Filed to story: My Husband Regrets Divorcing Me (Audrey & Cornell)
The plump woman’s husband grabbed the director’s arm desperately and hastily said, “Look closely and recognize who I am. You should be dragging that damn cripple instead!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he was met with a sharp response.
“Slap!” The director struck him across the face.
The husband of the plump woman had a bleeding corner of his mouth and stared bewilderedly at the director.
Without pausing, the director slapped the husband again, causing the other side of his mouth to also start bleeding.
After delivering the slaps, the director glanced over at Cornell in the wheelchair, noting the latter’s furrowed brow and tense demeanor.
The director then kicked the plump woman’s husband again, hitting him hard in the torso.
“Ouch! Ouch…” The husband clutched his stomach and collapsed to the ground. Sadly, he still hadn’t grasped the situation yet. “Sir, please look carefully… It’s me…”
The plump woman screamed, “Sir, have you lost your senses!”
The couple were bewildered by the director’s sudden hostility, especially since the director himself had just recently treated them as distinguished guests. It seemed as if he had been seized by a sudden madness.
The director was boiling with rage. He delivered several more kicks.
These two fools were still completely unaware of whom they had insulted. Morons!
Cornell, the arrogant couple had ridiculed, was the leader of the transportation project, a crucial diplomatic endeavor involving two countries.
Anyone selected for such a project would have to maintain an unblemished political reputation and possess significant influence.
Gaining the trust of two national governments was not something the average person could achieve. How could these two morons dare to offend someone of such caliber? And they had the audacity to ridicule him for his disability?
Cornell’s ability to secure the project, despite his disability, showcased his extraordinary capabilities.
The director had no intention of explaining these matters to the ignorant couple. After all, fools would always be fools.
This couple assumed they could dominate simply because they had been treated well, failing to realize that such treatment was contingent on mutual interests. Relationships founded on these terms were inherently fragile.
Once those interests were threatened, partnerships would dissolve as quickly as they were established.
Now, by offending Cornell, the hospital might face shutdown, or at the very least, the director would be promptly dismissed.
Furthermore, this plump woman and her husband were truly ignorant.
Even now, they failed to recognize the real influencer here, which was utterly ridiculous! Even the founder of Aurora would show respect to Cornell, the man in the wheelchair they had mocked, not to mention insignificant individuals Like themselves. They were simply out of their depth!
Since the director didn’t work out regularly, he couldn’t match the fitness level of his bodyguards. Just a few kicks had left him gasping for air. He turned to the bodyguards behind him and shouted, “What are you waiting for? Get over here and help! Hit them!”
At last, the bodyguards realized the gravity of the situation. The once esteemed guests had insulted someone far more significant. Now was not the time for courtesies. It was time to really lay into them.
Several bodyguards encircled the couple and started to assault them.
Meanwhile, the chubby boy, son of the couple, and his associates were escorted away.
This included Chasen, who was taken out on Audrey’s command by Matteo.
It was imperative that the children not be exposed to such violence, though the couple certainly deserved a harsh lesson and had Likely committed numerous wrongs before.
The director didn’t call for a stop, focusing instead on ensuring Cornell felt justified.
Cornell, sensing the lesson was probably learned, tapped the armrest of his wheelchair and said, “Take them out.”
“I’ll have them removed right away, Mr. Clement,” the director eagerly said. “If there’s anything unsatisfactory, or if you’re uncomfortable in any way, please inform me immediately!”
The plump woman’s husband was severely beaten, his face a mess of blood and bruises. When he noticed the director respectfully nodding and bowing to Cornell, calling the latter Mr. Clement, realization belatedly dawned on him. Chances were that Cornell belonged to the Clement family from Ardlens, arguably the most powerful of them all.
The husband froze. My God, what had he done? He had mocked a man of such significance, even referring to the latter as a cripple!
At that moment, he wished he could sever his own tongue. Particularly since he had been eyeing Cornell’s woman! What he had done was utterly unforgiving.
Scraping the ground with both hands, the husband shouted, “Mr. Clement… Please forgive me. I was blind to your greatness. Please have mercy…”
Tears streamed down his face as he pleaded, and the plump woman, taken aback, exclaimed, “Honey! What’s happening? Have you lost your senses too?”
Just as the director had suggested, the plump woman was ignorant enough not to realize the situation even now. Baffled, she wondered why her husband suddenly started acting like the director. She scrutinized Cornell, wondering what kind of spell he cast. Yet, she noticed nothing out of the ordinary, except for him being strikingly handsome.
Meanwhile, her husband, while being pulled away, still managed to crawl over and slap his wife hard. “It’s all your fault, you blind old witch! You’ve ruined our business!”
The husband was devastated. Offending the wealthiest man in Ardlens and the authorities in Aurora, what prospects did their business still hold? They might as well brace for bankruptcy and face the music!
This prompted the director who immediately said, “Don’t let them leave. Take them to the enforcement office. We need to thoroughly investigate who they’ve been paying off!”
The plump woman’s husband felt his eyes roll back in despair.
Upon Matteo’s return, Cornell ordered, “The things he talked about, sending young girls to business partners, look into them deeply and then forward everything to the prosecutor’s office in Ardlens!”
The plump woman’s husband was left dumbfounded. He froze, not sure how to react. A deep coldness washed over him. This meant a trial in Aurora followed by one in Ardlens. He and his wife was looking at a lifetime behind bars!
Meanwhile, the chubby boy was waiting impatiently. As he waited, he bragged to his associates. “Just watch, my mom and dad are going to beat that cripple to death, and that woman who yelled at me, they’ll leave her battered and sell her off!”
Chasen scoffed. “Keep dreaming. She won’t go down that easily!”
The chubby boy clenched his fists. “Just wait and see. My parents can handle anyone. After they’re done with those two, they’ll come for you and your dad, you two filthy dogs! Since you try to stand up to me, just wait for your downfall!”
Chasen, though young, suddenly felt a wave of doubt upon hearing this.
He was concerned for Audrey and Cornell. But he knew he couldn’t let his fear show, or the chubby boy would only torment them more. He balled his little fists, staring defiantly at the chubby boy. “I’m not scared of you!”
“You… I’ll beat you to death!” The chubby boy made a move to charge at Chasen, but a bodyguard held him back.
The bodyguard had been keeping an eye on the chubby boy and the shorter one. Otherwise, the chubby boy might have teamed up with the shorter one to attack Chasen earlier!
“Damn it! Just wait till my parents come out, you’re dead!” the chubby boy yelled. He was used to hearing about the shady deeds his parents did. His parents never concealed their wrongdoings from him, openly discussing their nefarious activities even in his presence!
They even instilled in him that with money, one could wield power and trample over any land.
The chubby boy was convinced that no matter how reckless he was, his parents would always shield him. This was what fostered his devil-may-care attitude.
The plump woman’s husband, his face swollen and bruised from the assault, emerged and overheard his son’s ranting, boiling with rage.
The root cause of today’s debacle was his troublemaking son! Had it not been for the chaos his son had caused, they would not have antagonized Cornell, the one they should have avoided.
Seeing his parents emerge, the chubby boy hurried over and asked, “Dad, did you finish off that cripple?”
The chubby boy was utterly spoiled, and supremely self-centered. He looked at his parents, all battered up, yet it seemed like he was staring at blank space, giving their injuries no mind, just worrying if his dad had given a beating to the one who ticked him off! After all, anyone who had ever crossed him had been severely beaten by his father.
Once, when a classmate accidentally stepped on the chubby boy’s shoe, the chubby boy refused the apology and retaliated by pinning that classmate down and beating the latter savagely!
Out of the blue, the classmate, pushed to the edge, hit back, and wrestled the chubby boy down instead.
The chubby boy, who rarely exercised and was physically frail, quickly found himself outmatched.
However, the classmate didn’t actually want to fight. He was merely defending himself and stopped once he realized the chubby boy was no match.
The chubby boy immediately complained to his dad, who then had someone assault the classmate so severely after school, leaving the classmate brain-dead!
The classmate’s family wanted to protest but were hushed up with a payoff from the chubby boy’s father, leaving them no avenue for justice.
Thus, in the eyes of the chubby boy, human life held Little value.
With enough money, he believed anything could be resolved.
Upon hearing his son’s question, the plump woman’s husband, boiling with fury, mustered all his strength and struck his son forcefully.
“Slap!”
The chubby boy was sent sprawling to the ground, wailing loudly. This was the first time his father had ever hit him.
The plump woman screamed and hurried to her son’s side, staring at her husband and yelling, “Have you lost your mind? Why are you hitting our son?”
“Is that what you call hitting?” The plump woman’s husband, eyes wild with fury, replied, “I’ve worked my damned whole life to get where I am, and it’s all been destroyed by this disaster you brought into the world!”
Cradling her son, the plump woman softly said, “What do you mean?”
“You brought into the world’? Isn’t he your son too?”
“My son?” The plump woman’s husband let out a chilling laugh. “He really isn’t!”
The plump woman was taken aback. “What are you saying? How is our child not your son?”
“I’ve been infertile all along. This child was actually conceived with a friend of mine at your request!” The plump woman’s husband revealed a shocking truth.
His only reason for wanting a child was to secure a tie to the plump woman’s family, who were notably wealthy. He himself was just a man without a penny to his name at that time!