Chapter 50
Alison and Javon stepped out of the elevator side by side.
To her surprise, Antonio simply wouldn’t give up and came chasing. after them once more.
Right there in public, he grabbed her wrist without hesitation, his eyes a complex mix of elation and sorrow.
“Grace, I’m certain it’s you! Please, give me one more chance!
“I know I was wrong. I truly know I made a mistake…
“Ever since you left, I’ve been regretting day in and day out, every single night, every minute…
“I promise you, I swear to you. If I ever repeat my mistake, I’ll be doomed!”
Alison gradually slowed her pace until she stopped.
She looked at Antonio with a composed demeanor, her cold eyes. brimming with hatred.
“Grace is dead.
“What’s more, it was you who killed her.”
For an instant, Antonio’s body convulsed, and he froze, as if a thousand arrows were piercing his heart.
Seeing that Alison was about to walk away without mercy, he clutched
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her wrist even tighter and suddenly dropped to his knees.
“I know, I deserve to die!
“But I really can’t go on living without you….
“Have mercy on me, please, okay?”
His voice was feeble and submissive. He was desperately pleading for mercy.
At this moment, a figure dashed out from behind the onlookers, desperately attempting to pull him up.
“Get up! Antonio, get up! I won’t let you kneel to her!
“You’re a person of such high status. How could you kneel before her!”
Mylie was deeply in love with Antonio and idolized him.
She couldn’t stand him groveling on his knees, devoid of all dignity.
Mylie wailed and shrieked, her facial features contorted as if she had lost her sanity. She turned towards Alison and cursed.
“Who do you think you are? How could you humiliate him like this?”
However, Antonio showed no gratitude. Instead, he shoved Mylie away forcefully, sending her sprawling to the ground.
Mylie truly broke down.
She was in a state of hysteria. “She’s humiliating you, and yet you still protect her!
“I’m the one who loves you the most. Why can’t
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second glance?”
But no matter how heart–rending her cries were, Antonio seemed to be deaf to her pleas.
He continued to gaze at Alison imploringly, gripping her wrist tightly, and couldn’t tear his eyes away.
It was as if in his world, only she mattered.
Just then, a fist cleaved through the rushing wind with such force that Antonio was immediately sent crashing to the ground.
Javon nonchalantly adjusted his sleeves, his eyes, with a menacing glint, fixated on Antonio.
“I’ve been tolerating you.
“I’m warning you! Keep the hell away from Alison. She’s my girlfriend.”
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The following day, the report spread like wildfire across the Internet.
People learned that Mylie’s mysterious boyfriend was, in fact, Antonio, the man renowned as the “last decent man in the upper class.”
Antonio’s public persona as a doting husband crumbled in an instant.
The netizens unearthed Mylie’s past audio–visual materials and pored over them frame by frame, gradually uncovering the sordid details of her past bit by bit.
It turned out that Mylic was not only a college student subsidized by
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Antonio’s parents but had also seemingly had an affair with Hamish.
For a while, public opinion was in an uproar.
People simply couldn’t stand still. They all felt indignant for the “deceased” Grace, and lashed out at Mylie, branding her as a
shameless and ungrateful bitch.
Furious netizens swarmed to her social media account to curse her and even organize spontaneous boycotts.
Almost overnight, Mylie’s reputation was completely shattered.
At the same time, the A&G Group was severely hit, with its share price. plummeting rapidly.
Lucia Morh is a passionate storyteller who brings emotions to life through her words. When she’s not writing, she finds peace nurturing her garden.