Chapter 7

Serena’s voice rang out, “What are you just standing there for? Get her away from him!”

“Throw this useless thing out! Half-dead, wasting money here!”

Hearing those words, Aubrey couldn’t take it anymore. She sprang up, rushed to Serena, and slapped her hard across the face.

Serena clutched her face, utterly stunned.

Then, Aubrey’s next slap landed.

“You’re crazy! How dare you hit me!” Serena, holding her face, pointed at Aubrey, seething with rage.

“Fine, you just wait!”

After Serena left, Aubrey called for a doctor.

She breathed a sigh of relief when she learned Liam was okay.

Only after he was stable did she return to her apartment.

As she opened the door, she heard Julian’s voice from inside.

“Grab her.”

No sooner had he spoken than a bodyguard emerged from the shadows behind her, grabbing her by the shoulders.

He pushed her in front of Julian, while Serena, seeing her, looked utterly heartbroken.

She leaned into Julian’s embrace, sniffing as she cried.

“Aubrey, I just went to the hospital to give you this gift, hoping we could get along better.”

“But you hit me and insulted me. Julian, what did I do wrong?”

Serena felt even more wronged, crying louder.

Aubrey tried to explain, “That’s not true! She…”

*Slap!* Julian’s hand landed cleanly on her face.

He didn’t even give her a chance to explain.

Julian’s eyes grew cold. “Aubrey, I’ve indulged you in every way, but you cannot touch Serena.”

He then looked at Serena. “How do you want to get even?”

Serena glanced at Aubrey, then pretended to shrink into Julian’s arms, feigning fear. “I don’t dare say. What if Aubrey holds a grudge?”

“Who knows how she’ll torment me later.”

“She wouldn’t dare!”

“Then… just a few slaps,” Serena said timidly.

“Serena, you’re too kind. A few slaps aren’t enough.”

Julian raised a hand, gesturing to a bodyguard. “One hundred. Don’t stop until they’re all done.”

As soon as he spoke, the bodyguard’s palm slammed across her face. The blow made her ears ring.

In an instant, she felt dizzy and disoriented. Before she could recover, the next slap followed.

A warm trickle flowed from her nose, blood splattering on the floor. Her vision blurred crimson.

Julian stood before her, watching emotionlessly.

It wasn’t until Serena grew bored of the spectacle that she whined to Julian, “It’s too bloody, Julian. I think that’s enough.”

“No, this is a lesson for her, so she won’t bully you, right?”

Serena was touched by Julian’s words. She pressed a kiss to his lips. “Thank you. You’re so good to me.”

Julian smiled, wrapping his arm around Serena’s slender waist, and leaned in to kiss her again.

As they embraced, Serena shot Aubrey a triumphant glance.

She thought this would anger her.

But Aubrey had long since given up on Julian.

Only after they finished their intimate display did he walk over to her and warn her.

“Aubrey, you’re still Mrs. Davies, after all. Don’t do such shameful things again.”

Serena, standing nearby, flinched, then looked at Aubrey with utter hostility.

*Again*?

Did Julian not intend to divorce her?

Serena’s eyes darted around, then she looked at Julian. “You go first. I have a few words to say to Aubrey.”

Julian didn’t ask any questions, smiling as he agreed. “I’ll wait for you downstairs.”

Serena nodded. Once he left, her face instantly changed.

She reached out, disdainfully lifting Aubrey’s chin, and frowned. “This is only a few slaps, and you’re already like this? Tsk, tsk, tsk.”

“How did you feel when you saw Julian kiss me? If Mrs. Davies doesn’t want to be tortured to death, then give up your position.”

Aubrey’s ears were still ringing, and she couldn’t make out what Serena was saying to her.

Seeing she still wouldn’t budge, Serena’s face darkened, and she slapped Aubrey again. “Still won’t give in?!”

“I’ll just have to see whose mouth is harder, yours or your bones!”

She sneered, then looked at the bodyguards. “Hit her hard! If any of you slack off, you’ll regret it!”

After the beating, all Aubrey saw was red, and her consciousness slowly blurred.

Until she couldn’t bear it anymore and passed out.

When she opened her eyes again, Aubrey found herself in an abandoned building.

Serena, seeing she was awake, gave her a sinister smile. “You’re awake?”

With that, she grabbed Aubrey by the collar and pulled her to a window with no railing.

Looking down, it was at least a dozen stories high.

She instantly panicked, her voice trembling. “You’re crazy! Why are we suddenly here?”

“You’re the one who refused to give up the position of Mrs. Davies! You forced me to do this!”

Aubrey was drenched in sweat from fear. “Let me go! I’ll give you the position! It’s just Mrs. Davies, right? I’ll give you whatever you want!”

But Serena wasn’t pleased by this. She screamed at Aubrey, “Do you think I’ll believe you? You’re just saying that because you don’t want me to push you out the window!”

“I’m going to make you commit a huge mistake, a mistake that Julian won’t be able to forgive.”

“That way, he’ll definitely divorce you and be with me.”

With that, Serena’s face grew increasingly distorted, terrifying Aubrey.

No sooner had she spoken than several cars pulled up below.

Julian got out of his car and looked up, seeing Aubrey pushing Serena.

He shouted furiously, “Let her go immediately!”

Aubrey, hearing this, also began to struggle. “Let go of me!”

But Serena held Aubrey’s hands tightly, waiting until Julian reached the staircase.

Then she screamed, “Aubrey, I know you’re unhappy seeing me and Julian together!”

“But you can’t try to kill me! I’m carrying Julian’s child!”

Aubrey tried to pull her hands back, but Serena held them with all her might.

Seeing this, Aubrey shouted at Serena, “What are you doing? Hurry up and…”

Before she could finish her sentence, Serena pulled Aubrey’s hands and lunged towards the window.

The next second, as she hit the ground, she could hear the sound of her bones shattering, a tearing pain consuming her entire body.

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