Chapter 12


    No way! Ashley immediately took a big step forward. Not caring about whether she’d piss off Wayne,


    she directly hugged him from behind.


    “Wayne, I can be better than her!”


    Before Ashley could finish her sentence, she was suddenly pushed away by Wayne.


    The force was so strong that she fell straight onto the sofa.


    “What the hell are you doing?” Wayne scolded angrily.


    Wayne’s face contorted in disgust, as if the person who had just clung to him was not a beautiful


    woman, but rather a putrid, foul–smelling piece of refuse.


    “Wayne, I just wanted to help you…


    Wayne had always been cold and distant towards Ashley, and even when he asionally. showed


    tenderness and care, it always felt perfunctory.


    It was the first time he had lost his temper with her.


    Ashley had never imagined that he could be so terrifying. She was shaking with fear.


    “You’re not worthy. Get out!” Wayne coldly threw this remark and went straight to the


    bathroom.


    Ashley sank down, copsing in a heap. A single pearl earring belonging to Rosalynny scattered at


    her feet. Fueled by anger and resentment, she snatched it up and flung it away with force.


    In Ashley’s mind, it was all Rosalynn’s fault. If Rosalynn hadn’t been there, attempting to seduce


    Wayne, he would have been by Ashley’s side from the beginning of the evening.


    Rosalynn ran all the way to the elevator. After confirming that Wayne wouldn’t chase after her, her legs


    suddenly felt weak. There was no one around, so she leaned against the wall and slowly slid to the


    ground.


    Just then, the elevator dinged open.


    Rosalynn instinctively looked up, frowning. The man standing in the elevator was taken aback when he


    saw her.


    Her curly hair was disheveled, and her beautiful eyes were watery and red. Her lips appeared


    somewhat swollen. Jacob was taken aback, unable to find words. It was only when he noticed her torn


    dress, revealing her knees, that he furrowed his brow. Without hesitation, he quickly stepped out and


    removed his own coat, draping it over her legs for


    cover.


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    “Secretary Tesdal, who bullied you?”


    Rosalynn had regained herposure. She brushed off Jacob’s coat, picked up dress, barely covering


    her legs as she got up.


    her torn


    “Wayne,” she answered, casting a cold nce at Jacob, “Will you, the righteous Jacob, fight for justice


    on my behalf?”Còntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org


    Jacob widened his eyes, “Wait… Wayne?”


    Rosalynn said nothing more, entering the elevator just before the doors closed.


    Jacob remained stunned for a while. Wayne forced himself on Rosalynn?


    No one who knew Wayne would believe such a thing if they heard it.


    Wayne was too proud!


    Never mind Rosalynn, his substitute. When Olivia had abandoned him back then, he would rather find


    a recement than chase after her and bring her back by force. He had never even uttered a word to


    retain her. Would he force Rosalynn?


    With these thoughts, Jacob quickly headed toward Wayne’s room. He wanted to inform Wayne about


    the incident.


    But as he walked, he saw a disheveled Ashley


    “Ms. Walley, what just happened?” Jacob hurriedly asked.


    Ashley nced at Jacob, her eyes filled with redness and a sense of injustice. In that moment, Jacob


    couldn’t help but recall Rosalynn’s earlier gaze directed at him.


    “Jacob, Rosalynn came into Wayne’s room in the middle of the night, attempting to seduce him,”


    Ashley revealed, her voiceced with bitterness. “She provoked him to the point where he yelled at


    both of us!”


    Jacob’s confusion deepened, his eyebrows furrowing. So, Rosalynn had indeed been in Wayne’s room


    earlier? The pieces of the puzzle started toe together in his mind..