Ethan’s face flickered,like my words woke a bad memory.Seeing him hesitate,Natalie wrapped her arm around him and purred,“Ethan,don’t hold on to the past.Let it go.You can stand on your own now.Don’t be dragged down by old favors.”
Ethan was eager for an excuse,so he nodded at once.
“Right.Natalie is right.Jenna,stop digging up the past.I didn’t need your family to survive.Everything I have I earned myself.”
“You earned it all yourself?”I sneered.“With that shell company that lost money year after year until my family kept it afloat?Ethan,without us,you’d be back on the farm.”
“You—”
Hearing this,Ethan went white with anger.Natalie rolled her eyes and,with a flirtatious sigh as if remembering something delightful,she said to him,“Oh,Ethan,didn’t you get a birthday gift for Jenna?Even if she’s been putting us in a difficult situation today,we should keep polite.Show her.”
Ethan looked confused for a moment,clearly not getting her words.
Then,Natalie pulled a small jewelry box from her new designer bag.She opened it to reveal a thin,cheap silver chain.
"Jenna,look at this.Ethan picked this only for you."
She came forward,holding the chain and smiling sweetly.“It’s not as nice as my handbag,but it’s thoughtful.He said you’re like this chain.This looks fine at a glance,but it is actually cheap and ordinary.Embarrassing to wear.”
As she spoke,her fingers let the chain slip and hit the cold floor.
With deliberate malice,she tapped it with her heel and crushed it.“Whoops,so sorry.My hand slipped.”
She covered her mouth and looked at me with a smug,satisfied smile.
I stared at the ruined chain,at Natalie’s face and at Ethan’s casual,almost relieved look.At that very moment,whatever remained of my sanity instantly shattered.
I raised my hand and,with everything I had,slapped Natalie across the face.
"You disgusting bitch!"
Smack!
A loud slap echoed in the room.
Natalie didn’t expect it.She screamed and stumbled back,half her face already swelling.
“Jenna!How dare you hit me!”
Seeing this,Ethan finally lost his temper.He lunged at me,furious.
The bodyguards moved instantly,blocking him and holding him back.“What are you doing?Let me go!How dare you do this to me?”
His face was twisted with rage as he struggled and roared.However,the bodyguards’faces remained expressionless.Their grips were iron-cold and steady.