Chapter 399 Who Was The Little Bird


    Seeing Horace gasping for breath, Jill felt anxiety course through her body. Immediately, she stood up


    and started to stagger towards him. She intended tofort him in the manner she had often done in


    the past.


    Watching her proceed closer, Horace croaked, "Stay there! Don''te close to me. Stay where you


    are if you do not want to get kicked out!"


    Even in this condition, he wanted to berate her. His face turned livid with anger.


    Once she heard his words, Jill started to feel dejected. Her eyes blurred with tears. She couldn''t stand


    to watch such pure hatreding from her husband.


    "I don''t want to talk to you nor do I want to see your face. I am tired of listening to yourme excuses.


    Feed your nonsense to someone else because it won''t work here anymore. Lastly, I am willing to take


    you back only if Rufus forgives you. Otherwise, just sign the divorce statements and get the hell out of


    my house!"


    As he spat out these heart-wrenching words, Horace meant each and every word of it. He was


    genuinely angry now. He felt like he was going insane every time he thought about Rufus and the TY


    Group he had.


    Horace had never regretted a decision this much. ''Why did I trust Lionel and Jill? Why did I make


    Lionel the president of Tang Group? I must''ve been crazy when I did that!'' Horace cursed himself,


    internally.


    He turned his rage-filled eyes to a different direction and staggered into the study. With quivering


    hands, he took his pills and theny on the chaise lounge. He knew he had to calm himself down.


    Thoughts of the man who had promised to invest in Tang Group entered his mind.


    The man had assured Horace that as long as Amanda and Rufus were engaged, he would invest a


    large amount of money in Tang Group. But now Horace couldn''t do anything. This business had no


    chance of happening.


    If it wasn''t for Lionel then Rufus would never have left the Tang Group. Now he couldn''t even turn to


    Rufus for help. And he was certain that nothing he said would bring Rufus back.


    Horace got chagrined by the current situation. On the other hand, the mother and the son were


    drowning in misery.


    "Lionel, sooner orter, your father is going to kill us!"


    Jill spat out anxiously. Not once had she thought her marriage woulde down to this. They had lived


    together for more than twenty years. Yet he didn''t hesitate before asking for a divorce. She couldn''t be


    more heartbroken.


    "Calm down, Mother. Take it easy and don''t fret. I''ll see what I can do about this. I''ll try to talk to Rufus.


    I am sure he will be of some help," Lionel reasoned calmly.


    At the moment, he had to maintain hisposure. He wasn''t crying like he had done earlier in his


    father''s presence. In this dire situation, he knew he had the responsibility tofort his mother.


    However, in truth, he felt as clueless as his mother.


    "What can he do for us? When he lived here, we weren''t on good terms with him. We made no


    attempts to be nice to him nor did he make an effort to be nice to us. I''m afraid he won''t do anything for


    us. We can beg all we want, but he is not going to care. We are doomed. It''s toote!"


    Jill said and began to sob.


    Watching his grieving mother, sadness crept onto Lionel''s heart. He knew his father wouldn''t hesitate


    before kicking them out. Suddenly, his mind went back to Ivy. He held her responsible for all that


    happened today. With determination, he made up his mind to go after her. ''She is the root cause of all


    the trouble, '' he thought furiously.


    "Take some rest, Mother. Don''t talk to Father and worsen the situation. Just stay away from him until he


    calms down. Right now, I am going out to deal with something important!"


    With this, he stood up and left the house. His earlier emotions had subsided. Now there was a target in


    his mind to focus.


    Ivy was rxing and enjoying her time in the vi. She relished the ce which Lionel had given to her.


    In herrge living room, she was swaying to the music while sipping wine from her ss. Suddenly,


    Lionel stormed into the house, interrupting her peaceful moment.


    "Ivy! You bitch!"


    Lionel sprinted towards her with a face that was distorted in anger. Before Ivy couldprehend what


    was happening, he extended his hands and seized her by her neck.


    The ss in Ivy''s hand dropped leaving a shattering noise. The wine spilled on the floor leaving scarlet


    stains on the expensive carpet.


    Lionel was like a demon. His fierce eyes dug into Ivy''s face.


    "Bitch! I got your brother out of jail. Is this how you repay me? You broke our agreement. Now my


    father is mad at me! Why don''t you burn in hell!?"


    By now, Lionel hadpletely lost it. The sight of this woman repelled him. She had been with him for


    many years. She had always taken advantage of him. His money wasvished by her. Besides, she


    smartly extorted a vi and arge amount of money from him as the so-called break-up fee. And after


    everything, she had the audacity to ruin his family. His father threatened to divorce his mother, thanks


    to what this woman had done. She was the sole reason for his downfall.


    Blind with fury, Lionel tightened his grip on her neck. Ivy struggled and stretched her hands forward to


    push Lionel away. Her long nails dug into his neck and it nearly bled. But Lionel was numb to all the


    pain. He wasn''t willing to let go of her at any cost.


    His eyes had turned red and were brimming with indignation. He continued on squeezing her throat.


    By now, Ivy had given up on her fight. Her feeble hands couldn''t do much anymore.


    Just when this was happening, a man walked in. He screamed at this scene in front of him, "Ivy! Ivy!"


    It was Joel, Ivy''s brother. Seeing his sister writhing like a dying animal, he immediately ran to her


    rescue.


    Lionel''s focus was upon Ivy hence he didn''t notice Joel''s arrival. When Joel gave him a push, it came


    as a surprise and he instantly fell down.


    Finally, the air came back into Ivy''s body. She began to breathe erratically.


    She was consumed by sudden bursts of cough. Due to this, her eyes turned red. Then she red at


    Lionel as if he was her enemy. Indeed, now their earlier rtionship had been forgotten.


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    If it hadn''t been for Joel''s arrival, he would have killed her.


    "Are you a lunatic, Lionel? How dare youe to her house without her permission! It''s forbidden


    ording to thew!"


    Joel spat out, ring at Lionel. The red mark present on Ivy''s neck scared Joel a great deal.


    If he hadn''te in at the right time, his sister would probably be turning into a corpse.


    "Her house? Maybe your sister didn''t tell you this, but this is my house! It''s natural for me to enter my


    own house. Don''t talk to me like I am a trespasser!"


    Lionel stood up from the ground and began to straighten his suit elegantly. Now his manner had


    changedpletely. He held no resemnce to the man who had attacked Ivy a few minutes ago.


    "You gave this house to her. So now this has be her house! Come on, Lionel. Don''t think too


    highly of yourself just because you have money. There are thousands of people richer than you. You


    need to stop ttering yourself!"


    Joel was more eloquent than Ivy. He had been in the social jungle for many years and was particrly


    good at disguising himself. He was always a low-profile employee in thepany. No one would


    consider him to be a talkative person.


    "Yes, sure. There are thousands of people richer than me. I am talking about money because that''s all


    your greedy sister cares about. She''s stayed with me all these years for a luxurious life. You have no


    idea about the expensive lifestyle she led. I am sure I wouldn''t have had to spend this much even if I


    had a famous star as my mistress! Your sister is a wretched and ungrateful woman. Do you know how


    did she repay me for everything I have given her? She betrayed me by leaking my secrets. Because of


    your sister, my father is disappointed with me. Let me warn you this, Ivy. Next time you step outside,


    make sure to look left and right. I''m just worried that you might be hit by a car. If that happens then this


    time it won''t be your baby who will die!" Lionel said with an indifferent look.


    Hearing his cold threat, Ivy shuddered.


    She realized it wasn''t good to show him her weakness. With some effort, she gathered her courage


    and looked him straight into his eyes.


    "I admit that I stayed with you for money. But what are you talking about? Betrayal? How did I betray


    you? And what about the secrets? Your words don''t make sense!"


    Ivy gave Lionel a puzzled look.


    "Pretending, huh? Go ahead and continue your drama. You are a really excellent actress. But you can''t


    fool me! I have realized how wrong I was about you. As soon as I got your brother out of the jail, you


    went on and leaked the information which you promised you would never tell anybody. How can you be


    so vicious? You won''t be happy until I suffer, right?"


    Once again, the thought of his father''s furor entered his mind. Lionel couldn''t hold back his displeasure.


    In the past, he had been scolded several times by his father. Yet he had never raised his hand. But


    today, Horace had hit him. Even thinking about this filled him with shame.


    "I didn''t do it!"


    Ivy denied at once. She staggered to her feet with the help of Joel and stood in front of Lionel, face to


    face.


    "Don''t use me without a solid proof. I never informed anyone else about Rufus''s true identity!"


    Ivy coughed while stroking her neck. The red remark had now turned to ck. It hurt her to speak.


    "Huh! Proof? It spread from mouth to mouth. How can I gather evidence? I don''t have any proof but I


    am certain you have done it!"


    Lionel firmly believed that Ivy was the one to me. He would not trust her, no matter what she said to


    defend herself.


    "You are being absurd, Lionel! What benefit would I get from leaking this information? Even now when


    you heard about it, the first person that came to your mind was me. Under the circumstance, why would


    I do it? It would bring me nothing but trouble!"


    Ivy red at Lionel with her raging eyes. She realized why Lionel wasn''t sessful in anything. He


    was merely an impulsive man who didn''t have the ability to reason. ''Without knowing the culprit, he had


    the audacity to attack me!'' she thought with repulsion.


    Ivy had stayed in a rtionship with him only because she thought he was the sole son in the Tang


    family. Had she known that there was another son, Rufus, who was difficult to deal with, she would


    have never picked this stupid man for herself.


    Now Lionel contemted over her words for a few seconds. Slowly, he realized Ivy had a point. She


    had nothing to gain from this, hence she wouldn''t risk it.


    "If not you, then who could have done it?" he asked awkwardly.


    At the moment, he was ashamed of acting so impulsively. He felt like an idiot when he understood Ivy


    had better reasoning skills than him.