She Called Me A Gold Digger

Chapter 4

The two security guards rushed forward, forcing me down onto my knees by main force.

Maxene snatched the dog chain from the other guard and strapped it tightly around my neck.

"b***h, today I'll show you the consequences of offending the wife of the CEO of Hollis Group!" Maxene sneered.

I struggled with all my might. "Maxene Ellsworth, I really am Dominic Hollis's—"

Before I could finish my sentence, a filthy cleaning rag was forcefully stuffed into my mouth by Maxene. A wave of nausea churned violently in my stomach, but I could only emit muffled, helpless whimpers.

Maxene yanked my hair tightly, slapping my face repeatedly from left to right. "That's for seducing my husband! That's for pretending!"

A dozen heavy slaps landed squarely on my face. Blood trickled from the corner of my mouth, and my ears buzzed with a loud, painful ringing.

None of the surrounding guests stepped in to stop the brutality; instead, they erupted into bursts of mocking laughter.

After an unknown period, Maxene finally grew tired and stopped, breathless.

"Dominic would let you slap him?" She pointed at my battered state and laughed mockingly. "That's what you get for bragging! That's what you get for hitting me! Now you know fear!"

Mrs. Ellsworth also pointed at me with utter contempt. "Take a look in the mirror before pretending to be my son-in-law's mother! You can't even brag convincingly!"

Hearing this, the surrounding guests pointed and whispered, bursting into fresh waves of mocking laughter.

"Is this woman mentally ill?" a guest laughed.

"Caught red-handed as a mistress, and she turns around claiming to be his mother? That's hilarious!" another chimed in.

"Laughing my head off," a man mocked. "If she's the owner of Hollis Group, then I'm the richest person in the world!"

Still unsatisfied, Maxene turned her gaze toward a young man in his twenties nearby and signaled to him, "Gavin, this b***h might be shameless, but she's quite pretty. Since my wedding with your brother-in-law hasn't started yet, why don't you take advantage of this time to find a private room and satisfy her properly?"

Gavin Ellsworth's eyes gleamed with lust, narrowing into greedy slits. "Sister, don't worry, I'll make sure to take good care of her so she never shows her face in front of my brother-in-law again!"

Despair and humiliation overwhelmed me like a dark tidal wave. I struggled frantically, my fingernails digging deep into my palms, making muffled sounds of protest, but I couldn't break free in the slightest.

Just then, an icy, bone-chilling voice echoed from not far away. "What do you think you're doing?"