Independent Me, Spoiled Her, I Married His Bos

Chapter 4

They stormed out, slamming the door. I unlocked my phone and dialed a hidden number.

"My marriage to Frank Gold is over. Get the divorce papers ready as soon as possible. No need to continue our partnership with Gold Group either.

And come pick me up now. I'm tired. I want to go home."

The person on the other end was silent for a moment, then a familiar deep voice responded:

"The divorce papers were ready the day you got married. We'll just have the lawyer file them."

Just as I hung up, the door burst open.

Lily Jones, who had come back, lunged at me like a crazy person.

My back slammed into the corner of the table, and I heard the c***k of a bone.

"b***h!"

"You had someone push my son down the stairs!

If you have a problem with me, take it out on me. Why go after an innocent child?"

She was ready to attack me.

Frank Gold held her protectively in his arms.

"With me here, no one will ever hurt you or the child again."

He looked at me coldly, his voice like ice.

"Gwen Nance, you'd stoop this low just for your own selfish reasons? I'm so disappointed in you."

Pale-faced, I struggled to stand up by the table, my eyes reddening.

"I didn't..."

Frank Gold looked at me, a flicker of reluctance in his eyes.

Lily Jones saw that Frank was wavering.

She immediately knelt in front of me, grabbing me tightly, her nails digging into my flesh.

"Gwen, I'm sorry. Please, spare the child."

The reluctance in Frank Gold's eyes vanished in an instant. He shoved me away hard and comforted Lily.

"You did nothing wrong. You're not the one who needs to kneel and apologize."

Then he looked at me and said coldly, "Kneel down and apologize to Lily."

I watched him hold Lily in his arms with such tenderness, and I stubbornly said,

"I did nothing wrong. I'm not kneeling."

Lily Jones pressed herself even more weakly against Frank, but the look she shot me was vicious.

"Frank, don't force Gwen. Here, take back this pendant."

Seeing the pendant in Lily's hand, my heart tightened. I demanded,

"Frank Gold, how did she end up with that?"

Lily pretended to slip, and the pendant fell, shattering on the floor.

I lunged to pick it up, cutting my fingers on the shards.

Lily put on a look of full apology, but her eyes were filled with triumph.

"Sorry, Gwen. You startled me, and I accidentally dropped it."

She looked at Frank Gold with an innocent face and asked nervously,

"Is this pendant very important?"

Frank Gold waved it off. "It's just a decoration."

A suffocating feeling washed over me, and my movements to pick up the fragments slowed.

Because he traveled so often, I went to the church and asked the priest to bless it.

When I gave it to him back then, he held me and promised,

"Gwen, I'll treat you well for the rest of my life."

I just never thought his "rest of my life" would be so short.

I knelt on the ground, the broken pieces cutting into my knees, blood seeping out without me even feeling it.

Compared to the heartache, this was nothing.

Maybe it was the first time he'd seen me, someone with such strong self-respect, so utterly humiliated.

Frank Gold's eyes reddened slightly, and he reached out to help me up.

Suddenly a little boy ran out.

His head was bandaged, and he was crying so hard his little face was turning purple.

Lily immediately pushed the child in front of Frank and said,

"Harry was pushed down the stairs by Gwen's order. He must be terrified."

Frank immediately pulled his hand back from me, anger coloring his brow.

When his gaze fell back on the child, he seemed to have finally made up his mind.

He took out a document and threw it in front of me.

"Sign it. Consider it compensation for the child."

The words Equity Transfer Agreement stung my eyes.

"I won't sign."

Lily Jones's teardrops, as big as beans, hit the floor one by one.

"My child and I are too lowly to deserve something so good."

Seeing that I still refused to sign,

Frank Gold ordered the bodyguards to hold me down.

"Frank Gold, you can't do this."

He looked down at me, his affection not reaching his eyes.

"Gwen, if you make a mistake, you have to make it right. After this, we'll still be a loving couple."

"No..."

No one cared about my breakdown.

The bodyguards forced me. Just as they were about to press my thumbprint, the office door burst open, and a familiar figure appeared before me.

He scooped me up, and his bodyguards had already subdued the men holding me down.

"President Gold!"

"Who gave you the guts to treat my people like this?"

Frank Gold froze when he recognized the man's face.