“Louis, you make me sick.” Eliana’s voice was frigid, her eyes colder still.
“If you intend to marry me, you shouldn’t be doing something so mindless.”
“Take him away!”
Four bodyguards stepped in at once, their grip brutal as they wrenched my arms behind me.
They shoved me forward, and behind us, Jovan sniffled softly. “Eliana, my parents…”
I was slammed down onto the cold tiles of the ancestral hall, pain shooting up my legs as my knees bruised instantly.
Eliana tossed a share transfer agreement in front of me.
“Sign it. Transfer eighty percent of your shares to Jovan.”
“Don’t even think about it,” I ground out through clenched teeth.
Jovan’s voice turned falsely humble. “Eliana, Louis looks down on people like me… maybe just forget…”
Eliana forced me down harder. “Weren’t you so high and mighty when you were beating other people’s parents?”
She shoved my fingers into the red ink.
“Today, you’ll sign it, whether you want to or not.”
I was left locked inside the ancestral hall.
Three days later, the doors finally opened.
I thought I was about to be freed, until I saw Jovan walk in alone.
“Eliana said you can go now.” His voice rang sharp in the emptiness of the hall.