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“Help me,”Paige begged.
He glanced,sneering,“Women are so dramatic.My ex cooked dinner with her water broken.You fell—want me to carry you?Can’t stand?Crawl!”
To him,his game took precedence over his lover and unborn child.
Instead, she crawled, dialed 911, and while gasping, haggled with me.
I ignored her,repeating,“So,you’re sponging off me?”
My phone pinged with a transfer.
I smirked.The amount was calculated—exactly what they could scrape together.
Bankrupt,I’d start collecting.
The terror of minor refund laws—heard of it?
The claim processed fast.Paige’s custom alert betrayed the blow:
“After review,your earnings include$1,003,452.24 from a minor.This will be deducted,and due to the amount,your account will be banned.”
A million in debt,her fame dream shattered.
Oh,there was still a shot—at infamy,if she survived.
Are you happy with this,Paige?
I grabbed snacks and drinks, and I shared my screen with Ethan,and watched the altercation unfold.
Paige,dazed,trembled,eyes red with rage.
She smashed her phone,shards cutting her face,blood mixing with embedded glass.
She touched her ruined face,wailing,but no one cared.
Her lover,ditching his headset,yanked her hair,slapping her.“You lying bitch!Where’s the money?You said you’d support me financially!No cash,and now your face is trash?Pay up,or I’ll kill you!”
“Paige is blind and dumb—what’d she see in this creep?”I texted Ethan.
Our silence was deafening.
Paige,penniless,begged.“Cory,I’m broke.I don’t know what happened—please,don’t hit me!”
Cory“ThunderBro”Vance,livid,pressed her face into the glass shards.“You don’t know?Then die,you worthless slut!”
She shut her eyes just in time,sparing herself from further harm—though her eyes were already useless.
Realizing it was futile,she fought back,pregnant belly and all.
Her nails raked Cory,nearly gouging his eye,enraging him.
He kicked her stomach.
No!That baby was still useful!
Thankfully,911 arrived,saving the child.
In the hospital,the frail Paige gazed at Ethan and cooed, “Ethan, you still love me, right?”
Unimpressed, Ethan vomited his breakfast.
“Ethan,why?”I teased,patting his back,making him retch again.
He wiped his mouth,staring at Paige,ice in his eyes.“Dis…gusting.”
Paige paled.
Spotting Ethan’s fruit basket,she clung to hope.“Ethan,I knew you’re all talk,soft inside.You love me—admit it.”
I nearly gagged.
Ethan transformed,smirking,handing her the basket.
I was puzzled, while Paige’s joy quickly faded.“What,not peeled and cut?”
She forced a sweet smile,purring,“Ethan,always teasing me.”
Her scarred face made it grotesque.
Ethan didn’t look,fiddling with a small knife.
As Paige grabbed a banana,he threw the knife.
She screamed,clutching her earlobe.
“Keep yapping,and it’s not your ear next,”he said,aiming another knife,winking.
Paige’s mask cracked,her face contorting.
I didn’t let her perform,shoving her head down.“Love it?Eat up.”
The basket held a small durian,worsening her facial wounds.
Ethan clapped,laughing.“Quinn,nice!”
Paige screamed for the cops.Security swarmed.
I tossed the tainted fruit,ready to leave with Ethan.
Paige howled maniacally.“Quinn,think you won?Larson Corp’s mine already!Look—he’s here!”
