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“I’m just a weak woman.” Clara didn’t argue with Michael. After all, he was the one who saved her this time.
She quickly funneled the jewelry project into his company.
One day, she was sitting on the couch in the living room, eating snacks while watching a drama, when her phone rang.
After glancing at the screen, she saw it was a call from Dylan and answered the phone without hesitation. “Uncle Dylan, what brings you to call me out of the blue?”
“Clara, you know exactly why I’m calling! You stole that jewelry project from Mr. Harris. You deliberately took away Bennett Enterprise’s business!”
Even through the phone, she could clearly hear the sound of something being smashed on Dylan’s end.
Next to him, Emily’s angry voice also came through. “Clara, how could you do this? Mr. Harris had already agreed to sign with Bennett Enterprise, and you just had to interfere!”
“Mr. Harris may have promised to sign with you, but he still signed with me in the end. Shouldn’t you have expected this relationship to go sour ever since you forced me into the Goodman Family, caused my parents‘ deaths, took over Bennett Enterprise, and Emma’s actions led to my grandmother’s death?”
Clara was so furious that she heard no response from the other side for a long time before she angrily hung up the phone.
This strained relationship should have been exposed long ago and she didn’t mind openly opposing them now.
Before, her grandmother was her weak spot, but she has nothing to fear now that she’s alone.
At that moment, Michael came down from upstairs, having overheard her entire conversation.
Just then, Clara’s phone rang again.
She glanced at it and saw that it was a call from Emma and answered.
“Let’s meet somewhere. I need to talk to you.” Emma’s voice was urgent.
“You think you can just call me and I’ll meet you? No way.” Clara hung up the phone.
Michael glanced at her phone as he walked toward her.
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The voice of the woman on the other end is somewhat familiar.
Meanwhile, Emma was pacing back and forth in a yacht’s bedroom, clutching a pendant and glancing at it occasionally.
Over the past few days, the more she thought about it, the more something felt off.
That night, when she and that man spent the night together, neither of them got a clear look at each other at the bar, and they didn’t even exchange contact information.
She subtly questioned Eric, who had just called, about how his boss had found her.
He said his boss had located her through the pendant left behind.
However, the pendant wasn’t hers; it was Clara’s.
This means that Clara’s the one who spent the night with Eric’s boss. No, I can’t let Clara ruin my plans. I must find a way to get rid of Clara!
A vicious thought flickered in Emma’s head.
For several days, Clara felt as though someone was following her every time she went out. It was unsettling; The person would disappear whenever she turned around.
She hailed a cab, bent down, and got in. “Driver, please go to—”
She glanced at the tall, muscular man sitting in the front passenger seat. The driver was wearing a sun hat, black sunglasses, and a mask that covered his face.
She immediately sensed something was wrong and hadn’t even finished speaking when she tried to open the door to get out.
However, the door was locked before she could react.
“Who are you people!” Clara was immediately on high alert, but no one responded to her.
She took out her phone to try to make a call, but the car had a signal jammer installed, and she couldn’t get through.
“I suggest you save your energy,” said the man in the passenger seat.
The car drove further and further into a remote area until it stopped in an abandoned warehouse in the middle of nowhere.
Several tall, strong men emerged from the warehouse.
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“Get out!” A man roughly dragged her out of the car and pushed her into the warehouse.
Clara quickly tried to pull out her silver needles.
“Hold her hands down!” A familiar voice came from the direction of the warehouse.
She saw Emma walking toward her, dressed in an expensive haute couture dress.
Emma had gained some weight in the few days since they last met.
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Two men immediately grabbed her arms from either side, holding her down before she could pull out the needles.
“Emma?” At this moment, Clara realized what was happening. She struggled fiercely but couldn’t break free. “What are you planning to do by kidnapping me?”
“What am I planning? Of course, I’m going to get rid of you. After all, you already know that my parents caused that car accident that killed your parents. So, it’s only fitting to send you down to reunite with them!”
Emily had called her to say that Clara had stolen Bennett Enterprise’s business and had openly fallen out with the Bennett Family, exposing past events.
“Get rid of me? Don’t you know what my status is now?” Clara tried to stay calm.
“What status? As Michael’s wife? Do you think Michael would still want you if he knew you had slept with another man before?”
Emma pulled out a dagger and lightly tapped it against Clara’s beautiful face.
Clara was stunned, her mind flashing back to that night in the hospital storeroom with that
stranger.
No one knows about this incident. How can Emma possibly know about this?
“You don’t need to know how I found out. Rest assured, I won’t let you die so easily.”
Emma signaled to the two burly men nearby, who immediately stepped forward and dragged Clara into the abandoned warehouse. She wanted to have someone ruthlessly torture Clara.
“Let go of me! Help. Help!”
D*mn it, Michael’s right. I really can’t protect myself.
Her hands were tightly bound, and the men pushed her to the ground, starting to tear at her
clothes.
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Two heavy slaps landed on Clara’s face, leaving her dazed and momentarily stunned.
All she could do now was pray that the call she had made earlier had reached someone.
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Just as she was dragged into the warehouse, she quickly freed one hand and dialed a number based on memory. However, she wasn’t sure who had received the call.
“Clara?” Michael heard her cries echoing through the phone and immediately stood up. “Eric! Find out where Clara is right now!”
“Yes, sir!”
Michael quickly entered the private elevator, heading straight to the underground parking
garage,
and sped away.
He could still hear her screams and the sound of her clothes being torn.
His heart clenched, and he floored the gas pedal.
At that moment, Clara was desperately fighting back.
One of the burly men who was pressing down on her was kicked in the groin by Clara. He clutched himself, writhing on the ground in pain, sweating profusely, but still managed to order the others. “You d*mned wh*re. What are you all standing around for? Get her! We’re going to teach this b*tch a lesson today!”
A greasy hand groped her waist, making Clara feel utterly disgusted.
This time, they held her legs down, leaving her completely unable to move.
“I can double whatever Emma is paying you! I’m Michael’s wife. Michael will never let you off if you dare to harm me!”
Her only option now was to threaten them.
The men hesitated for a moment before one of them laughed and said, “Michael? Michael, that cripple? He can’t do anything to you, so why not let us have some fun? You’re going to die here today. You wouldn’t dare tell Michael what happened even if you escaped!”
After all, a woman’s reputation was crucial. No woman would be stupid enough to tell her man that she had lost her virginity.
Clara watched as a man’s hand reached for her.
