LOGINThe police and ambulance arrived quickly. The scene was sealed off at once, plunging everything into chaos.Leo was lifted onto the ambulance, his fate still unknown.And from the driver's seat of the wrecked black sedan, the person dragged out was… Lily.She had somehow gotten out of the detention center.Blood streamed down her forehead, yet her face twisted into a bizarre, deranged grin.Pinned to the ground by the police, she still shrieked in my direction, "Samantha! You bitch! I came here to kill you! Didn't expect it, did you?! How could I have missed! I missed!"So her target… had always been me.She hated that I had destroyed her family, hated that I had driven her into ruin. She was willing to pay any price to drag me down with her—no matter what it cost.Leo was nothing more than a pitiful casualty in her frenzy for revenge.At the hospital, the light above the emergency room stayed on for what felt like an eternity.Leo's parents rushed in. In a single night, they
I stormed out of the banquet hall, so furious I even forgot to grab my coat.The cool night breeze brushed against my skin, easing the tight knot of irritation in my chest just a little.Carmen had already arranged the car and was waiting at the entrance.I strode toward it, wanting nothing more than to escape this wretched place at once.But just as I pulled the door open, ready to get in, a figure suddenly lunged out from the shadows nearby and clamped down on my arm.It was Leo.I had no idea when he'd chased after me. His hair was a mess, his shirt wrinkled—he looked completely unhinged."Samantha! Don't go!"He grabbed me with everything he had, his nails digging so deep into my flesh that it hurt."Listen to me! It's not what you think! I just love you too much! I can't live without you!"His cracked, desperate shouting drew the attention of the security guards and several guests lingering by the doors.Humiliation and disgust washed over me."Let go!"I yanked hard,
The night before I left Grebour City, several of its top business tycoons organized a farewell banquet for me.Halfway through the event, I stepped onto the terrace with a glass of wine to get some air. Carmen approached, her expression strangely tense."Samantha… Leo is here."My brows pulled together. "How did he get in?"At an event of this level, security was airtight, and invitations were strictly tied to real names.Carmen sighed. "He begged an old family friend of the Penzos to use their invitation slot. The security guards just realized it. Do you want me to have someone escort him out?"I shook my head. "Forget it. Let him be. I don't want tonight turning into a spectacle."I thought he only wanted to see me from a distance. I underestimated how shameless he could be.When I left the terrace and returned to the banquet hall, a waiter "accidentally" spilled an entire glass of red wine down the front of my suit jacket.I took off my jacket and headed for the lounge to
One month later, my personal attorney placed two copies of the divorce agreement neatly on my desk, his posture respectful and solemn.Leo came alone.He had grown noticeably thinner. The once-handsome contours of his face carried a sickly pallor, his eyes swollen and red. He wore a simple, pale shirt—the style I used to love seeing on him."Samantha."The moment he walked in, he called my name in that hoarse, trembling voice I once found irresistible.I sat at the head of the table, my expression unreadable. I pointed to the chair across from me."Have a seat, Mr. Penzo. Time is precious. Once you sign, our ties are severed."The words "Mr. Penzo" cut into him like a blade.His body swayed, his face draining of color.The lawyer slid the two documents toward him.He didn't look at the contents. His eyes stayed locked on me."Samantha… must you be this heartless? Three years of marriage—doesn't any of it mean something to you?"I know I was wrong, I really do! Please… give
Leo had long since lost his senses. "No… I don't want a divorce…" he murmured, his voice hollow and broken.Regret tore through him—regret that he hadn't stepped forward to defend me when it mattered.Wendy's entire body trembled violently. More than anyone else, she understood exactly what my words meant.Like a madwoman, she lurched toward my car, trying to grab the window—trying to seize the last strand of hope slipping through her fingers."Samantha! I was wrong! It was my fault! Please—give me another chance!"But she barely took two steps before the bodyguards behind me reacted instantly. The wall of black-suited men blocked her.At that moment, Leo finally snapped out of his shock. He stumbled to my window, crying, panic twisting his face."Samantha… I'm sorry… please don't leave me…"His voice broke, every word a trembling mess."My mom… she didn't mean it… I… I just…"I looked at him quietly. I looked at the face I had once loved so deeply.Now, the tears on that fa
The entire auto shop fell into an eerie, suffocating silence.It felt as though the air had been sucked out of the room—no one even dared to breathe.Every pair of eyes widened, glued to every word on the massive screen.The once-arrogant Shawn went completely pale. His lips trembled, and his legs gave out beneath him as he collapsed to the floor like a pile of soggy mud.My mother-in-law's eyes bulged as if they might pop from their sockets.She couldn't comprehend it—that I was the eldest heiress of the Johnson Holdings Group in Jezy City. My family's business empire could shake the entire Lestrade nation's business world.Lily's face drained of all color. She stared at the contract, then at me. Her earlier arrogance and pride evaporated, leaving only naked terror.At that moment, a group of elites in black suits hurried through the door.Leading them was a blond, blue-eyed foreigner.He was the regional president of this luxury car brand—the same man who had chatted and lau







