Filed to story: My Husband Regrets Divorcing Me (Audrey & Cornell)
Nicole saw her father lying in bed with his mouth wide open. However, he couldn’t speak. He only gasped for breath.
Nicole’s mother suddenly knelt on the floor and begged, “Please, stop harassing my husband. He’s still in bad condition. Let’s stop arguing here. Can we talk outside?”
Instantly, the ward was in an uproar.
“Your family is already like this, but he still dares to stay in the hospital. Do you have money for medical treatment?”
“That’s right! He doesn’t deserve to spend money on hospital bills.
If he doesn’t pay us back soon, we’ll throw him out.”
A fat woman was even more enraged. She stepped forward and grabbed Nicole’s mother’s hair directly, attempting to pull off her earrings.
When Nicole saw this, she rushed forward, pushed the fat woman away and shouted, “Stay away from my mother. Don’t you dare touch her!”
But she was too late. The fat woman had successfully pulled off the earrings, making her mother’s ears bleed. It looked horrifying.
Nicole couldn’t bear it. She wished she could take her mother’s pain.
If she was the one who was hurt like this, she could manage. But seeing the blood in her mother’s ears, she felt like her own flesh was being torn apart.
The pain in her heart was unbearable. It was so painful that she could hardly breathe. She felt like she was about to die at any moment.
“Ahhh!” Nicole screamed desperately. She was so consumed by agony.
But this scene did not arouse pity or sympathy from the crowd.
Their only concern now was their money. Since the Lawrence Group had gone bankrupt, they thought their money had been wasted.
They had totally forgotten how they had morally coerced Nicole’s father into selling the shares of the Lawrence Group at a low price.
Then, someone spoke up from the crowd.
“Stop pretending to be pitiful.
Do you think it can help you escape from your debts?”
“That’s right! Nicole, you are responsible for this situation! You have to deal with this crisis. If you hadn’t insisted on doing it your way, the Lawrence Group wouldn’t have collapsed.”
These words ignited the anger in everyone’s hearts.
Some of them rushed to Nicole and grabbed her hair. The others pulled her clothes and trampled her like a stray dog.
Nicole’s mother rolled her eyes. She was so angry that she fainted.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang.
Everyone turned their heads and looked in the direction where the noise came from.
It turned out that someone threw a phone on Nicole’s head.
The heavy metal casing caused a bad gash on Nicole’s forehead.
In an instant, blood oozed out and dripped down her face, covering her eyes.
“You all stop it!” A deep voice suddenly sounded at the door. Then, everyone felt an intimidating aura.
The clamorous crowd instantly quieted down. They all froze in place.
Nicole’s eyes were covered with blood. But despite the hazy redness in her sight, she still saw the figure of a man in the distance, approaching her with a walking stick. He emanated an aura of fierce determination.
But the silence in the ward didn’t last long. Soon, the crowd came back to their senses.
When they saw Jarrod come in with the help of a walking stick, they didn’t feel even the slightest sense of threat.
Suddenly, a middle-aged wretched man stepped forward, looked at the disheveled yet stunning Nicole, reached out, and grabbed her hair violently.
He sneered coldly, “Nicole, if you don’t have money to pay us, why don’t you sell yourself? You are undoubtedly beautiful. Many men will definitely want to sleep with you. You can serve several of them in one night. Then, you should be able to pay your parents’ debts and…”
Before the wretched man could finish his words, a dark silver light directly hit his face.
Then, there was a loud thud.
It was followed by a muffled voice.
It turned out that the base of Jarrod’s walking stick hit the man’s face. It was so hard that it created a sharp gust of wind.
That glimmer of silver light came from the silver ornament embedded at the base of the black walking stick with a golden dragon head on the handle.
In an instant, the man spat out a mouthful of blood. Four of his front teeth flew out.
He writhed in agony on the floor. His distorted face looked horrible.
Everyone in the ward was so shocked that they stood rooted to the spot. They could not believe the man with a pale face and weak appearance possessed such incredible strength. Fear surged in their hearts, and no one dared to approach Nicole anymore.
But if they thought it was over, they were wrong.
Jarrod’s walking stick sounded on the floor.
Jarrod walked up to the wretched man and said word by word, “I told you not to touch her.”
After saying this, he curled his lips slightly. His grip on the handle of his walking stick tightened. Then, he gently lifted it and thumped it down again.
But its base didn’t hit the floor. Instead, it firmly pressed against the wretched man’s palm. Then, Jarrod turned and ground it.
“Ahhh!” The man felt like his hand was about to break. The excruciating pain made him scream like crazy. He was very scared, thinking he would lose his hand.
Suddenly, the crowd covered their noses and made a disgusted sound.
They saw that the man’s lower body was soaking wet, and a puddle of yellow liquid surrounded him on the floor, emitting a foul smell.
The wretched man was so scared that he wetted his pants.
Everyone’s faces instantly turned pale.
Someone asked in a low voice, “What is this? Are you trying to scare us? Is this the way of avoiding the debts?”
Jarrod suddenly turned and fixed his eyes on the man who spoke. The man was so scared that he trembled all over and quickly stepped back.
Jarrod casually threw his suit on Nicole’s shoulders, covering her almost exposed allure. Then, he said calmly, “Wait for the Lawrence family’s response before you make a move. And instead of resorting to this kind of method, go through legal procedures.”
When Nicole heard this, she felt so disgusted that she wanted to throw up.
The culprit was acting self-righteous in front of everyone and lecturing them on how to collect debts from the victims.
If only these people knew how absurd the situation was.
Nicole clenched her fists tightly to suppress the urge to spit blood on the spot. She said slowly, “Our Lawrence family will definitely pay you back. If worst comes to worst, we still have some assets we can sell. Just give us enough time.”
Someone shouted, “What other assets are you talking about? Everyone knows that your capital chain has collapsed. You can’t even pay your eighty-million-dollar loan in the bank. How can you pay us?”
“If I say we will pay you back, we will. Just trust me this time.”
After saying this, Nicole slowly stood up, pulled off Jarrod’s coat disgustedly, and threw it into the trash bin.
She saw that Jarrod’s face turned sullen, but she ignored it. She continued, “You won’t be able to get a penny here now. Give us some time. We will sort out this matter.”
Jarrod looked at his coat in the trash can with a darkened expression. His brows furrowed tightly. He suddenly thumped the floor with his walking stick and shouted, “You all get out of here!”
As soon as Jarrod said this, several bodyguards in black came out from behind and dispersed the crowd.
The wretched man could not stand up, so the bodyguards dragged him out.
“Wait a moment…”
Nicole stopped the bodyguard. Her eyes shimmered with endless charm as she looked at the wretched man and said, “Mister, don’t forget what you said just now. I’m looking forward to your introduction of wealthy men to me.”
Jarrod’s handsome face darkened even more.
“Nicole, are you really that shameless?”
He was furious. How could she boldly discuss dirty deals with another man right in front of him? He didn’t expect her to be this flagrant.
Nicole adjusted her tattered dress and smirked.
“Mr. Schultz, you keep on plotting against me because you want to see me degrade myself and struggle desperately, right? Are you still not happy with what you’re seeing now?”
Jarrod’s eyes dimmed, and his expression was terribly gloomy.
Yes, he should be happy with this, right? After all, this plan had excited him from the beginning.