Chapter 11

Just as I was about to refuse, Elliot rushed over and shouted:“I do not agree with this.”Elliot’s eyes were red with emotion.“Jessica, you promised before that the shares would only go to me. How can you suddenly give them to Brandon now?”I was honestly a little surprised.Jessica always cared about practical benefits and personal gain. The fact that she had once promised Elliot company shares meant she had felt something for him at some point.Jessica’s feelings were never reliable.Back then, when I exhausted myself working for her company and collapsed inside the lab, she had been so moved that she offered me most of the company shares too.At the time, I was overwhelmed with emotion and only accepted fifteen percent.Recently, I discovered there had been a hidden trap inside the transfer agreement. The moment I resigned, she could reclaim those shares unconditionally.Even the gifts given during the most passionate moments of love had contained calculations and manipu

Chapter 12

Everything happened in what felt like a single heartbeat.People screamed and scattered in every direction while Elliot stabbed Jessica again and again in the stomach.Someone called the police.The officers arrived quickly and restrained Elliot, who had almost completely lost his mind.I helped call an ambulance. After the doctors loaded Jessica into the vehicle, one of them asked me what my relationship with her was.I thought for a second.“Ex,” I answered.Jessica suddenly jerked upright from the stretcher like she had come back from the dead.The nurse beside her gasped in shock.“The patient reacted. What did you just say? Say it again.”By the time Jessica woke up again, she was already in the hospital.Elliot had stabbed her ten times.She survived, but the damage to her body was severe. For the rest of her life, she would have to protect herself carefully, almost like a fragile paper doll.Elliot had been detained and was awaiting prosecution.After the ambulance

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Chapter 11

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