Chapter 4

Matthias looked at the message on his phone screen, and the trace of emotion in his eyes was instantly swallowed by wild suspicion and the shame of betrayal.

With bloodshot eyes, he violently pulled back the arms that were supporting me.

The sudden move made me lose my balance. I fell heavily to the ground, feeling a wave of dizziness in an instant.

Matthias ignored whether I was hurt. He merely stood over me, pointing down at me with eyes like a ravenous beast.

"Gianna, the whole internet is watching you make a fool of yourself right now! You're completely smearing our company's reputation!"

"If you didn't do what they said, how do you explain this text message?!"

"Even if you want to leave today, you must kowtow and apologize to Mr. Caro and Serena! Otherwise, don't even think about stepping out of this building!"

Before I could recover from the dizziness, someone kicked me hard in the back of my knee.

Unable to support myself any longer, I collapsed pathetically onto the marble floor. My forehead struck the ground and instantly swelled up.

Serena seized the opportunity to bend down, pretending to clean my wound. Pinching my chin with her long crystal nails, she leaned into my ear and whispered in an intensely venomous voice:

"Who do you think you are to compete with me for Matthias? Only young, beautiful women deserve protection. An old woman like you should just die in the trash heap!"

Seeing the injury on my forehead, Matthias seemed to snap back to his senses abruptly, regaining his composure.

The violent rage in his eyes faded, replaced by an imperceptible flicker of panic. He immediately ordered his employees to stop the live stream, parted the crowd, picked me up from the ground.

"How are you? I'm taking you to the hospital!"

As he spoke, he reached down to scoop me up into his arms.

Gathering every ounce of my strength, I knocked his hands away,"Don't touch me! I can manage myself."

I fought back the throbbing dizziness and turned to walk away, without sparing him another glance

"Gianna..."

Just then, Serena's coquettish voice came from outside.

"Mr. Caro, don't forget tonight is the company's early celebration party for the bid. We must go to start preparing now. "

Matthias paused for a few seconds, then replied gently:

"Of course. Let's set off now."

Without casting a single glance back, I left the company.

As I stepped out of the company. entrance, my phone vibrated.

It was a text from Matthias:

"Stop pulling tricks and wait for me at home. Once I seal the bid tomorrow, I'll come home and make it up to you. Gianna, don't make me doubt if this marriage is even worth saving."

I simply replied, "We're finished," and without hesitation, blocked him.

Matthias still believed, right up to this moment, that he would win the tender.

What he didn't know was that at tomorrow's bidding meeting, the real game was only just beginning.