Overprotective Sons & Possessive Husband

Chapter 9: Being Troubled

When Brielle returned from her meeting with the department head, she was shocked by what she saw, but she quickly regained her composure.

Once the few bossy youngsters saw her, they immediately recognized her to be Brielle They approached her and forcibly dragged her by the arm outside the office.

One of them, who seemed to be the leader, ruthlessly slapped her on the face. He was evidently vexed. In a threatening manner, he asked,

“You’re that b*tch’s sister?!”

Brielle was stunned. She cradled her stinging cheek and studied them. She then realized who the ‘b*tch’ that they were talking about was!

“Y’know how much that sister of yours owes me?” He chewed on gum, his eyes looking her up and down a few times.

Brielle docilely pursed her lips and kept her silence. Very quickly, she sorted everything out and understood the entirety of the situation.

Calling Aurora to mind, she probably incurred this huge debt while she was out having fun. Her family’s financial situation was still unstable, so she had no money to pay off her debt. When she could not pay them back, she thought of her and gave her company’s address to these people.

Brielle felt a little regretful inside. Worried that her father would meet setbacks at work and would be unable to contact her, she left her company’s address to them. Never did she think that uninvited guests would show up, though.

However, she was unwilling to submit to these few hoodlums. Her reluctance did not stem from her having a backbone but, instead, from her being under financial strains as well. If she helped Aurora pay off her debt, then she would not have enough to pay Aaron’s school fees for the next semester.

Watching her remain silent, the leader became enraged. He grabbed her by her shirt collar and tapped her face.

“Are you a mute? Know how to speak? Speak up, will ya?! Damn it!”

“Can’t pay up, can you?!” A few of the thugs shoved her around. Several pairs of eyes, harbouring evil intentions, peeked at her chest.

“It’s alright if you can’t pay up! You have to behave and come with us! Got no money to pay? There are many other ways to do so!”

“Speaking of which, you, little girl, look pretty good. Interested in playing with us?”

The few of them smiled, their eyes containing malicious intentions.

Brielle maintained a poker face. “Please speak with more respect.”

“Ho! Ha ha! This girl has got an attitude!” The man gave her a sinister smile and then proceeded to slap her again.

“Why are you so damn savage with your words?! What’s the reason behind owing money and not paying it back?!”

Brielle slowly turned her face back, her hand furtively feeling for her phone in her pocket. This little move, however, was noticed by the few men. The leader furiously clenched her wrist and flung her phone to the ground. The man stomped down once, and the phone was smashed into pieces.

She was shocked. In her eyes showed agitation.

“Calling the cops on us? Never thought you’d be quite smart!” the man spat. He then pushed her to the ground and sent a hard kick to her shoulder.

“Call the cops now! I’ll let you call the cops!”

“Boss, didn’t that b*tch say this woman has a kid? Come to think of it, which kindergarten is he at?” One of them gave her a meaningful glance.

Brielle frantically lifted her face, instinctively spurting,

Don’t! Don’t find trouble for Aaron I – I’ll give you the money!”

She could remain rational as long as it did not involve Aaron.

Returning to her department, she hurriedly took out her ATM card with trembling hands and reddened eyes. She then went to the nearest bank to withdraw a few thousand dollars and paid off Aurora’s debts entirely. The thugs, satisfied, counted the money while giving her a fierce stare.

Eventually, they strutted away without causing further trouble.

Back in the company, the manager summoned her to his office and fired her for ‘bringing massive trouble and loss to the company’. He asked her to pack her belongings and leave the company’s premises as soon as possible.

Earlier, she was able to remain calm despite being surrounded and confronted by those evil men. Right now, with the knowledge that she might lose her job, her eyes instantly turned red.

She did not care about anything else. She pleaded with the manager not to fire her.

She still had Aaron She could not lose this job. If she were to, then what about their living expenses for this period of time?

The Kinslee family still had quite a large debt to pay off, and Aaron was still young – a time where money was needed. Nowadays, the school fee for his kindergarten was incredibly high. Adding to this expense was the nutritional needs’ fee for his frail body, which was already exponentially high. Stacking on to this was their living expenses. She was already at her wits’ end.

Seeing her beg this earnestly, the manager was naturally moved. In all honesty, Brielle was a very competent worker. Although she was the only female worker in the IT department, her skills were not inferior to her male colleagues. Moreover, she was hardworking, devoted, and conscientious toward her job.

However, the incident this time had made the higher-ups unhappy, and they came to a decision to fire her. He had no say in this, as he did not have the authority to let her stay.

Therefore, although Brielle pleaded, the result was still set in stone.

When she got off work, she simply packed her stuff and left the company building. Several employees learned of her leaving; many were happy and a few were saddened.

Many of them felt that it was better for this Brielle to scoot off. In the office, she was in the limelight on a regular basis, snatching away their chances of getting a promotion.

With her great capabilities and outstanding visuals, the department head favoured her. She even had the highest annual bonus amongst them. Therefore, majority felt more relaxed when they learned of her dismissal. They had one less competition now, after all.

There were a handful of colleagues that she had a pretty good relationship with. Learning of her dismissal, they sympathized and exchanged contacts with her before bidding her farewell.

Brielle left the company and walked on the road looking despondent. Her heart was burdened with sacks of depression.

Perhaps, she had gotten too absent-minded as she walked with her head down that she failed to notice the red light being up and the blasting of the horn of an approaching sports car.

Only when she heard the screeching sound of car brakes – sharp, loud, and grating to the ears – did she return to her senses. However, it was already too late.

The sports car speeding along scraped past her body and came to a complete halt not far from her.

Brielle had yet to react when the car brushed by her and she was knocked down to the ground. Her muddle-headedness disappeared when she felt immense pain radiate from her knee which was scraped on asphalt as she fell.

The documents she originally held in her chest now lay scattered on the ground. Brielle lifted her eyes in shock and saw an extremely posh Porsche with a streamlined body. No matter which angle one looked at it, the car was simply magnificent.

Brielle once saw a description for this sports car in a magazine. Rumours had it that it was a world-wide limited edition, custom-made car. Only three of this existed in the entire world!

Once more, her attention returned to her bruised knee when it ached. The corner of her skirt was torn open by the friction between the car and the fabric, and her knee that was carelessly scraped just now had some dust in it as it bled profusely.

Unsure whether it was the pain or something else, Brielle’s eyes suddenly got filled with moisture. Tears soon rolled unabatedly down her cheeks and steadily dripped onto the ground. She was so upset that she wept.

From a young age, she had led a wandering life. Although she later had a place to call home, other than Henry, no one welcomed her in it.

She was, all along, reliant on no one. With her job gone, she really did not know what to do.

Her deeply suppressed indignation finally burst out. The unforeseen events over the past few days had mentally and physically taken a heavy toll on her, and she was already at her limit of what she could endure.

On top of shouldering Aurora’s debt, she also lost her job. At this very moment, she was without a penny to her name. What should she do now?

All this while, she was very resilient to the point of unyielding. Even when she was in a difficult situation, she fended for herself. No matter how tough or how tiring it was, with Aaron by her side, she thought that there was hope in life.

However, reality knocked her down into a mass of bruises!

Aaron had once told her that when things were difficult, she should smile and everything would be alright. Even a child knew of this principle, but why could an adult like her not follow it properly?

Thus, right now, she was unable to stop her tears from falling!

Brielle filled with grievances and bitterness, pressed onto her cheeks. She sat on the ground like this and heartbrokenly wept!

Not far away, the Porsche’s engine was turned off. Its door was pushed open, and a pair of expensive leather shoes touched the ground. Benjamin elegantly stepped out from the car and casually closed the door behind him. In his line of sight was a lady in a white dress, stumbled on the ground, motionless. The expression on her face could not be seen clearly with her head hanging low, but one could hear her broken-hearted sobs, making her appear rather pitiful!

The lady seemed young, about 20 years of age, and frail. She wore a simple office dress. Her silky-smooth hair cascaded on her shoulders slightly messily and hid most of her face.

Although she appeared bedraggled, it did not do injustice to her beauty. In fact, it only accentuated her stunning looks even more, making others feel sympathy for her.

Benjamin’s eyes slowly narrowed, looking deep and far. This girl made his heart tingle. She seemed somewhat familiar, as though he had seen her before.

However, with her head hanging down, he could not see her looks.

His sword-like eyebrows slightly twitched. He went closer and gracefully half-squatted down in front of her. He slightly lowered his almond-shaped eyes to coldly examine the bruise on her knee. He noted that one of her pair of slender legs was smeared with blood. The blood trickled along the delicate curves of her leg.

He scanned her entire body and saw no other injuries besides that slight skin abrasion on her knee.

Her injury was fortunately not severe, but she was still weeping in grief, as though she had suffered a really big grievance. He really did not know what she was crying so pitifully for! Her current appearance was a little similar to an abandoned kitten!

Benjamin noted that, but he showed no visible reaction toward it.

The frustrated feelings he had were somewhat aggravated. He had a habit of taking the car out for a ride in the mountains when he was feeling down. Just then, with his mind occupied, he had failed to notice her on the road. Perhaps, her frail frame and flimsy white dress made her inconspicuous as well. She looked so delicate, and he drove wildly on the road, so he failed to notice her until it was already too late. It was truly fortunate that nothing bad had happened to her.

Seeing her tears flow non-stop, Benjamin wasted no more time. He lowered his head and fished out his wallet. Removing a few large banknotes from it, he gave them to her expressionlessly.