"James, let's break up."

I looked sad and was completely disappointed.

James was stunned for a moment, seeming a little unbelievable.

After being silent for a moment, he said, "It's up to you. Apologize to Shirley right now."

"Impossible," I said firmly, turning around and wanting to leave the meeting room.

"Stop her." As soon as James finished speaking, two bodyguards pushed the door open.

They grabbed me.

"I was hurt so badly, and I was almost violated." Shirley wiped the tears and said weakly, "It isn't too much to ask you to sincerely apologize to me on behalf of your father, is it?"

"Of course not." James patted her shoulder encouragingly. "Shirley, you are so kind."

I thought Shirley was disgusting. "You are a woman full of lies. I won't apologize to you!"

"Come on." Hearing James' words, two bodyguards dragged me in front of Shirley.

I frowned in pain but couldn't get free.

"Ms. Smith." Shirley stood in front of me arrogantly. "If you are willing to apologize, I will forgive you."

I bit my lips hard, seeming to be overwhelmed by the feeling of shame.

Suddenly, James held my head and forced me to apologize to Shirley.

He said, "Why is it so difficult to ask you to apologize?"

Because I refused to apologize, James grabbed my hair hard.

With tears of humiliation in my eyes, I said, "She killed my dad! I want her to pay with her life!"

After saying that, I broke free from the bodyguards and rushed towards Shirley.

I grabbed her hair with all my strength and pulled out a handful of her hair.

"Ah! It hurts!" Shirley covered her head and looked at me in horror. "Do I have a grudge against you? Why do you and your father both want to hurt me?"

James protected her. "Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Shirley showed a kind look. "Ms. Smith probably wanted to attract your attention, so she did this."

"Joanna, you are unreasonable."

James stared at me with an annoyed look. "How can you say such a crazy thing?"

I threw the hair in my hand away. "My father was eaten by wolves in the mountains."

"What are you talking about?" James said, "Shirley has checked it. Apart from a few villagers, there are no other dangerous animals in the mountains."

I smiled bitterly, "You believe everything she says? Don't you have any judgment at all?"

James sighed and said helplessly, "The one who loves to lie is you.

"I see now. You and Brian both like to act.

"To help you marry into a wealthy family, he took advantage of my guilt and pretended to be a three-year-old child.

"In the past five years, I have spent a lot of energy and money on you. I don't owe you two anymore, but I didn't expect Brian to be so vicious.

"Joanna, why didn't I realize before that you are a person who will do anything to achieve your goals?"

I looked at James with disappointment, and suddenly, I didn't want to explain anything.

Brian, did you see that?

This was the person you risked your life to save.

I turned around and wanted to leave.

I didn't want to stay in the country anymore.

To leave this sad place, I planned to go abroad to work.

Fortunately, the company agreed and the process went smoothly.

On the third day of living abroad, two unexpected guests came to my door.

I looked at James and Shirley coldly. "Why are you here?"

They broke into my house and found my laptop. Opening a strange website, they played a video.

In the video, I saw Shirley being whipped by a man.

The man had a red birthmark on his wrist, which was the same as Brian's.

Shirley was in tears and kept sobbing. "Ms. Smith, your father came to harass me again before going abroad with you. He even whipped me.

"I didn't call the police because he's your father.

"But he recorded this and posted it online.

"What should I do in the future?"

James was furious. He grabbed my neck and said, "Do you think I can't find you if you take Brian aboard?"

But Brian died a long time ago.

On the first day he was thrown into the mountains, he was eaten by wolves.

To frame Brian, Shirley acted with someone, and now she even came abroad to find me.

Feeling absurd, I was about to call the police to report them for trespassing.

"Joanna!" James suddenly knocked the phone out of my hand and angrily said, "Do you still want to protect your father now?"

I dropped my hands, feeling helpless. "He is dead. You killed him."

"Shut up!" With a gloomy face, James said sternly, "Stop acting. Shirley is suffering from severe depression because of Brian."

He pulled Shirley's hand, revealing the marks of wrist slitting, which looked shocking.

I couldn't help but sneer, "You slit your wrists to make your acting more convincing, right?"

"I'm not acting." Shirley's eyes were red and swollen, looking pitiful. "Your father is torturing me and driving me crazy. I don't know what's the point of living. I want to die..."

James hugged her and comforted her. Then he looked at me angrily. "The fact that you and Brian went abroad is the best proof. You are afraid of being caught."

Shirley, who was in James' arms, showed a smug smile.

She seemed to say to me, "You are finished. You will never win."

James suddenly pulled me in front of him and said, "Ask Brian out immediately. Otherwise, I won't let you off!"

I pushed him away, and during the process, the pocket watch fell out of my pocket.

Shirley picked up the pocket watch on the ground. "Your dad is so disgusting. I want to vomit when I see him."

"Give it back to me. This is my father's relic." I was nervous and hurried to snatch the pocket watch from her hand.

But James grabbed me tightly, so I couldn't move at all.

Then, Shirley threw the pocket watch at her feet and tramped it into pieces with her high heels.

I collapsed to the ground in despair.

That was my father's relic, and I even lost the last thing about him.

To help Shirley vent her anger, James called a strong man here.

He motioned the man to come to me. Holding his phone to take a video, James said, "I will let you feel Shirley's pain until your father comes out."

The strong man started to touch me. When he lifted my clothes, I burst into tears of humiliation. "Let me go! James, you bastard!"

James seemed to soften his heart. "Stop. I've already done this. Why doesn't Brian come out?"

He shouted, "Come out quickly! Otherwise, your daughter will be bullied."

I was shaking all over with fear.

How did James become like this?

He seemed to be a stranger to me.

Taking a glance at the crying Shirley, James asked the strong man to continue.

I collapsed as I watched my clothes being taken off and wanted to escape.

But the man was too strong and I couldn't break free no matter what I did.

Suddenly, James' phone rang and he picked it up.

His assistant Tony Lambert said, "Mr. Clark, Ms. Smith's father died in the mountains, and his body disappeared. According to the villagers, he was eaten by wolves, and even his bones were gone."