99 Bloody Lashes And A Bullet To His Hear novel Chapter 70

At that moment, Joe returned, saw the scene, and his expression changed.

He rushed over and shoved Olivia aside.

“Olivia, what are you doing?!”

Olivia couldn’t dodge in time and was pushed to the ground, her forehead slamming against the corner of a nearby table.

Bang!

A sharp pain surged through her, followed by a sticky sensation slowly seeping from her forehead. She reached up to touch it–her fair fingertips were stained crimson.

She looked up at Joe, her breathing unsteady. Yet, the man who had just hurt her was now anxiously holding another woman in his arms, listening to her pitiful complaints.

“I just thought Secretary Brown’s necklace was pretty and wanted to buy one for myself, but I accidentally broke it… Then she hit me..”

Following Sophia’s pointing finger, Joe also noticed the shattered remains of the necklace on the ground.

His expression froze for a moment, but in the end, when he looked at Olivia, his gaze carried a hint of impatience. “It’s just a little thing. Did you really have to hit someone over it?”

His reproach was the final straw that broke the camel’s back. Olivia’s eyes instantly reddened.

She didn’t respond. Instead, she silently moved toward the fallen necklace, picking up the broken pieces one by one.

A little thing?

He knew. He knew that was the last keepsake her mother had left her.

She still remembered that winter when they first got together–she had accidentally lost the necklace in the snow. He had searched for it all night, stepping through the snow with a flashlight. By the time he finally found it, he had caught such a bad cold that he came down with a fever the next day.

She had held him and cried for a long time, distressed beyond words. But even then, it was the sick man who had

comforted her instead.

“I can’t stand seeing you cry. Even if I had to search for three days, ten days, I’d still find it for you. Don’t cry anymore, just be careful and don’t lose it again.”

But now, when someone else had broken it, he simply said-“It’s just a little thing.”

Joe, if you don’t love me, why did you ever come into my life in the first place?

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Joe left with Sophia in his arms, leaving Olivia alone. She crouched there, eyes red, carefully gathering every last fragment of the necklace before stumbling away.

For the next few days, she took a leave of absence and went to the hospital to get stitches.

During that time, Joe never came home.

The day her wound finally healed, her best friend Jennifer called her.

“Olivia! I found a pair of earrings in Paris that would look absolutely perfect on you! I just got back today–come over to my place, let’s have dinner, and I’ll give them to you!”

She was about to leave anyway, and she needed to say goodbye to Jennifer,

So Olivia agreed. She tidied herself up, carefully covering the wound on her forehead with a thick layer of makeup. After confirming nothing seemed out of place, she left the house,

Jennifer was particularly excited to see her. She immediately linked arms with her and started enthusiastically recounting all her travel experiences.

Olivia quietly listened. It wasn’t until after they exchanged gifts and had dinner that she finally brought up her impending departure.