The Divorced Heiress’s Revenge

During his car ride, Ryan read the live news online and saw Ralph carrying a girl out of the school building.

Even though the girl's face was covered, he recognized the body frame to be Carrie's.

Ryan knew that Ralph was interested in Carrie, so he thought that Ralph had an ulterior motive to carry Carrie in his arms.

Carrie was Ryan's life and everything.

He could not put up with anybody getting close to her.

"I represent the cops. Is there a difference?" Ralph smirked composedly.

Ralph stood up against the Hoffman Group's employees on his own. Still, he persevered in the face of adversity.

Gritting his teeth, Ryan inched closer to Ralph. "Carrie is the love of my life. How could you keep this from me when her life hung in the balance? I couldn't be there for her. What was your intention? Must I rip off your façade for you to be real with me?"

"Are you silly or naïve, Ryan? Even if you have never been held hostage, you've watched movies with the same theme."

Ralph slipped his hands into the pockets of his leather jacket and scoffed with narrowed eyes. "So what if you were there? What could you have done?

men to surround the perpetrator and tell him that the hostage was

Ryan saw red. "Ralph!"

The Thompsons were sharp-tongued.

hostage. I didn't keep things from you because Carrie is your girlfriend. I would do the same to anyone

the edge. The same goes for the man who held Carrie hostage.

reason. "Are you trying to get me to

need for that. I live

you. I'm tired. You must be tired, too. Save your energy to take care of Carrie. And one more thing. Ms. Yasmin was loyal to you, rain or shine. She had it tough. You can blame the whole thing on me, but keep her out of

in a corner with slumped shoulders, Yasmin

a decade. She took all the hardships that came her

never felt so

suppressed her emotions. Hurt was not the feeling she should

Ralph walked straight ahead.

fair and square. Don't use your looks and your job as excuses to get close to Carrie. That's cheap."

not Bella's brother, Ryan would have pulled a

being for Carrie when she was hurt, but Ralph’s