Chapter 1
On the day of their tenth wedding anniversary, Tommy gave Noelle a “gift”.
On the screen, her parents were soaked in the sea and dying.
“Noelle, I feel extremely disgusted every day I spend with you.”
With Tommy’s order, Noelle saw her parents completely swallowed by the sea. She collapsed on the ground in despair, grabbing Tommy’s collar, her eyes full of hatred and unwillingness.
“Why?”
Tommy’s eyes were bloodshot and every word was tearful. “You forced me to send Camilla away, so I will let you taste the taste of losing your beloved.”
Camilla.
Camilla Spencer.
The silly assistant who suddenly appeared beside Tommy two years ago.
She would accidentally spill coffee on the meeting materials; accidentally lose the USB drive with important documents; accidentally fall in front of the company door and then cry and pull the modified short skirt to protect her thighs, letting Tommy carry her back to the office.
When Noelle determined that Tommy had cheated on her during the marriage and started to prepare a divorce agreement, the always respectable Tommy knelt in front of her and said, “Wife, she is just an assistant. Believe me, I have never done anything beyond the line.”
In order to reassure Noelle, Tommy personally used some means to change Camilla’s name and send her abroad.
Since then, Tommy never mentioned the past again and he and Noelle lived a sweet married life again.
But now, he said that Camilla was his true love.
“Noelle, I love you so much. Why do you force me to divorce? If you hadn’t forced me to send Camilla away, how could she be robbed? How could she lose her innocence? How could she commit suicide? All this is because of you!”
So that was it...
She grew up in an orphanage since she was a child. She was thrown on the road because of a serious illness. She was adopted by her adoptive parents when she was dying. Tommy knew how important her parents were to her, but now just because Camilla committed suicide, Tommy wanted her whole family’s life to pay for it.
Noelle smiled bitterly, vomited a large mouthful of blood due to anger and died on the spot.
***
When she opened her eyes again, Noelle found a cake in front of her.
There was a beautiful number “8” on the cake.
Looking at everything familiar in front of her, Noelle realized that she was reborn.
The heart-wrenching pain before her death in the last life had not completely dissipated. Noelle took several deep breaths to calm herself down.
This was their eighth anniversary and it was also the first month that Camilla had joined the company.
Tommy’s voice came from behind the curtains of the balcony.
“Don’t cry. It’s just a shirt. It’s broken if it’s ironed. Your sister-in-law gave me too many clothes that she can’t find it. Okay, you won’t look pretty if you cry again. Didn’t you fancy your sister-in-law’s evening dress when you came to my house last time? I’ll give it to you as a reward, okay?”
The man’s tone was gentle and those who didn’t know would think he was coaxing his girlfriend.
After hanging up the phone, Tommy turned his head and saw Noelle. The smile on his lips had not yet disappeared and there was a flash of panic in his eyes. “You’re back. Make a wish quickly. I have already made a wish. My wish is to be with my Noelle forever.”
Tommy smiled and kissed Noelle on the forehead.
If Noelle hadn’t known Tommy’s true face earlier, she would have been really moved by this true love.
Noelle looked at Tommy steadily. “I want you to fire Camilla.”
“Why?” Tommy frowned subconsciously.
Knowing that Tommy was unwilling, Noelle took out the evidence she had prepared in her mobile phone and placed it in front of Tommy one by one. “On the first day of employment, she took the gift box given to the partner home as a gift for employment and opened it to use.”
“On the fifth day of employment, she poured expired coffee into the coffee machine, causing diarrhea and a day off for everyone in the company. Half a month after employment, she took milk tea to the stage without permission during the new product launch conference and fell, ruining the fine samples that everyone had worked so hard to produce, causing serious losses to Baldwin Group.”
“Tommy, do you want me to continue?”
Noelle’s chest rose and fell. Perhaps because she had died once, these things that were not enough to make her angry before now made her feel breathless.
Tommy’s eyelashes trembled slightly. After a while, he said impatiently, “You are just too jealous. I have explained to you that there is nothing wrong between her and me. Can you not find fault for your own selfishness? Camilla has just graduated for a few years and it is normal for her to make some mistakes. That’s it. Don’t mention it again.”
Tommy stood up and was about to leave. Before leaving, he said, “By the way, I took the new evening dress you bought and gave it to the client.”
After a light sentence, Tommy’s figure disappeared completely.
Noelle, who was sitting in the same place, raised a bitter smile at the corner of her mouth.
If the person she held hands with was so blind, then she really didn’t need to stay. But if she divorced rashly, she was afraid that the plot of her previous life would unfold again.
After thinking for a moment, Noelle sent a message to someone on the blacklist.
[I agree to go to your company on the condition that you give me 20% of the shares and keep all my information hidden from the outside world. Okay, when will I start working?]
[One month later.]
By then, with the divorce certificate in hand, she would also start a new life.
As for Baldwin Group, let’s leave it to Tommy.
She wanted to see how Baldwin Group would go downhill under Camilla’s influence.
Chapter 2
The next day, Noelle stood outside the hotel.
The message on her phone was from Tommy three minutes ago. [Today’s dinner is very important. Wife, don’t be late.]
Noelle remembered this dinner and if nothing unexpected happened, Camilla would start to make trouble again.
She found the box skillfully and sure enough, when she opened the door, she heard Camilla crying.
“I just think that peeling hairy crabs will dirty your hands, which is too unsightly, so I changed to mango bobo, which is really delicious. You can try it and it can also refresh your breath.” Camilla wiped away the non-existent tears and glanced at Tommy from time to time.
The faces of several partners’ bosses were not very good, but they did not get angry for Tommy’s sake.
She thought Tommy would scold this ignorant assistant, but he just smiled lightly and said, “This little assistant is ignorant, but she is also kind.”
“What a kind person.” Noelle’s voice suddenly sounded.
She sat down in high heels and the aura around her even stunned Tommy for a moment.
Why was Noelle today… seemingly different?
Noelle’s cold eyes fell on Tommy. She used to think that Tommy was just greedy for a temporary novelty, but she didn’t expect him to be really stupid.
The party A invited today was the one that Baldwin Group had been cooperating with for more than half a year.
Success or failure depended on this dinner.
“Noelle!”
Tommy gritted his teeth and whispered, “It’s because you came too late. You should be responsible for these dishes. Camilla has just graduated for a few years. How can she handle these things?”
It was this sentence again.
In the previous life, no matter what mistakes Camilla made, Tommy would use this sentence to excuse her.
He regarded Camilla’s slowness as naivety and her stupidity as cuteness.
But he forgot that in the early days of starting a business, he hugged Noelle more than once and sighed. “Noelle, fortunately I have you. You are the most vigorous and decisive woman I have ever seen. With you, I am not afraid of anything.”
Now her vigorous and decisiveness had become an unacceptable strength in Tommy’s mouth and Camilla’s stupidity had become precious.
“I can take the blame. As a reward, how about giving me a house?”
Noelle took out the contract prepared in advance and handed it to Tommy with only the blank area for signature.
“You! At this time–”
“Mr. Baldwin, I really didn’t mean it. Did I mess it up again?” Camilla’s delicate voice sounded.
Tommy’s face changed immediately. He comforted her softly, “It’s not your fault. These things are not your responsibility.” He signed without blinking.
After getting what she wanted, Noelle was in a good mood. She waved to the waiter. “Bring me the good wine I have stored. I will apologize to you on behalf of Baldwin Group.” Noelle stood up with the wine glass.
The bosses were a little less angry and stood up.
But a moment later, what was handed to Noelle was Sprite and Coke.
Her face darkened. “Did you make a mistake? I want the wine, the wine I stored.”
The waiter lowered his head. “Mrs. Stephens, it’s... Miss Spencer said that all your wine was taken away and replaced with these.”
Everyone’s eyes fell on Camilla. She shrank her head and hid behind Tommy, blinking her tearful eyes, looking very innocent. “I just think strong alcohol is harmful to the body and we are all old. I didn’t expect that I would do something bad with good intentions.”
In one sentence, everyone was offended.
The bosses completely lost their patience and shook their heads and left. Before leaving, they took away the contract that only needed a signature.
“Camilla!” With a scolding, Noelle’s slap landed firmly on Camilla’s face.
The next moment, Tommy, who had been silent, stood up suddenly and slapped her back without hesitation. “Are you crazy?! Noelle, what’s the point of you being so aggressive? Camilla is just young, unlike you, who is a seasoned veteran in the workplace. You can’t be jealous of her just because she is innocent!”
Noelle was so angry that she laughed.
Just as she was about to say something, Camilla suddenly fell into Tommy’s arms, holding her stomach. She looked painful and sweating.
“Camilla!”
Tommy picked up Camilla and rushed to the hospital.
Chapter 3
Camilla was diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis.
But she refused treatment.
Not only that, she also raised her hand and hit her belly hard. “Let me die in pain. So many people saw me being beaten. I have no face to live. Mr. Baldwin, let me die!” Camilla cried and shouted. Even though she looked like she was looking for death, she still did not forget to get into Tommy’s arms.
Tommy was very distressed. While comforting Camilla, he said to Noelle, who was standing at the door. “Apologize.”
“What did you say?”
Even though she knew who Tommy’s heart was with now, Noelle still couldn’t help but feel a chill when she heard this.
She was stubborn and resolute, rarely gave in to others.
In the past, even if she made a mistake accidentally, Tommy would stand in front of her and apologize for her. But now, Tommy was holding another woman in his arms, asking her to apologize to the wrong party.
“I said, kneel down and apologize to Camilla.”
Tommy repeated it again. Looking at the two people in a stalemate, Camilla burst into tears again.
She broke Tommy’s hand and was about to jump out of the window. Tommy nervously hugged her waist tightly. “Camilla, calm down. Don’t worry, I will make her apologize.”
The next moment, Tommy looked at Noelle with no patience in his eyes. “I’ll say it one last time, apologize, otherwise think about your parents. As far as I know, your father accidentally fell from the upstairs and is now in the hospital for treatment?”
Noelle’s fists clenched suddenly when he mentioned her parents.
The scene before her death in the last life was still vivid. She saw her parents drowned by the sea with her own eyes.
She didn’t want to experience that kind of pain for the second time in her life.
“Tommy, you are simply heartless,” Noelle said this sentence almost with gritted teeth. She thought that it was Camilla’s death in the last life that stimulated Tommy, so he would do such an extreme thing, but she didn’t expect that he was a bad person in his bones.
Tommy did not respond and the threat in his eyes became more and more obvious.
Under the gaze of the medical staff in the ward, Noelle slowly knelt down.
Her knees fell on the cold floor, hard and painful.
But it was not as painful as the pain in her heart.
“I’m sorry, Miss Spencer. Please forgive me.” Noelle was a proud person. Saying such words in public was tantamount to torture, but Camilla pretended that she could not hear it and forced Noelle to say it three times.
Each time was louder than the last.
“I’m sorry, Miss Spencer. Please forgive me.”
“I’m sorry, Miss Spencer. Please don’t be angry with me.”
“I’m sorry, Miss Spencer. Your health is important. Please forgive me.”
In every word, Noelle’s eyes were red.
That was an insult from the depths of her soul.
Finally, Camilla snorted with satisfaction and reluctantly allowed the nurse next to her to come forward and give her an injection.
She was shaking like a sieve and hugged Tommy tightly. “Mr. Baldwin, I’m scared.”
“I’m here.” Tommy didn’t even spare a glance for Noelle, but hugged Camilla and let her bite his wrist. The purple teeth marks seemed like Camilla’s silent declaration of war.
She was declaring her sovereignty.
Tommy didn’t understand, but Noelle did.
She sneered, got up and went home.
She thought Tommy wouldn’t come back at night, but late at night, she felt someone standing by the bed.
It was Tommy.
Almost at the same time, when Noelle opened her eyes, Tommy knelt down. “Noelle, please save Camilla.”