After I shouted at him like that, Joe instantly lost interest.

"Natalya Patton, what's wrong with you?"

Scarlett reached out and touched Joe's chest, pretending to be scared.

"Natalya, why are you so fierce? Isn't it just making your brother go to the underground city? Or is it because your brother is delicate? He can't even afford to play a game."

"In the end, he's just a servant, who takes care of the Lawrence family. Did you think he's Joe's brother-in-law?"

Anger surged through me from the bottom of my feet to the top of my head. I couldn't hold it in any longer.

I shouted in anger, "Games! In your eyes, everything is just a toy for your entertainment! But my brother is a living being! He is not a plaything for you!"

My eyes turned red with anger. The pampered men and ladies on the scene, who had been spoiled since their childhood, were all startled.

In the past, I knew my status was different, so I didn't dare to speak loudly. But now, they were all stunned after I shouted like this.

Joe revealed a hint of anger in his eyes, saying discontentedly, "Natalya, what's gotten into you? Have I been too good to you these days, making you forget your identity?"

"My identity?"

"Yes, he is the master, and I am a servant in their eyes."

"How dared a servant get angry in front of the master?"

I smiled with a sense of sorrow rising within me. Tears uncontrollably streamed down my face.

"Yes. I can't live up to you, the one in charge of the Lawrence family."

In these five years, he had been acting as my boyfriend and being intimate with me. In reality, I was not even as good as a dog raised by his family.

If something happened, he would address me intimately. Otherwise, he would call me by my full name in anger.

"If it weren't for the marriage proposal from his mother back then, how could he, a young master of a wealthy family, be interested in me?"

"In front of his group of friends, I am just a maid to warm his bed!"

Joe looked at me for a while, sensing my abnormality.

For these seven days, I had been repenting in front of my brother's grave without eating or drinking anything.

My eyes were red and swollen. My weak body was even more emaciated at this moment.

There was a hint of pity in Joe's eyes.

Pushing Scarlett away, he said something gentle to me for the first time.

"Okay, it's my fault this time. I didn't consider it well. I'll apologize to your brother later. Is that okay?"

I laughed in anger, saying, "Apologizing to him? You should indeed apologize to him, but not just you."

"You, all of you murderers. You should apologize to my brother in hell!"

I looked at everyone present one by one as my eyes were filled with hatred.

Everyone was confused, looking at each other with doubt.

Seeing that I embarrassed him and repeatedly offended his friends, Joe instantly became furious.

"Natalya, have you caused enough trouble? I said I would apologize to your brother later. What else do you want?"

"What did I want?"

"My beloved brother, who I relied on for everything, tragically lost his life due to a joke they made."

"As the master behind the scenes, how could he even ask me what I wanted?"

After being pushed away by Joe, Scarlett stared at me with resentment in her eyes. She elegantly walked towards me.

"Natalya, Joe has promised to apologize, so you don't need to make a fuss."

"If you're not satisfied, I'll accompany Joe to kneel and apologize to you. Is that okay?"

She sounded aggrieved, trying to persuade me.

When she approached me, she leaned close to my ear and smirked.

"Unfortunately, you weren't there that day to see your brother begging for mercy on his knees. He was so pitiful."

I was stunned.

Knowing that she was provoking me, I couldn't help it. I grabbed her hair and pressed her to the ground, slapping her repeatedly.

No one expected that I would suddenly act. They were shocked by my crazy behavior. They hurriedly rushed over to pull me away.

They pinned me down on the ground, looking disgusted.

"Natalya, how dare you hit Scarlett! She said she would apologize. What else do you want?"

"No wonder you came from a poor family. It's one thing that you are lowly. You dared to be violent!"

"Do you know that we can make people like you disappear with just a flick of our fingers?"

"Joe, although she is your girlfriend, you have to give everyone an explanation today!"

Under the insistence of this group of spoiled people, Joe stood up and came to me.

His eyes were full of coldness, disappointment, and anger.

Before I could say anything, he kicked me hard.

My fragile body seemed to fall apart on the spot as he kicked me like this.

A burst of piercing pain came in waves. I broke out in a pang of cold sweat in an instant.

Joe looked down at me, saying indifferently.

"I did have sex with you a few times. Do you think you are Mrs. Lawrence?"

"You and your brother are just two dogs I raised at home! If I'm happy, I'll give you some food to eat. If I'm not happy, you'll end up dead. Do you understand?"

I felt like all my organs had shifted. I couldn't even say a word.

Looking at this man I've loved for over ten years, I felt like all my love had been wasted.

The first time I met Joe, I was only fourteen. I made a living with my brother by selling things.

I then accidentally bumped into Joe again while setting up the stall. Covered in mud, he was as handsome as ever.

I was stunned. Then I secretly brought him home without telling my brother.

From that moment on, I couldn't help but fall in love with him.

Then his mother found him and took me and my brother to the Lawrence family, giving us a job to make a living.

I knew my status was different from his. I didn't dare to pursue Joe, so I never thought about being with him.

Unexpectedly, Joe confessed to me to avoid an arranged marriage in the year I graduated from high school.

I thought that years of secret love would finally come to fruition. I agreed without hesitation.

His mother knew this, feeling angry. She used all means to obstruct us. Joe didn't care as he protected me.

I was immersed in his love, thinking that I had met a good man.

Then he met the carefully selected blind date arranged by his mother, Scarlett.

The rebellious Scarlett made him fall for her at first sight.

He brought Scarlett into his social circle and introduced her to all his friends.

The two passionately kissed at a serious party, declaring their intense love to the world.

After that, I became a joke in everyone's eyes.

Everyone was waiting for me to be abandoned by him, but I foolishly believed that he would change his mind.

And now, my one-sided persistence should finally come to an end!

I endured the pain all over my body, struggled to sit up from the ground, and looked at the familiar face, saying in a hoarse voice, "Joe, let's break up."

...

"From now on, I don't want to see you again!"

Joe was stunned for a moment before saying indifferently, "We can break up, but you have to apologize to Scarlett for hitting her. Otherwise, you won't be able to leave this house."

...

"Is it reasonable to ask the victim to apologize to the perpetrator?"

I lowered my eyes and ignored him, expressing my attitude.

Scarlett covered her face, tears streaming down her eyes.

Seeing this, Joe was extremely heartbroken. He then became more furious.

"Natalya, I'll give you one last chance. Kneel! Apologize!"

I ignored him, smiling mockingly.

My behavior angered Joe.

"Since you are so stubborn, let me see if I can make you compromise today!"

After saying that, he waved his hand. The onlookers all surrounded me.

They punched and kicked me. A muffled sound echoed as they hit my body.

Joe held Scarlett outside, looking on indifferently like a bystander.

The pain swept through my body. in a daze, I seemed to see my brother coming to pick me up.

The unbearable pain caused me to vomit a mouthful of blood.

Only then did they stop.

Seeing me on the verge of death, Joe once again walked up to me condescendingly.

His huge shadow enveloped me. Then he slowly crouched down.

"How about it? Do you know you're wrong?"

My face turned pale. I smiled with bloodshot eyes.

"Am I wrong? The biggest mistake I made in my life was picking you up and foolishly loving you for so long!"

Joe's face turned pale. He clamped my cheek gradually with more force.

"As the only son of the Lawrence family, I don't care about your love. You are a lower-class person."

"Since you're not dead, get up quickly and get out of my house!"

I sneered and struggled to get up from the ground, leaning against the wall and walking out.

"Where are you going?"

Joe roared, "I told you to take your brother and get out! Don't dirty my house!"

I stopped and forced myself to say sadly, "Don't worry, my brother is dead. You won't see him again!"

Scarlett snorted and crossed her arms, saying, "Since you are leaving, why pretend to be pitiful?"

"If you don't want to leave, then kneel and beg Joe. He may well have mercy and let you stay."

I was too lazy to argue with them anymore.

I wanted to get my brother's belongings, so I came back today. I didn't expect to run into them.

Seeing that I didn't say anything, Joe spoke indifferently again.

"Natalya, don't think about playing any hard-to-get tricks. Today, you and your brother must leave the Lawrence family."

"In the future, I will marry Scarlett. There will be no place for you in the Lawrence family!"

I didn't say anything as I slowly moved towards the door.

But I heard Joe make a cell phone call. He said, "Secretary Jack, have Lily pack up all of Natalya's and his brother's things. Kick them out today. They are fired!"

After a moment of silence on the other end of the cell phone, Secretary Jack finally said, "Mr. Lawrence, Miss Natalya's brother died one week ago."

"He was beaten to death by the thugs in the underground city."

"What are you joking about?"

Joe held his cell phone and shouted angrily. Then he smiled knowingly.

"Alright, alright, I got it. It was Natalya who had asked you to say so, right?"

"You have to understand that I, Joe, am your boss! Not her, Natalya!"

He angrily hung up the call, slammed the cell phone on the table, and shouted at me.

"Natalya, you are so capable now. You even managed to bribe my secretary, who has been with me for seven years!"

"I indeed underestimated you in the past!"

I looked at him indifferently.

I felt like he had gone crazy.

After a while, he seemed to have thought of something. He suddenly laughed.

"I have such a big family business. You, as an underling, can't buy them all."

After that, he called the security department, where my brother had worked. After several calls, he got the same reply.

"Mr. Lawrence, Brian Patton is indeed dead."

"He went to the underground city with an illness that day. He had injured his foot before he left."

"His body was buried by Miss Natalya alone. It seems that Miss Natalya was not in a good condition that day."

The successive replies made Joe look gloomy little by little.

In a fit of anger, he slammed his cell phone on the ground and shattered it.

"Nonsense! You must have conspired together to deceive me!"

Suddenly, Joe's childhood friend exclaimed and picked up a crumpled piece of paper from a corner.

I looked down and realized that the thing I had been holding in my hands was gone.

With a trembling hand, he handed the crumpled paper to Joe.

"Joe... this..."

Joe frowned and snatched the paper from him.

After he unfolded it, the name of my brother appeared in front of his eyes.

He was thunderstruck, stunned in place. Then he looked at me in disbelief.

"How could this be..."

The death report slipped through his fingers and fell to the ground.

Looking defeated, Joe rushed towards me in fear as if he were a child, who had done something wrong.

"Natalya, I don't know that Brian will... I didn't mean it. We were just playing a game for fun..."