Ex-wife, Please Come Back novel Chapter 446

"You know that you will piss me off, don't you?" Jonathan hissed. His grip on her chin tightened, making her involuntarily wince in pain.

Still, she had chosen to remain silent. No one could threaten or seduce her. Being caught in the current predicament she was in now was only because of her own choice.

She made a wrong step, so now she had to bear the consequences on her own. Struggling under his hold, she managed to force out a smile.

Jonathan only saw red at the thought of her mocking him. He had not expected this reaction out of her.

He didn't want to admit that he had lost but her arrogance had preceded her. Even though the pressure of his grip on her chin tightened even more, he was nowhere near successful in stepping on her pride.

People like her had nerves of steel no matter how much struggle they were in.

There was a sudden inexplicable pain in his chest which caused him to narrow his eyes at her. Now, he didn't have to wonder anymore on why she was Jacob's first love. It was because she possessed the qualities worthy of standing by his side. Unfortunately, she didn't cherish that opportunity.

"I was so stupid to listen to Thompson's advice and marry you. Why should I use his ex-girlfriend to provoke him? You are now his ex, which simply means that he doesn't love you anymore," he said mockingly.

He was so angry that his finger shook in rage as he pointed it directly to Alice's face. What pissed him off even more was that she only stood there without any reaction.

For her, his anger was nothing. She had a lot of experiences that were far more terrible than that.

She didn't even flinch at his advances. Instead she just muttered back in a low voice, "Do you honestly think that you're better than me? We're just the same."

His jaws clenched and his eyes narrowed into slits at her statement.

Comparing him to herself was unacceptable. They were totally different from each other.

"The same? Alice, I think you're thinking too highly of yourself. How are we the same? Am I an abandoned woman?" he scoffed.

At that moment, all he wanted to do was to be able to say the right words that would crush her spirit. He wanted to tear off her proud face and break that arrogant expression which seemed to enjoy mocking him.

However, she didn't back down this time. She could accept being humiliated by him, but she would definitely not allow him to insult her dignity.

"This abandoned woman you are talking of is now your wife! Just who do you think you are, Jonathan? In case you didn't know, I only agreed to marry you because you would be useful to me. Why would I marry a man like you otherwise?"

Her voice was filled with venom when she spat those words at him. She was clearly furious with what he just said.

The veins on Jonathan's forehead were now angrily bulging out. Just then, everything happened in a flash as his palm landed heavily on her face. The impact was so strong that it felt like her brains had been shaken violently inside her head. She blinked a few times, trying to focus on the ringing on her ears instead of the burning sting on her face.

Of course, it still wasn't enough to shut her up. "Do you think you can change anything by beating me up? Let me tell you this. You are nowhere as good as Jacob and never in a million years will you be able to live up to him. In fact, it doesn't even matter if Jacob isn't in love with me anymore. In the end, you are still nothing compared to him."

This made Jonathan's expression even more deadly. It felt like the devil was starting to possess him and all he could see in front of him was Jacob.

He shoved Alice hard, causing her to stagger and fall heavily on the sofa before he put his weight on top of her.

All of a sudden, he slapped her on the face again. This time around, it was twice as heavy as the previous one that she felt like she was going to go deaf from the loud ringing her ears made. Still not contented, he started beating her half to death.

"You know, Alice, you should understand that you could never take advantage of me by saying that. It is only me who could marry you. Your precious Jacob, the man who you think is so nice, what did he do to you?" he bellowed.

He didn't realize how hard he had been hitting her until he saw blood dripping down the corner of her mouth. His brows furrowed as he pursed his lips at the ugly sight in front of him.

Although she looked like a ragged doll whose hair was all disheveled and all over her face, she still had managed to suddenly burst out into laughter. It was shrill, insane and uncontrollable that it caused the hairs on the back of Jonathan's neck to stand up.

It was too late when he realized that some women couldn't be provoked no matter what. Alice was that kind of woman.

"That's enough. Why are you still smiling? If your Jacob is such a good man, then go and find him. I'd like to see what will happen then. Don't worry, I'll purposely let you go since I'm really looking forward to it," he reasoned out, trying to make his expression as serious as possible.

He didn't realize that he started fidgeting, and Alice only kept on laughing.

A fit of maniacal laughter jolted through her. After a few minutes, she had finally stopped. "Stop talking, Jonathan. Are you really stupid or are you just playing dumb? All of us are just pathetic," she drawled.