“You beat him for me,” Landon ordered my bodyguard.
He wasn’t just my bodyguard. He had also been one of my good friends.
He didn’t hesitate. He walked right up to me.
“Landon, you’re truly ruthless.”
“I must have been blind to ever help you when you were in trouble.”
“Don’t act so noble.”
Suddenly, his eyes turned bloodshot and he kicked me hard.
“Every time we went back to the village, you basked in the spotlight while I was just your background.”
“You knew the villagers would praise you and belittle me, yet you still brought me back.”
“They laughed at me, said I’d always be your dog.”
“So tell me, how could I not hate you?”
He grabbed me by the collar, face-to-face.
But I never treated him like a dog.
It was because his parents hadn’t seen their son in years.
Their longing for him had taken a toll; their health was worsening day by day.
When I found out, I brought a reluctant Landon back home.
If I hadn’t, his parents probably wouldn’t have made it through that year.
I had only ever acted in their best interests at heart. Was that wrong?
The human heart, why was it so complicated?
Seeing that I said nothing, Landon assumed I was looking down on him.
He flung me aside and grabbed Bianca.
“Looking down on me, are you? But in the end, I beat you. Everything you had is now mine!”
“Including this woman. You don’t even know how wild she gets under me. She said you were useless!”
“Beat him. Go for his broken legs.”
“Don’t worry, I won’t let you die.”
“Because later, I’ll put you on a leash like a dog and drag you back to our hometown. Let everyone see, Corbin is now my dog.”
Bianca gave him a coquettish glare and playfully punched his chest.
“Damn, you’re awful. Why not just tell him directly? I betrayed him. So what?”
“Baby, this way’s more fun!” Landon said gleefully.
At once, the bodyguard raised his leg and kicked at my injured leg, but Director Grant rushed forward to stop him.
“Stop!”
“Landon, don’t go too far.”
Seeing someone still stand up for me, someone who hadn’t betrayed me, only made Landon more vicious.
He sneered and threatened Director Grant that if he stayed loyal to me, he’d never work again.
Director Grant spat at him in disgust.
“You think you’re someone? Just because you pull strings in this city doesn’t mean you can do the same elsewhere.”
“Step aside!”
Director Grant tried to help me up, but Landon kicked him hard, knocking him away.