At that moment, someone suddenly kicked the door.

Matthew froze. Just as he turned his head, a fierce punch landed on his face.

“Ahh!”

He shrieked and fell next to Isla while holding his face in pain. Blood was dripping through his fingers.

She opened her eyes in shock and found herself in a warm embrace before she could see who it was.

“Wait for me outside, Sister Isla.” The young man’s voice was ferocious.

Zac let go of her and pushed her outside the room.

Meanwhile, Matthew’s screams and curses filled the room.

Noah saw that when he rushed over.

Isla’s eyes were red in the dim lights. Half of her face was swollen, and there was blood at the corner of her mouth. She looked disheveled.

His heart squeezed, and he clenched his fists so hard that the sound of his cracking joints could be heard. There was terrifying rage in his eyes.

Locking eyes with the grim Noah shocked her, s

Madam…

Kate widened her eyes. Her speculation was being verified. She clenched her fists unwillingly, her eyes filled with jealousy.

She had been bullied before becoming the star of Celestial Entertainment. It was Noah who had stood up for her. From then on, she had fallen in love with this man.

She had been working hard to work her way up in the past few years so that she could be his match. She wanted to marry this man and become Mrs. Payne.

She had never thought he’d already have someone before making all this effort to get close to him. What had Isla done to deserve him?!

She couldn’t stand this!

Noah walked into the room after putting his phone away.

Matthew was just getting up when he saw him come in. He looked pissed as he pointed at him and cursed in Ostenese. “You must give me an explanation, or I’ll never let you go–”

Bam–

A loud thud interrupted him. Noah had kicked h

“Let go.” Noah’s voice was terrifyingly cold. There was hostility in his eyes, and his gaze gave people goosebumps.

Kate, who was scared, insisted on not letting go. “Noah, if you go now, Mr. Matthew will think that you’re playing a trick on him. The business… Let me go to him. I–”

“Move.”

He turned his head to glance at Kate. Madness was boiling deep in his dark eyes, which were raging.

She shook, feeling a chill down her back because of that stare. She instinctively let go and took half a step back.

Noah quickly walked to the door. Suddenly, he saw a hand blocking his way.

“Where are you rushing off to?” Zac was smiling with his beautiful eyes as he blocked the door.

“Scram!” Noah’s voice was scarily cold, and there was a sharp gleam in his eyes.

Zac smirked and looked at Kate in a flirty manner. He scoffed. “Noah, you chose that woman and gave up on Isla. Don’t blame others for going after her.”

Noah looked at him and said in his cold voice, “Try touching her and see.”

Zac leaned forward slightly to inch closer to him. He smirked. “We shall see. I’m confident I'll get Isla.”

He straightened his body and glanced at him in a provocative way. He suddenly turned around and ran out.

The more Isla thought about it, the sadder she got. She started crying as soon as she got out of the room. She felt wronged and upset.

She had initially thought Noah was only mad at her. As long as she showed him that she had changed and that she still loved him, he would change his mind sooner or later.

However, it seemed like he had found a new love now. He did not want her anymore.

Since that was the case, why had he saved her from certain death?

After secretly cursing him, she finally realized that she had run out in a panic without informing Zac. However, she did not want to return to that room. She did not want to see Noah be intimate with another woman.

She decided to call Aimee after thinking about it. She searched and realized that she had not even grabbed her bag earlier.

She had left her purse and phone in her bag. She was far away from the city, so she could not go home without a car.

She bit her lip and wiped her tears. She then turned around to walk back.

She had just taken a few steps away, when someone grabbed her wrist hard and pulled her through the door behind her.

The room was dark, so she could barely see. She could not see who it was, but she could tell that it was a man. The two of them were close, and his breath smelled of alcohol and cigarettes. It was disgusting.

“Who are you? Let me go!” Isla yelled, raising her guard as she attempted to leave. However, he was ridiculously strong. She could not move at all.

“Your name’s Isla?” The man’s frivolous voice came. He even intentionally inched closer to her ear and chuckled. “What a pretty name.”

That voice… It was Matthew!

She jolted, clenched her fists, and yelled coldly. “What are you doing? Let me go!”

“Don’t you know what I want to do, Ms. Isla?”

He smelled her hair as though he was in a daze. He grabbed both of her hands while playing with her hair with his other hand. He was staring passionately at her in the dim lights.

“I can give you anything you want as long as you do as I say. I can give you anything, be it status or fame.” There was a confident smile on his face. He was not worried that she would reject him, as he had never met a woman who would say no to him. Apart from that foolish Kate earlier–

However, he did not want to offend Noah. Besides, although Kate was beautiful, she lacked a soul. Unlike the woman before him, who was even prettier and sexier.

“You wish!” Isla scolded him while clenching her teeth. She then raised her heel and stepped on his foot a few times.

He inhaled sharply from the pain. He then hit her face hard, and her face was slammed against the wall. There was blood at the corner of her mouth.

The smile on his face was completely gone now, and his eyes were ferocious. He grabbed her long hair to force her to look up. “You better play along, b*tch! I don’t like an easy woman, but I don’t like an untamable woman either. Don’t make me mad.”

Isla’s face paled from the pain, and she had cold sweat on her forehead now. She glared at him with eyes as sharp as knives, shaking from anger. “I’ll kill you if you dare to touch me!”

Matthew scoffed in disdain. He caressed her smooth skin with his fingers, his eyes filled with burning desire. “Sure…”

He grabbed her chin and kissed her forcefully.

She widened her eyes in shock and looked away in a panic. Meanwhile, she struggled and kicked him.

“Let me go, Matthew!”

She was using almost all the strength in her arms and legs. He lost the last bit of his patience by failing to control her.

Hearing footsteps outside, he quickly covered her mouth, and she seized the opportunity to bite him.

As she tasted the sweet blood in her mouth, his face was distorted from pain. He let go of her hands and slapped her.

She screamed and staggered before falling to the ground.

“F*cking b*tch!” Matthew held his bleeding hand and cursed in Ostenese.

Isla’s cheek was burning, and her head was spinning. Before she could get off the ground, he grabbed her arm fiercely and tossed her on the bed.

“You stupid b*tch!” Matthew got up and pressed against her struggling arms, cursing grimly. “Mr. Noah agreed to give you to me. Do you think you can just run?”

What he said was like a knife stabbing her heart, and he seemed like he was stirring the knife a couple of times to make sure she was bleeding.

She felt a chill in her body and she was shaking uncontrollably. The light in her eyes was dimming, and her heart ached so much that she was suffocating.

‘Do you really hate me that much, Noah?

‘So much that you gave your wife to another man?

‘You pity an outsider like Kate, so why are you so cruel to me?

‘Noah… I hate you…’

She closed her eyes while crying. She lay on the bed in despair and stopped struggling.

Matthew’s eyes were filled with excitement as he caressed her thighs, and he kissed her with a mouth that reeked of alcohol… 



At that moment, someone suddenly kicked the door.

Matthew froze. Just as he turned his head, a fierce punch landed on his face.

“Ahh!”

He shrieked and fell next to Isla while holding his face in pain. Blood was dripping through his fingers.

She opened her eyes in shock and found herself in a warm embrace before she could see who it was.

“Wait for me outside, Sister Isla.” The young man’s voice was ferocious.

Zac let go of her and pushed her outside the room.

Meanwhile, Matthew’s screams and curses filled the room.

Noah saw that when he rushed over.

Isla’s eyes were red in the dim lights. Half of her face was swollen, and there was blood at the corner of her mouth. She looked disheveled.

His heart squeezed, and he clenched his fists so hard that the sound of his cracking joints could be heard. There was terrifying rage in his eyes.

Locking eyes with the grim Noah shocked her, so Isla shook suddenly and looked down. She leaned on the wall.

His eyes turned dark as he walked to

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