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My vision blurred with pain, stars dancing in my eyes. 

I lay sprawled on the floor, dazed. 

A young nurse hurriedly stepped in front of me, panic written all over her face. 

“Mr. Johnson, please don’t be angry! We’ll leave right away!” 

She was terrified–Michael’s fury had that effect on people. 

But even so, she tried to shield me. 

Michael’s reputation in Verona City was legendary. 

When we first started dating, a wealthy socialite mocked me to my face. 

Michael had her drenched in paint and dumped outside her husband’s office. 

Another time, one of the Johnson family’s affiliate businesses tried to take me down in a power 

struggle. 

Michael wiped them out overnight. 

Stock prices crashed, and the head of the family threw himself into a river. 

No one even knew if it was suicide or not. 

Time had passed. 

The woman he once vowed to protect forever was no longer me. 

And now, I had no idea what kind of hell he would put me through this time. 

The nurse helped me to my feet, careful and gentle, but my wound had split open. 

Pain fogged my mind. 

Banore 

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Hailey clung to Michael, sobbing. 

He murmured soft reassurances to her. 

Jake turned and saw my face–then stumbled back in shock. 

“Jake, you can’t even handle something this small?” 

“She’s got a foul mouth? Teach her how to speak.” 

“Which hand did she use? Cut it off.” 

Michael never once looked back at me. 

His whole world was Hailey and her crocodile tears. 

I clenched my fists, the coldness spreading through my bones. 

Of course. 

Cross the woman he wanted to protect, and this was the price to pay. 

New lover, same old story. 

Hailey, hearing his words, sobbed even harder–delicate, pitiful, a perfect damsel in distress. 

But her gaze flicked toward me, full of undisguised triumph. 

Jake was trembling. 

His eyes darted to Michael in panic. 

“Mr. Johnson, sir–please, look! Look at her!” 

“What, you think there’s a woman in Verona City I can’t touch?” 

“Useless. Why do I even keep you around?” 

Michael turned toward me at last–impatient, irritated. 

And then- 

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He shoved Hailey aside, his whole body going rigid as if struck by lightning. 

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