All of Hannah's words were like poisoned daggers that she personally drove into my most vulnerable spots.

My entire body trembled from pain. Her words cut me deeper than the insults from anyone else.

It was true that the person who loved you the most also knew how to inflict the most pain upon you.

The metallic taste of blood permeated my taste buds when I bit the tip of my tongue.

My mind suddenly felt startlingly clear. I stared at her and said, "Let's break up, Hannah Samson."

The color drained from Hannah's face. She subconsciously tried to take a step forward, but Isaac held her back by keeping a death grip on her arm.

Tears rolled down Isaac's cheeks.

"I know that you've disliked me since we were kids, Colin," he blubbered in a shaky voice. "You resent me for taking your place. I'm willing to give you anything you want except Hannah. She's my girlfriend. Please don't force me to give her to you."

Mom immediately pulled Isaac into her arms, her expression heartbroken. She then whirled around and slapped me.

"You damned bastard! Do you have to stir up trouble for the family? I should have strangled you to death when I had the chance. I could have prevented you from bullying Isaac."

Although my cheek stung terribly, I couldn't feel a thing.

I had already gotten used to this type of blatant favoritism.

Mom didn't send Isaac away even after I returned to the Letterman family. She also claimed that he would always be her son.

Truth be told, I never wanted to chase Isaac out of the family. I simply wanted them to share some of their love with me.

Later, I realized that I was nothing more than an invisible presence from their perspective. Isaac was the one whom they truly cherished.

I became utterly disappointed in them. I stopped yearning for their love and chose to close off my heart.

I only started opening my heart again after meeting Hannah. She had broken down the walls around my heart, and now she was personally crushing it as well.

I looked up at Hannah, who was currently hugging Isaac with a heartbroken expression. She didn't spare me a single glance.

"Are you sure that you're his girlfriend?" I asked hoarsely.

Hannah's lips trembled. However, before she could respond, Isaac sank to his knees in front of me and began groveling at my feet.

"I'm begging you, Colin. Please don't do this. Hannah's very important to me. I can't let you have her."

Isaac's groveling dispelled the last of Hannah's lingering hesitation. She pulled him into her arms and pinned me with a cold and indifferent stare.

"I'm only going to repeat myself one last time. I don't know you. Please stop trying to come between Isaac and me. Don't blame me for showing you no courtesy if you insist on being a nuisance."

Everyone around us began whispering among themselves, their words transforming into sharp blades that were aimed at me.

"This is way too embarrassing. He's so despicable for trying to steal his brother's girlfriend."

"Fortunately, a real couple won't let something like this tear them apart. I'm sure that they're going to be together for a long time."

"The bastard should give up on his schemes sooner rather than later. I wonder what gives him the confidence to believe that she'll actually choose him over Isaac."

I clenched my fists as I listened to their mocking insults.

Hannah was well aware of my circumstances, and yet she had still chosen Isaac.

Since she had made her choice, I had no reason to hold back either.

I slowly pulled out my phone under everyone's scrutiny.

The screen lit up, clearly showing my chat with Hannah's current boss—showing how I had begged the other man to give her another chance time and time again.

I scoffed at Hannah's startled expression, asking, "If we don't know each other, why would I spend the last three years using all my connections to secure promotions for you?"

No one expected me to produce this sort of evidence, and they scrutinized Hannah with suspicious gazes.

Isaac was the first to react. He rubbed Hannah's stomach and bashfully said, "I didn't want to share the news in front of everyone, Colin. Hannah and I are expecting, so please stop your pointless arguments."

He smiled at everyone before continuing, "I'm sorry that you had to witness something so embarrassing, everyone. Colin has loved to compete with me since we were kids. He probably can't accept that I have a girlfriend now for the time being."

I stumbled backward as I stared at Hannah's stomach. "That's impossible!" I exclaimed.

Isaac probably predicted that I wouldn't believe him. He pulled out a pregnancy test report from his pocket and asked, "Why would I lie to you about something like this, Colin?"

The report clearly stated that Hannah was two months pregnant, which meant that they had been fooling around with each other behind my back for at least two months.

My heart felt like it was bleeding.

"Do you have anything else to add?" I asked while looking at Hannah.

I wanted to know what other excuses she was going to come up with, but I didn't expect her to outright refuse to look at me.

"I didn't want Isaac to find out about this, but I have no choice but to come clean about everything since I don't want him to misunderstand me."

She scoffed before continuing, "Are you going to keep lying even though we've already reached this point?"

"Lying?" I asked with a frown.

"Everyone in the company knows that you're obsessed with me. You've also been abusing your authority to force me to be with you. I only claimed not to know you earlier because I didn't want to have anything to do with you.

"I'm already pregnant with Isaac's child. He's the only man that I'll marry in the future. I hope you can come to your senses and stop bothering me."

My eyes widened. I hadn't expected Hannah to say such things.

Unable to hold herself back any longer, Mom pointed an accusing finger at me and began berating me.

"I can't believe that someone like you is a child of the Letterman family. How dare you do something so utterly shameless? What did Isaac ever do to you? How dare you do something like that? How dare you try to steal his girlfriend?"

I wanted to defend myself, but I was stunned and rooted to the spot.

Although we had been together for eight years, I didn't have a single photo with Hannah.

In hindsight, my relationship with her was a total failure.

"Colin… You…" Isaac stammered as he stared at me in disbelief.

Hannah suddenly grabbed my wrist, not giving me a chance to respond to her accusations.

"I don't want Isaac to misunderstand me because of you. Hurry and apologize to him right now."

Just then, my phone chimed.

I had just received a message from Hannah.

"The situation isn't what you think it is. Apologize and leave right now. I'll explain everything to you when I get home."

I looked at Hannah as if I were looking at a stranger. It seemed that I had failed to see her true character in the last eight years.

I scoffed and knocked her hand aside, exclaiming, "Why should I apologize?"

Hannah lost her balance and stumbled to the floor.

No one had expected me to suddenly retaliate.

Hannah shot a dark look at me.

Isaac suddenly rushed forward, much to everyone's bewilderment. He grabbed my hand and exclaimed, "It's true that Colin wronged you, Hannah, but I'm sure that he's learned his lesson. Why don't we just let bygones be bygones?"

I stared at him cautiously as I watched him defend me. It was already a wonder that he wasn't trying to kick me while I was down, which made his standing up for me utterly unreasonable.

As expected, Isaac suddenly crumpled to the floor before looking up at me in disbelief, saying, "I really don't want this situation to escalate, Colin."

Chaos descended upon the room.

Hannah hastily dashed over to Isaac's side and helped him to his feet.

"I truly just want to get along with you, Colin," Isaac choked out in a voice that was thick with tears.

Everyone around us pinned me with disdainful glares upon hearing his words.

"How revolting. I can't believe such a despicable man actually exists."

"He started getting physical just because he failed to steal Isaac's girlfriend. He's the scum of the earth!"

They then grabbed the slices of cake and glasses of champagne that were on a nearby table and began hurling them at me.

It didn't take long before I was covered in cake and champagne, making me look utterly pathetic.

I stood rooted to the spot, glaring at Isaac loathingly. I was going to make him pay for his transgressions against me.

However, before I could make my move, a masculine voice resounded across the room.

"What are you doing?"

Grandpa strolled into the room with his cane.

Mom rushed forward immediately to air her complaints.

"You have no idea, Dad. After Colin found out that Isaac had a girlfriend, not only did he try to steal her away from Isaac, but he also raised his hand against him."

"I—"

Something hard and heavy smashed against my back before I could finish my sentence.

Grandpa's eyes were brimming with disappointment when he looked at me.

"We didn't bring you home for you to cause a ruckus in the family!"

I curled up on the floor, unable to crawl back up to my feet.

Grandpa was the only one in the Letterman family who treated me somewhat fairly. Although everyone else showed favoritism toward Isaac, he allowed us to use our own ways to compete for the title of the successor of the family.

However, at that moment, he had chosen to believe Isaac's lies without hearing my side of the story first.

I gritted my teeth and pushed myself up.

"I did no such things! Hannah is my girlfriend!"

Unable to hold herself back anymore upon hearing my words, Hannah kicked me in my stomach and said, "I see you're still determined to stick to your lies even now. Throw this bastard out of the house. We shouldn't allow him to keep spouting nonsense."

The security guards flanked me and hauled me up to my feet upon hearing Hannah's orders.

I frantically thrashed around. When we passed by Grandpa, I threw myself at his feet and grabbed the hem of his pants.

"I'm begging you, Grandpa. Please give me a chance! I can prove that I'm telling the truth!"

The color drained from Isaac's face. "Don't believe his lies, Grandpa! Colin has lost his mind!"

"He's lost it, Mr. Letterman Senior," Hannah chimed in. "He just wants to destroy everything. We should throw him out as soon as possible!"

I knew that Grandpa was my last hope.

"Just give me three minutes. I have proof to back up what I'm saying," I exclaimed, raising my voice.

Everyone turned their gazes on Grandpa.

Grandpa swept his sharp gaze over me. "Three minutes. If you can't prove that you're telling the truth, you'll be exiled from the Letterman family," he said coldly.