You Scorned My Love, So Why Are You Kneeling When I Asked for a Divorce?

She didn’t want Vivian’s filthy hands touching her.

She was disgusted!

Vivian Linton refused to let go, continuing her tearful accusations. "You’re horrible! I thought you were my best friend, but you slandered me to the media! You know perfectly well I’m not the other woman. *You’re* the one who came between me and Tristan! How could you twist the truth like that? Holly Sinclair, how can you be so vicious?"

Holly Sinclair couldn’t take it anymore. She kicked out forcefully.

Her kick didn’t land on Vivian Linton, but it was enough to dislodge the hand gripping her pant leg.

"Ah!"

But Vivian Linton let out a pained scream and threw herself backward.

It looked just as if Holly had kicked her to the ground.

"Holly!!"

Tristan Sterling roared.

The next moment, the man’s hand closed ruthlessly around Holly Sinclair’s wrist.

He glared at her, his eyes glinting with a cold fury.

Pain shot through Holly Sinclair, and her body began to tremble uncontrollably.

She laughed through the pain, a defiant smile on her face as she tilted her chin up and glared at him. "We live in a society of laws. If you have an accusation, present your evidence!"

’He and Vivian Linton both decided I was the one who did it.’

’Fine.’

’Then bring out some real proof!’

’Otherwise, they could forget about pinning this on me.’

"This is the proof!"

Vivian Linton struggled to lift her arm, which was bleeding profusely. She cried, a picture of pitiable beauty. "I was nearly killed by that woman’s knife..."

"What does that have to do with me? What kind of proof is that? Was I the one holding the knife?"

Holly Sinclair retorted, a cold sneer spreading across her lips.

"You... you..."

Vivian Linton looked as if she was overcome with rage. Suddenly, her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

"Vivian!"

Tristan Sterling, alarmed, immediately scooped her up and strode toward the door.

As he passed Holly Sinclair, he shot her a look.

It was a look utterly devoid of warmth.

Holly Sinclair knew what he meant. ’If anything happens to Vivian Linton, you’ll pay.’

Tristan Sterling quickly carried Vivian Linton into the elevator.

Holly Sinclair stood frozen for a few seconds before preparing to leave, favoring her sprained ankle.

Just then, another elevator opened.

Several uniformed police officers walked out.

"Are you Holly Sinclair?"

Seeing she was the only one in the studio, the lead officer asked.

"Yes."

A flicker of apprehension crossed Holly Sinclair’s eyes, but she nodded in confirmation.

"Mr. Sterling filed a report accusing you of assault with intent to injure. Please come with us."

’Mr. Sterling...’

Holly Sinclair’s heart gave a painful lurch.

’He actually called the police on me!’

’With no evidence at all, he was just going to take Vivian Linton’s side of the story and frame me?’

"I didn’t do it!"

Holly Sinclair’s face was deathly pale as she shook her head vehemently.

"I’m sorry, miss, but it’s not up to you. We have to investigate. Please cooperate."

The officer said in a business-like tone, "Take her away."

...

「Police Station」

After a brief interrogation, Holly Sinclair was locked in a dark, damp room.

The officers said they needed time to investigate and would have to detain her here for the time being.

There were four other women in the room.

As Holly Sinclair entered, all four women stared at her with chilling hostility.

Holly Sinclair shivered, feeling as if she were being watched by four venomous snakes.

Clearly, this was not a friendly bunch.

She glanced at the women before making her way to the farthest corner.

She huddled in the corner, wrapping her arms around herself, but she couldn’t chase away the winter chill.

Her mind was a chaotic mess, and a sense of panic inexplicably bloomed in her chest.

She had a terrible premonition.

Perhaps because it was late, the silence was terrifying.

As time went on, the four women began to snore, some loudly, some softly.

Gradually, Holly Sinclair’s eyelids grew heavy.

Sleepiness finally began to claim her.

But just as she was about to drift off, someone violently grabbed a handful of her hair.

And yanked.

Holly Sinclair sucked in a sharp breath of pain.

Caught off guard, she was thrown to the ground.

A foot came down hard on her back.

She reacted quickly, rolling to the side.

She managed to dodge it.

Holly Sinclair scrambled to her feet.

In the dim light, the four women who had been snoring moments before now stood in a line before her. Malice twisted their features as they stared her down like predators.

"What are you doing?"

Holly Sinclair demanded, her eyes full of alarm.

"Someone paid us to give you a warm welcome." The leader of the group cracked her knuckles, her smile as sinister as a viper’s.

"Who?"

Holly Sinclair’s heart clenched.

"Don’t you know what you did? You hurt someone’s precious darling. Of course, there’s a price to pay for that!" the woman snarled, grinding her teeth.

Holly Sinclair’s pupils contracted.

Her heart turned to ice.

’It was Tristan Sterling!’

’To get revenge for Vivian Linton, he’d actually hired people to teach me a lesson.’

Hah.

’For Vivian Linton’s sake, he could be this ruthless and cruel.’

With that, the leader shot a look at the other three.

The four women immediately closed in on Holly Sinclair.

"Stay back!"

Holly Sinclair was terrified. On pure instinct, she screamed at the top of her lungs, "Help! Somebody, help me!!"

’She hoped an officer would hear and stop the impending assault.’

But her cries only earned her the derisive laughter of the women—

"HAHAHAHA..."

"Hahaha, go on, scream! Scream your lungs out! Even if you scream until you’re hoarse, no one is coming to save you," the leader said, her face a mask of arrogant contempt.

It was as if she were a lamb to the slaughter, completely at their mercy.

"This is a police station! I’m warning you, don’t do anything stupid!"

Holly Sinclair shouted, forcing a calm she didn’t feel, though terror gripped her heart.

"Sisters, let’s give her a proper welcome!"

At the woman’s command, the four of them lunged at Holly Sinclair like a pack of wild dogs. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Holly Sinclair had nowhere to run.

The instant one of them grabbed her hair, she kicked out hard.

"AH!"

The woman who’d grabbed her hair screamed and fell to the ground.

But her resistance only enraged the others.

They swarmed her again, launching a furious assault.

Holly Sinclair fought back with everything she had.

But it was four against one.

She alone was no match for the four of them.

Soon, her strength gave out, and she collapsed onto the cold floor.

Overpowered.

"Bitch! You must have a death wish, daring to fight back!!"

The leader was beside herself with rage, cursing through gritted teeth.

She kicked Holly hard before squatting down. A sharp piece of glass had somehow appeared in her hand. She smiled sinisterly as she studied Holly’s face. "Tsk, tsk. Such a pretty face. It almost makes me hesitate."

"What... what are you going to do..."

Holly Sinclair’s eyes widened in terror, the color draining from her face.

She instinctively tried to scramble away.

"Hold her down!"

At the leader’s command, the other three women pounced, pinning her to the floor.

"Thinking you can seduce any man just because you have a pretty face. You slut, you whore, you cheap tramp!"

A vicious glint flashed in the woman’s eyes as she snarled, "Let’s see you try to seduce any more men after I’m done with this face!"

With that, the woman raised the shard of glass.

Holly Sinclair watched in despair as the shard of glass came hurtling down toward her face, and she let out a bloodcurdling scream—

"NO!!"