Carla closed her eyes. Her head throbbed because of everything that was happening.
She was about to give up and accept the abuse that Ruth was aiming at her.
However, the door of the private room was suddenly opened by someone.
She was surprised when the door was violently kicked open from the outside.
When Ruth heard the sudden loud noise, her hands that were holding the bottle of liquor and the bottle of wine shook. Unconsciously, she let go of the bottles to look at the door. A man just entered the room.
At first she thought that he was one of Rhys' men. She took a closer look at the man and was surprised to discover that he was oozing with power and confidence.
Noticing him having such a strong aura, she found it hard to believe that he was just one of Rhys' men.
'Who the hell is he?' she thought.
Rhys heard the commotion and frowned. He glanced at the door angrily. "How dare you... Terence?" he said shocked.
He was stunned to see Terence, his younger brother. He hadn't seen him for a long time.
He then smiled and walked up to Terence. "Terence, why did you come here without informing me in advance?" he asked confused.
When Terence entered the room, he immediately fixated his eyes on Carla. He saw that two bodyguards were holding her shoulders down. However, he appeared calm. There was no sign of annoyance in his eyes.
"Rhys, please ask your men to release my woman. If they don't release her right now, I will break their arms,"
Terence said in a deep, calm voice.
Even though he sounded calm, there was no mistaking the threat in his words.
"What..." Rhys said stunned. He looked over at Carla and noticed that Terence was staring at her intently. He immediately realized what Terence meant. He was about to order his men to release Carla but it was too late.
Two men entered the room. One was tall, thin and dark-skinned while the other was tall, thin and white-skinned. The two men looked identical. If it weren't because of their different skin color, people would find it difficult to tell them apart.
The two men took action quickly. Everyone in the room heard the crack of breaking bones.
The bodyguards that were holding Carla found their arms broken and removed from her shoulders.
Everyone was shocked to hear the helpless and miserable screams of the two bodyguards.
"Terence, don't be angry. It's all my fault. I don't know her relationship with you. I'm so sorry. We're family, so please forgive me this time. I promise I won't let such a thing happen again," said Rhys. He immediately walked towards Terence after seeing his men injured.
Terence made his way to Carla. He glanced menacingly at Ruth as he passed her. He took Carla's shoulders and supported her weight.
"Why didn't you tell me that you're here? If Sean didn't send the e-mail informing me that you two are here, I will never know that you're in JA City," he said in a gentle voice. He encircled her waist with his arms.
"Sean, Sean!"
Carla yelled when she heard Terence mention Sean. She got so anxious! She was so worried about Sean that she didn't notice his warm embrace.
"Don't worry. He's fine," said Terence. He wanted to ease her mind.
Sean suddenly ran inside the room and hugged Carla and Terence. "I'm so scared, Carla! Terence!" he whimpered.
Sean was only ten years old. This was the first time for him to experience such a terrible thing. He was so frightened by everything that happened today. It was possible that it might cast a shadow on his life.
Sean felt very helpless. He realized that he was too weak to protect his sister.
"Terence! Why did you arrive so late?" he continued.
He turned to Terence and punched his side while still crying.
"You didn't tell me everything in the e-mail, so it took me a while to figure out where you are. Next time, you should tell me everything in detail. Got it? Luckily, I was able to track you guys down here. I came here as fast as I could. Good thing I arrived before your sister might get into any more trouble,"
Terence replied and patted Sean's head.
Sean blinked, lowered his head and said, "It's my fault, Terence. I'm sorry."
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