CHAPTER 165: CHAPTER 93: THE SLAP I COULDN’T BEAR TO GIVE (PART 1)

Tears of heartbreak were already swirling in Becca’s eyes. Looking at the man she cared so much about and could never forget, her heart felt as if it had been suddenly subjected to torture, with intense pain striking.

"Yes! Except for our encounter at the government banquet being accidental, everything else was intentionally arranged by me."

He didn’t admit that when he saw her again in the parking lot after a long time, he felt an uncontrollable thrill.

However, he would never tell her this and wouldn’t allow his heart to feel this way again.

"Then those words you said to me?" Becca’s lips, pale as paper, trembled, and her voice became hoarse and hard to pronounce.

She dreaded another answer from him but couldn’t help but want to ask everything clearly.

"Baby, you can’t really still believe it, can you?" His use of "baby" expressed his disdain and contempt, also indicating that in his eyes, those words he spoke held the same contempt and disdain as when he called "baby."

"So your approach to Isabella was just to persuade her to give the card to me?"

"You finally got smart... When I went to Y City to find you, you resisted me so firmly. I knew you wouldn’t yield to force but rather to persuasion, so I found Isabella... She’s as easy to deceive as you are—a card, a few sweet words, some clothes—and she let me control her as if she was at my mercy. But she’s smarter than you, knowing when to retreat and generously passing me over to you!"

"Bastard, how could you involve Isabella..."

With a raised hand, Becca was about to slap Geoffrey.

But Geoffrey caught her hand a second earlier, his tone turning cold, "I don’t like women who are physical, you know that."

"Why did you toy with me, why deceive me like this..." Becca swung her fists, hitting Geoffrey hard, "Six years ago you already ruined my life. I’ve been avoiding you, keeping so far away, why deceive me like this? Why?"

At that moment, two bodyguards stepped forward and restrained Becca, forcing her to stop her attacks on Geoffrey.

"Geoffrey, you bastard..."

Even after being pulled away by the bodyguards, Becca couldn’t suppress her emotions, continuously cursing, yet tears streamed down her pale cheeks like pearls dropping from a broken string.

Geoffrey sat lazily on the sofa in his office, lighting a cigarette.

Looking at Geoffrey’s indifferent face, Becca finally understood how foolish she had been all along...

She took all his words to heart, even thinking that he truly loved her...

During the two years they first met, she already knew he never cared about her, and how could that uncaring in two years suddenly turn into deep love in just a few months?

So many people warned her—Aunt Clare, Christine Quinn, her father...

But she never took it to heart, just wanted to follow her heart with him, believing that fate wouldn’t play such tricks on her again...

Yet...

She was wrong, truly wrong. "I love you" might be the most meaningful words in her life, but to him, they were just three insignificant words, and she never realized...

"Becca!!"

Skyler finally broke through the bodyguards and ran to Becca’s side.

Tears blurred Becca’s vision, staring at the man who seemed detached from everything that happened and elegantly sat on the sofa.

Skyler seemed to feel Becca was close to breaking down, holding her fragile shoulders with a tone of pity, "Becca..."

Becca kept looking at Geoffrey, as if seeing him for the first time.

All the moments spent with him over these years flashed like slides in her mind, finally stopping on his recent resoluteness towards her.

Becca’s gaze on Geoffrey’s eyes changed from pain to grief, then desolation, and finally settled into calmness.

Slowly, Becca wiped away the tears at the corner of her eyes, suddenly laughing. "Ha... hahaha..."

Because of Becca’s ironic laughter, Geoffrey glanced over indifferently without further reaction.

At that moment, Becca seemed like a torn rag doll, her body shaky, yet her smile strongly persisted, carrying pain and mockery, along with unmistakable hatred.

Such a sight scared Skyler, who held her tightly, his voice coarse, "Becca, come with me..."

But Becca’s gaze remained fixed on Geoffrey, continuing her cold laughter, finally speaking word by word, "Geoffrey, I really was naive like four years ago, so easily believing your words, deciding to be with you. But it’s not because I’m stupid, it’s because I didn’t want to let go of the six years of youth I’ve already lost. I’ve spent the best time of my life on you, hoping to pick up that youth so that when I grow old, I could say to myself, ’See, I made no mistakes when I was young.’ But you’ve brutally severed my last thread of dreams for you, making me fully understand what fantasy means. But don’t worry, I won’t be defeated by you, because I wasn’t born to live for you. The days with you were my own fault, but scars always heal after the pain... So now I want to tell you, tonight you only succeeded halfway, because you underestimated me, Rebecca Quentin."

Because of Becca’s words, Geoffrey’s eyes became slightly darker, clearly not expecting Becca to deliver such a statement.

At this moment, Jason Wood rushed in from outside.

"Boss!"

Jason seemed anxious, without even noticing Skyler and Becca’s presence, and went straight to Geoffrey.

Geoffrey’s mood was slightly foul due to Becca’s earlier speech, his tone carrying a hint of displeasure, "What’s the matter?"

Jason furrowed his brows deeply, clearly anxious yet afraid that the news he had to report would anger Geoffrey, hesitant but helpless, he slowly said, "Just now we received a call from the president of Sunshine News Agency. He said... said two hours ago, almost all the newspapers in T City received an anonymous email, claiming to be an indecent video of you and a compensated dating girl from T City. The video’s content is explicit... Due to the seriousness of the matter, the president of Sunshine News Agency didn’t dare to publish it and contacted you for advice!"

Geoffrey’s brows furrowed, his thin lips cold, "Indecent video?"