Chapter 13

In the bathroom, the sound of water pattering.

The autumn night was getting cold.

But Wayne still had the cold water running, showering himself.

Today’s every expression of Rosalynn kept replaying in his mind, especially the image of her tearful, ashamed, frightened, and desperate gaze at him.

The more Wayne thought about it, the more uneasy he felt.

At this moment, the doorbell rang incessantly. He became even more irritable. Cursing, he turned off the water, put on his bathrobe, and strode out.

He opened the door. It was Jacob.

“What’s up?” Wayne asked coldly.

“I just saw Secretary Tesdal by the elevator!”

made an attempt to close the door. However, Jacob swiftly interposed, blocking his

was torn, and she seemed to have been crying. She looked

silence before furrowing his brow and inquiring, “Did she say anything?”

responded, “She said… you bullied

term “bullying” struck him deeply. Was what he had done merely bullying? The actions he had previously

behavior deemed acceptable, but

be the same if he

thought emerged in Wayne’s

married? How could

between the Rosso and Silverman families was a win–win business. How could he

been driven mad

looked up, his aura attacking indiscriminately.

grown up together. Wayne had always been ruthless and decisive, and even more so in recent years.

“No…”

closed the door. He walked to the sofa, looked at it, bypassed it, and sat down in front of the window.

set off outside the window

pearl earring on

see its owner

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and went straight into the bathroom. The warm

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