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Once I'd pulled myself together, I grabbed my bag and headed out the door. I didn't wait around to drive her to work like I usually did.Alessia hurriedly threw on her clothes, frowning as she confronted me. "Hey! I can't even say anything to you now? You're the one who's out of line here!"She chased me all the way downstairs and slipped into the passenger seat just as I started the car. Only then did she let out a long breath before launching right back into her rant. "Gabriel, what's your problem? I almost made myself late making you breakfast, and you were going to leave without me?"I snorted and called her out without mercy. "Were you making it for me, or for your first love?"A flicker of guilt crossed Alessia's face, and then she put on a stern look. "You went through my phone?"Gabriel, I've told you before. Being in a relationship or getting married doesn't mean I have to give up my social life. Can't you show me even the most basic trust?"I nodded. "Then do you trus

Alessia froze. Her hand stopped in midair as she was passing me a cup, and disbelief was written all over her face.After a long while, she asked, her voice trembling slightly, "Are you serious?"I nodded.She studied me as if trying to confirm I meant it. Then she stood up and lifted her chin. "Fine. Fine! Good for you, Gabriel!"You want to break up? Then let's break up. You think I can't live without you?"With that, she grabbed her bag and left, her high heels clicking sharply on the floor.Over the next few days, Alessia didn't send me a single message or come to see me. That was fine by me. At least I got some peace and quiet.Still, thinking about Alessia's promotion next week gave me a bit of a headache.The company she worked at was a branch office under my mom's corporate group. After what happened at the engagement, there was no way my mom would ever be civil with Alessia again.I wasn't worried that Alessia wouldn't get promoted. I was worried that when my mom sa

Alessia and Amos exchanged a look.A moment later, they both burst into shrill laughter, full of contempt and scorn."Gabriel, did your mom snap or something? Is she so desperate to be chairwoman of this company that she's lost her mind?"I know you. In the three years we were together, your salary went from three thousand dollars a month to four thousand."If your mom were the chairwoman, would I have put up with such a hard life with you all this time?"I gave you a chance. Since that leg of yours doesn't work right anyway, let me help you out!"With that, Alessia stomped on my leg and ground her heel into it viciously, again and again. The pain was so intense my vision went black.My mom tried to push Alessia's leg away, but Alessia turned her foot and pinned my mom's hand beneath it. "You old hag, I've put up with you long enough!"My mom had already endured all their insults, and seeing me hurt broke her heart. Now the physical pain was the final straw.Her heart conditio

At that, Alessia hurriedly crouched down to look at my leg.She apologized over and over and begged again and again. She even pushed Amos's head down, forcing him to apologize and admit fault with her, hoping to win my forgiveness.But no matter what, that was never going to happen. This had nearly cost my mom and me our lives. It was a lesson I wouldn't forget.She held out until my mom came out of surgery, then immediately rushed to the hospital bed, hoping to hear my mom say she forgave her.I'd wanted to stop her, but with my bad leg, I couldn't catch up. Luckily, my mom hadn't woken up from the anesthesia yet, which spared us another round of misery.I called the company's security team and had them send people to escort Alessia and Amos out.Seeing that I'd truly made up my mind, Alessia couldn't keep up her sweet act any longer. She shot to her feet and demanded, worked up, "Gabriel, what exactly do you want from me?"I apologized. I admitted I was wrong. No matter what,

"It wasn't until I was with him that I realized he only wanted my money."Ever since I got fired, he's been hitting me and screaming at me at the drop of a hat."The food's too salty, I haven't found a job, the job I found doesn't pay enough... He always has some excuse."She was sobbing so hard she could barely speak.Just above her collar, I could see a faint ring of bruises around her neck.That day, after yet another fight, Alessia had finally reached her limit and exploded. But fighting back only brought on an even more violent storm.In the middle of the fight, Amos pushed her down the stairs. She tumbled all the way to the bottom and injured her spine.She'd been in a wheelchair ever since and had never been able to stand again."The doctor said there's not much hope of recovery. I might spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair."I figured this was karma. She'd nearly crippled my leg, and now she was the one who couldn't stand."But even so, that animal won't let me g