Lahat ng Kabanata ng You Watched Me Break, Now Watch Me Rise: Kabanata 401 - Kabanata 410

James kissed Beverly as he carried her into the manor. By the time he set her down on the bed, her face had turned beet-red.The entire room had been decorated in white and shades of red, including the sheets and silk quilt. There were also rose petals scattered everywhere, not to mention a "Just Married" sticker plastered on the window.A wedding dress and a tailcoat with a round-collared robe hung from the clothes rack, both custom-made for their wedding. Beverly glanced back at James to find him standing still before her, waiting for her to take it all in.The moment she dropped her gaze, he cupped her delicate face with one hand, forcing her to look up. A flush stole across her cheeks, and with his free hand, he brushed away her tousled hair to reveal her pretty face.She lifted her gaze and met his just as tears spilled from her eyes. All she could think about was his indifference toward her the last two days.James' heart softened, as did his eyes. He lowered himself just a

Beverly could pick up on Evan's cedar scent every time he drew near. She immediately shook off his grip, the fresh wound from the scar removal last night throbbing from the effort.She reached toward Esther in the car seat and tidied up the little girl's braids, saying patiently, "Make sure to answer the teacher's questions, okay?"Esther nodded. When she spotted Evan standing behind Beverly, she tugged the corners of her eyes downward and stuck her tongue out at him, rolling her eyes. The funny face was meant to be insulting, but it ended up looking endearing and quirky."Bev, don't you remember Dr. Crane? He'd treated you before. He was the physician who read your pulse at the Bronson estate last night," Evan urged, then watched as Beverly picked up Esther, who was still pulling funny faces, and brushed past him into the school without sparing him a glance.She was determined to ignore him.Evan blocked her way. "Bev, I brought Dr. Crane here today. He'll tell you in person that

There was a bang as the laptop imploded, courtesy of Beverly's maneuver. Thick smoke drifted from the damaged device as she sat in place.Suddenly, someone gripped her arm and hauled her out of the office while the sprinklers drenched her entire office. Only then did she snap to her senses and meet Damien's anxious gaze."Are you alright, Bev? What happened?" he demanded.She shook her head and stared at her laptop. "It probably short-circuited.""The sprinkler system in your office is lackluster at best. It didn't automatically turn on at the first sign of smoke, and there's no alarm, either," Damien criticized.Tyler, Jake, and other employees hurried toward the office. Tyler was the first to apologize. "I'm so sorry, Ms. Sinclair. We were so caught up with our work recently that we failed to check on the sprinkler system."I'll reach out to the fire safety equipment company right away and have them run a thorough assessment before upgrading our equipment."Beverly didn't blam

"She doesn't have the skills to hack into the robots' systems, let alone any other system," Camelia continued."But she beat Anna," Jonathan pointed out under his breath. Beverly had beaten Anna, and Anna didn't even possess the skills to hack into the robot system he'd developed—and certainly not in mere seconds.He recalled Beverly defeating Anna twice by small margins and wondered if those wins had been neither flukes nor coincidences."What? No way. She probably cheated," Camelia sneered without thinking.Beverly stepped forward and slapped Camelia across the face, the loud crack cutting above the noise in the hall and silencing the bustling crowd.Camelia cupped her stinging cheek and glared at Beverly. "How dare you hit me?"Hand slightly trembling, Beverly fixed Camelia with a stormy look and ground out, "After your attempt to drag my name through the mud, you should be lucky a slap was all you got from me.""Drag your name through the mud?" Camelia snorted. "I grew up wi

Camelia frantically grabbed her phone after the pictures she'd taken were deleted. Ramon warned her quietly, "The pictures you took without consent have been deleted, but bear in mind that you won't get off so easily next time!"With that, the operators left the scene and surrounded the minivan, forming a human barricade to keep others from approaching the car.Camelia recalled the man who'd shown up and carried Beverly away. He had a towering frame and strong build, not to mention a handsome, chiseled face. He looked indifferent, though his face lit up a little when he saw Beverly.He had an intimidating presence, signaling he was a force to be reckoned with.From the looks of it, he was Beverly's new husband.Camelia clutched her phone tightly. She'd heard from Christina that Beverly's new husband was an important, powerful figure, and not even Evan would dare to cross him. She'd believed Beverly's new beau would be no different from the bigwigs she saw on television—influen