"He's Rachael's father!"
"What are you, nuts? Obviously, they are Rachael's family. The one lying on the ground is her younger sister. Next to her is her stepmother. The man who slapped her is her father. Look, even her father can't tolerate her. She's really a mean and cold-blooded slut!"
"Oh, right. She deserves it. Women like her deserve to be beaten to death like this!"
"Yes. Beat her to death! Why would such a disgusting woman live in this world? She'd better die for the benefits of others."
Everyone was shooting videos excitedly as they cursed me crazily.
Everly just stood condescendingly and smiled at Alicia, enjoying my being humiliated.
"You bitch, I can't believe you did such a thing. Marlon is Alicia's fiancé. You're shameless. You have humiliated the whole Cornell family!" Grabbing my hair, Marvin was scolding me outrageously.
"Look at these disgusting photos of you. How horny are you? You actually want so many guys? What are you gonna say to Mr. Charles, and what do you expect me to say to him?" Marvin looked at me as if he wanted to tear me to shreds.
I looked at him who was almost out of mind. I knew that the whole thing was planned by Alicia and Shania. They knew that Marvin wanted to lick the boots of Marlon and Kieran, but now those photos had ruined all his plans. At least in his eyes, I had completely pissed Kieran off.
"Now stand up. Go kowtow to Mr. Charles and apologize to him. You must beg his forgiveness!" Marvin dragged me out like a madman, his eyes still red.
I couldn't break free and was beaten so hard that I couldn't speak. I could only let him drag me out. Everyone along the path was laughing at me, and no one showed the slightest sympathy.
Alicia and Shania also followed behind. They were still crying, but if you looked deep into their eyes, you would see them gloating with triumph and pride.
I was dragged all the way to the Central Building by Marvin. Seeing us, the security guards immediately stopped him. Marvin shouted loudly, "Get out of my way. I need to talk to Mr. Charles."
The security guards looked up and down at him and shouted even louder, "Who the hell are you? You can't just walk in and talk to Mr. Charles. Get away!"
The angry Marvin slowly came to himself that he'd been so rude. He then quickly changed his tone and apologized to the security guards. He was afraid that he would offend Kieran.
"Fuck off, fuck off!" The security guards waved their hands in disgust.
"OK, OK!" Marvin wore a fake smile, and grabbed my hair to drag me back.
Alicia and Shania glanced at each other with upset. Alicia deliberately sobbed as she stopped Marvin, who was already angry, and threw her away instinctively. Alicia was stunned, then she persuaded him, "Dad, no. We can't just go like this."
"Then why do we stay here and let them laugh at us?" Marvin said in an unhappy tone.
Alicia immediately burst into tears again. "Dad, you've misunderstood me. I am not thinking about myself, and I didn't mean to make it personal to Rachael. It's just ... Rachael has done something wrong and at least, she's upset Mr. Charles. If we don't apologize to him, and if we are lucky, he'll just not marry Rachael, but what if he's still outrageous and want to retaliate? If that was the case, our family, and your company, would have been so dead."
Hearing what she said, Marvin stopped and said, "You're right. We can't just leave like this, or we are so dead."
He then turned around and glared at me fiercely. He was so outrageous that he slapped me again, "You son of a bitch, if Mr. Charles doesn't forgive you, I promise I'll beat you to death." After finishing his sentences, he dragged me back to my office.
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