I smiled with relief and returned to the room with the last bottle of wine.

The next day, Austin seemed to have disappeared.

He only sent me a message asking for leave and then there was no news.

It suddenly rained heavily at night. Austin walked in in a mess, holding the box in his arms tightly. I looked at him indifferently and handed the box to Suzy.

Suzy took out the brocade bag inside and looked at me with a little pride.

"Emily, thank you. I just mentioned it yesterday. I didn't expect you to send Austin back to me today. Austin, you've worked so hard."

Austin's cold eyes melted instantly and even the tip of his ear was stained with a little red.

"It's not hard, just a trip," He said it calmly, but his legs trembling slightly when he left still betrayed his fatigue.

I looked at Austin like this and a sour feeling rose in my heart.

It was not as easy as just a trip. But for Suzy, he was willing.

Suzy achieved her goal and smiled at me in the dark.

I ignored her pride and just ridiculed Austin's tone.

"Austin, don't forget, you are still my bodyguard now," I said coldly.

Austin paused and nodded. Sure enough, he recovered in the next few days, that cold masked look.

In the evening, there was a dinner party at the Sanders Family and I was drunk a lot of wine. Austin dutifully protected me, but his eyes never left Suzy.

Seeing Suzy being forced to drink, his forehead veins bulged and his fists clenched tightly at his side. Until several second-generation rich people in the circle surrounded her, Austin could no longer bear it.

He strode forward and protected the people behind Suzy.

My stomach was churning and I could only grope to the bathroom alone.

The grievances between the Sanders Family and the Barley Family were quite involved, so before coming. I deliberately brought a mechanism to transmit signals to Austin.

But even so, when the door behind me was suddenly closed, I was still shocked and broke into a cold sweat.

Suzy locked the door skillfully and approached me step by step.

I looked at her coldly. "Have you had enough fun?"

Suzy raised her eyebrows, no longer harmless as usual. "Sister, what are you talking about? I haven't done anything yet."

I looked at her increasingly crazy expression and frowned subconsciously.

But she suddenly pushed me back.

I hit the steps behind me and a bloody mark quickly appeared on my arm.

"I said, I will take everything from you. Including Austin. Do you think he drank that glass of drugged wine because of you?"

Her sharp nails poked my cheek, but I seemed to feel no pain.

I could only stare at her blankly.

"Do you think he stopped the out-of-control car for you? And the kidnapping, do you really think it was the Sanders Family who sent someone to kidnap you? To tell you the truth, it was Austin who drugged you, tampered with the car and kidnapped you."

My head was in a mess and there was a constant buzzing sound in my ears.

Suzy's cold voice continued, "Because you are too annoying, always blocking my way forward, so he broke your wings for me. So I can always get the best before you. I have to thank you for choosing such a good knife for me."

Suzy looked at me with jealousy in her eyes.

I woke up and pushed her away suddenly. "Aren't you afraid that Austin will find out that you are using him? See this? I just need to press it lightly and he will appear immediately."

I took out the mechanical pen, but Suzy laughed. "Do you really believe that this thing he gave you is useful? Then press it, I'll wait."

I touched the button on the pen in disbelief, but after a few minutes, there was still no response.

Suzy waved her hand and a fat and big-eared man suddenly jumped out of the compartment behind her.

He pounced on me purposefully and tore my clothes.

Suzy smiled smugly and ruffled her hair deliberately. She pressed down the same mechanical pen as mine.

Almost the next second, the bathroom door was kicked open.

Austin strode in, his face full of anJonasty.

"Suzy!" He picked up Suzy without hesitation, just like the fire that day.

"Sister... I... I was really wrong... I will... keep my distance from Austin in the future. I know he is your bodyguard, I will never dare to do it again..."

Suzy's tears fell instantly and she struggled to push Austin away, but was held tighter.

The moment Austin saw Suzy's tears, his rationality had disappeared. He only glanced at the man who was pushed to the ground by me.

Then he said coldly, "Emily, ​​I really underestimated you. You are more vicious than I thought."

He rushed out with Suzy in his arms.

I looked at my embarrassed self in the mirror and wiped the blood off my cheek with a bitter smile.

Austin was indeed the one I chose. Even his personality was so similar to mine. Once I fell in love with that person, I could no longer see other people. It was me who was covered in bruises and I was also the one who was hurt.

But in his eyes, there was only Suzy.

I stumbled back to Barley's house and was hit by a teacup as soon as I entered the door.

"I asked you to go to the banquet. Look at what good things you have done!"

My father threw the phone at me. I lowered my head and my face turned pale instantly after seeing the photo.

"Shameful thing, if you were half as obedient as your sister, how could this happen?"

"Kneel here. When the matter is resolved, you can get up again."

I was kicked to my knees on the floor with a loud bang.

There was warmth sliding down my cheeks from the corner of my forehead, but I didn't care anymore.

In my mind, there was only the photo of me and the kidnapper lying together in the phone. That photo that only one person knew about was released just like that.

I sneered and raised the mechanical pen in my hand, smashing it into the trash can without hesitation.

The person who gave me this pen and said he would protect me for life was Austin. Now the person who personally pushed me into the abyss was still him, Austin.

I was trembling all over and my consciousness gradually began to blur.

Until the door of the study was suddenly knocked open.

Austin's voice came clearly into my ears. "How can Suzy marry the man from the Jonas Family? Everyone in this country knows his perverted methods."

"Then who do you think should do it?" My father sneered.

Austin hesitated for only a moment. "I am willing to give up all the shares of the Jenner Family in exchange for Suzy's freedom. You must know all the problems of the Barley Family without me telling you. I promise you that when I inherit the Jenner Family, I will never touch the Barley Family. As long as I can exchange Suzy's freedom, I will do anything!"

"You are the bodyguard brought home by Emily. Is it worth hurting Emily like this for an illegitimate daughter?" My father deliberately raised his voice.

Austin still said firmly without hesitation, "For Suzy, everything is worth it."

The villa was very quiet late at night and Austin's voice came clearly into my ears.

My heart hurt as if it was cut open, but I could only laugh at myself. The sharp blade that I cultivated for eight years finally stabbed me.

I didn't care about the pain on my body, I got up in a mess and pushed open the half-closed door of the study.

"I am willing to go for the marriage."

My father curled his lips with satisfaction. But Austin looked at my face full of panic.

I smiled with relief and tore the contract that I had hidden close to my body into pieces.

"The contract time is up. Austin, I don't want you anymore."