't think I'll feel sorry for you just because you're injured and playing the victim!"

He raised his sleeve to wipe the blood from my temple, but it continued to flow out like sand from a punctured bag. I raised my hand and forcefully pushed him away, then braced myself against the floor and struggled toward the door.

Tristan was visibly panicked as he shouted after me, "Where do you think you're going? Why are you being so stubborn at a time like this? You need to get that wound treated at a hospital!"

He spoke while moving to catch up to me, and just as he was about to grab me, the woman behind him pulled him back and whimpered, "Professor Barnes, my stomach really hurts..."

Yasmin collapsed at Tristan's feet, clutching her belly. "Please take me to the hospital. I don't want anything to happen to our baby..."

Tristan only hesitated for a few seconds before he carried Yasmin up and rushed past me. He shouted, "Yas is at a critical stage in her pregnancy, so I have to prioritize her! Make sure you go to the hospital to get that wound dressed!

"Don't make me worry! I'll find you as soon as I take care of this!"

Soon, they both disappeared from my sight. I pushed Victoria's stroller to the roadside and hailed a cab. "To the National Academy of Sciences."

The driver handed me some tissues after noticing my wound and studied me through the rearview mirror. "Miss, why are you going to the Academy instead of a hospital with that injury? Not just anyone can get in there."

I gazed out the window as the warm air blew through the crack, then replied calmly, "That's my home."

...

Upon arriving at the Academy, I passed through multiple security checkpoints with facial recognition and took the elevator to the top floor. I knocked on the door of the last office in the hallway and entered.

"Rowan, I'm back," I announced.

Rowan Baldwin, the middle-aged man behind the desk, stood up and walked toward me. He reached out to place his hand on my shoulder, but stopped mid-air when he noticed the wound on my temple.

He asked, "Did he do this?"

I didn't reply, but my silence was answer enough.

Rowan sighed heavily before turning to retrieve a document envelope from his drawer. He explained, "I've already arranged everything for the project you mentioned, and my wife, Melanie, has set everything up for you on the other end. Your plane ticket is in the envelope, but..."

He glanced at Victoria, who was sleeping peacefully in her stroller, and gently caressed her face. "Why won't you let me deal with that punk? Are you still in love with him?"

I took out the plane ticket from the envelope. In five hours, I would leave this country and begin a new life.

I replied, "No. Rowan, you've got it wrong. I'll use my own methods to ensure he never recovers from what's coming."
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    Meanwhile, by that time, I had already achieved remarkable success in Asheolia. Over the years, I continued to publish research under my name and quickly established a reputation in the academic world. I had won virtually every award and was invited to give lectures throughout Asheolia. Soon, Victoria reached the age to start preschool. On an otherwise ordinary afternoon, Carter and I went to pick up Victoria from school, only to spot Tristan at the preschool entrance. After several years without seeing him, I could barely recognize him anymore.Carter immediately positioned himself in front of Victoria and me, raising his hand to warn Tristan not to come any closer. Tristan obediently remained at a distance, simply watching us from afar. After a while, he handed Carter a document. "I'm not here to harass you but to see you one last time. I promised you long ago that I would let you live in a big house. "I've transferred this house to your name. If you don't want to go back, you

  • Reborn for Revenge: Tearing You to Shreds   Chapter 15

    The video showed a dimly lit hospital room corner where a woman in a hospital gown tiptoed in through the door from outside. Many viewers immediately recognized her as the victimized female blogger who had recently gone viral.Yasmin lifted Victoria from the crib and walked toward the windowsill. The woman lying in the hospital bed quickly awakened and rushed over to Yasmin, begging her to return the baby.However, Yasmin burst into laughter almost immediately. "Do you think that because you've given birth before me, you'll get special treatment from Professor Barnes? Not a chance! He promised me that as soon as I have my baby, he'll cut all ties with you and marry me!"The aggressive woman in the video seemed like a completely different person from the one who had been playing the victim and collecting funds online. Shortly afterward, multiple intimate photos of Tristan and Yasmin, explicit in nature, surfaced on the internet. Tristan's defense attorney immediately seized this ev

  • Reborn for Revenge: Tearing You to Shreds   Chapter 14

    A year after I arrived in Asheolia, Rowan also made the journey there. He brought me news about Tristan from back home.During that year, I had completely shut myself off from outside events, focusing entirely on my research. I hadn't bothered to follow up on what happened after I sent all the evidence to Rowan.Only after Rowan told me did I learn that following my departure, Tristan's case had triggered a wave of intense investigations back home. More and more women had stepped forward to share their personal experiences.Apparently, experiencing indecent harassment was a shared secret among women. Yasmin seized the opportunity to pose as a victim herself, blending in with the others.She created a personal account and described her alleged assault by Tristan across various social media platforms. She claimed, "He was my professor and used my academic standing to force himself on me!"If I didn't let him have his way with me, he threatened to expel me. I had no choice but to giv

  • Reborn for Revenge: Tearing You to Shreds   Chapter 13

    Meanwhile, I had just landed in Asheolia. Victoria had been quiet and well-behaved throughout the dozens of hours of flying, which saved me a lot of stress.After getting off the plane, I took out the local Asheolian SIM card from the envelope Rowan had given me and installed it in my phone. At the arrival gate, I spotted Melanie Tanner and her son, Carter Baldwin, waiting to pick me up. Carter was eight years my senior. After my parents passed away, he had been my confidant for a very long time. Melanie gently stroked my cheek, noticing the wound on my temple. She said softly, "You've been through so much, my child. If your parents could see this, they'd be beside themselves with worry..."I grew up in the faculty housing complex of the Academy, where the Baldwins were our neighbors. When I was five years old, my parents died while conducting scientific research. After that, I thought I was completely alone in the world.Later, everyone in the housing complex became like parent

  • Reborn for Revenge: Tearing You to Shreds   Chapter 12

    Tristan sped the way home, his car racing through traffic. Eric's words kept replaying in his mind over and over again. Bridget was going abroad to join an international research team.He had never heard Bridget mention anything about this.He repeatedly called Bridget's cell phone, but no one answered. Finally, he arrived at the home he shared with Bridget. He kept entering the door code he remembered so well, but the system continuously flashed "incorrect password".After several attempts, he suddenly remembered that the door code had long since been changed to his and Yasmin's birthdays. He awkwardly punched in that uncomfortable new combination and pushed open the door to find the house exactly as it had been the day he left. The living room still showed signs of a struggle, with shattered mirror fragments scattered across the floor, stained with ominous droplets of blood. "Bridget! Bridget!" Tristan called her name repeatedly, his voice echoing through the large house, but

  • Reborn for Revenge: Tearing You to Shreds   Chapter 11

    It was only afternoon when Tristan left the hospital, and just as he was about to drive home, he received a call from the college. The news had finally come through about his promotion to full professor.Over the past five years, Bridget had built an extensive professional network for him. Before her pregnancy, Bridget had taken him to various social functions and networking events whenever she had free time.Drinking until she got hospitalized had been a common occurrence, but all those social efforts and connections were meant for this very moment—his promotion to full professor after five years. Now, Tristan had finally achieved that.Tristan rushed to the college without delay to receive congratulations from his colleagues. He listened to everyone's well wishes half-heartedly because, at that moment, all he wanted was to see Bridget immediately and share this good news with her."Would Bridget feel better about her condition once she heard this wonderful news?" Tristan wondered

  • Reborn for Revenge: Tearing You to Shreds   Chapter 10

    Long after Justin left, Tristan remained fixated on his screen, completely ignoring Yasmin. Unable to tolerate being ignored, Yasmin climbed onto Tristan's lap, straddled his thighs, and tossed his phone aside."How can your phone be more interesting than me?" she asked, suggestively shifting her position on his lap.However, Tristan wasn't in the mood for her advances and simply moved Yasmin to the hospital bed, carefully tucking the blanket around her. "You should rest now. I need to take care of something."Yasmin immediately protested. "You're going to see that bitch again, aren't you? Tristan! I forbid you to go!"Looking at the pregnant woman with her swollen face contorted in anger, Tristan lost his patience for the first time. "Who are you to call Bridget a bitch? Who do you think you are?" He threatened, "You're carrying my child, so you'd better take proper care of yourself! If you dare do anything stupid, I have many ways to make your life miserable! Don't forget that

  • Reborn for Revenge: Tearing You to Shreds   Chapter 9

    It was no longer just an ordinary medical report; Justin was telling Tristan that Bridget might not make it. That day, he had left Yasmin behind and driven through the night to reach the hospital, desperate to see Bridget.But before he could even see Bridget, he received a long, emotional message from Yasmin. She had gone alone into the mountains while heavily pregnant, clearly risking both her life and her unborn child's.After weighing his options, Tristan had decided to search for Yasmin in the mountains. To give Yasmin peace of mind, he had brought divorce papers to Bridget when he visited her. He had originally planned to just go through the motions, knowing Bridget's strong personality meant she would never agree to sign.After all, he had never truly considered divorcing Bridget. However, he never expected that she would agree to the divorce. Tristan suddenly remembered how Bridget had looked that day in the hospital bed when she signed those divorce papers. Thinking a

  • Reborn for Revenge: Tearing You to Shreds   Chapter 8

    Justin was confused because Tristan had never asked to see Bridget's medical reports during the entire period she had been pregnant. Nonetheless, he knew it wasn't his place to question too much. Hence, without giving it further thought, he went to his computer to retrieve and print Bridget's medical records. Tristan flipped through the thick stack of reports, his frown deepening with each page. Beyond the numerous test results that fell below normal ranges, even her psychological evaluation scores were alarmingly low. Several assessments even indicated that the patient had shown self-harming tendencies. The information about Bridget's self-harming seemed impossible to Tristan.He had known Bridget for over a decade, not just a year or two. In his memory, she had always been so intelligent and strong-willed. So, how could someone like her possibly resort to self-harm?Tristan growled, "Why is Bridget's mental state so poor? How could her nutrition be this deficient? Aren't you a

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