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Whatever happened tonight-at most, it was just male possessiveness flaring up.
The one John truly cared about was still the elegant, proud red rose-Elsa.
Once they convinced themselves Elsa was the one in John’s heart, Kendrick and the others began talking with no filter again.
“Even if John’s just messing around with Lily, you have to admit-damn, that face, that body? She’s hot as hell.”
“Just looking at her tonight got me going. If John hadn’t barged in, I’d have taken her eight rounds already!- How long can some petty possessiveness last? When John gets bored of her, I swear I’ll sleep with her!”
“Same here! Especially the way she drinks-damn, it’s sexy as hell! I’ll break her in eventually!”
“Simon, take a look-I got video. Lily getting forced to drink tonight? She looked like some delicate little flower, all messed up. Had me losing control just watching.”
The chat was quickly filling with sleaze-disgusting and vile.
Simon was never particularly close with Kendrick and the others.
They just ran in the same social circles, shared a few group chats, and occasionally crossed paths at events.
Kendrick and his kind had always talked trash about women-nasty, degrading stuff.
Simon usually stayed out of it. He wasn’t the moral police; a lot of these people were rotten to the core. He couldn’t save them all.
In fact, he rarely even checked these group chats.
But tonight, for some reason-because they mentioned Lily-he read every single message.
Like he was under some spell, his chest twisted with discomfort.
When he saw Kendrick had also uploaded several videos, he hesitated a moment, then tapped them open.
In the footage, Lily was being dragged into a private room. She was pinned down on the couch, forcibly made to drink.
In the blink of an eye, two bottles of hard liquor-nearly 60% ABV-were poured down her throat.
“Simon, how did we do tonight?”
Kendrick and the others knew Simon favored Elsa above all.
And because Lily had “stolen” a man from Elsa, they figured Simon hated her too.
So they didn’t hold back in bragging, “Tonight we really went all out for you, Simon-totally crushed Lily. About that Southside project… any chance you’ll give it to Oscar Group?”
“Simon, I promise I’ll tame Lily eventually-turn her into my personal toy, so she can’t ever upset your sister again. Think you could loop Xander Group into that Eastbrook deal?”
“And Abraham Group too! Elsa’s refined, elegant, pure as ice, how can Lily even compare? Don’t worry, Simon. We’ll make sure Lily’s broken down properly. We’re counting on you to look after our businesses.”
A wave of fury surged behind Simon’s dark eyes.
Yes, he disliked Lily. Yes, he favored Elsa.
He would never let anyone harm or insult Elsa. But that didn’t mean he condoned using humiliation or assault to vent on a woman.
The more he read, the more disgusted he became with Kendrick and the others.
These kinds of people weren’t just unworthy of trust-they weren’t even worth the smallest bit of polite civility.
“Don’t ever let me see you trashing anyone like that again. Bale Group will never work with Oscar Group, Abraham Group, or Xander Group.”
With that, Simon exited the group chat.
Then he left every group associated with Kendrick and the others.
After a moment of silence, he picked up his phone and made a call to his assistant, giving a few quiet instructions…
After receiving calls from home, Kendrick, Calvin, and Patrick were practically losing their minds. Simon hadn’t just cut off all of Bale Group’s business with their families-he’d even ordered his people to actively target their companies.
In just a few hours, their family businesses had suffered massive losses.
Kendrick, Calvin, and Patrick’s parents were furious, threatening to break their legs.
They were already rattled after being beaten up by John earlier tonight. Back in the private room, they’d secretly sworn to never mess with Lily again.
But that grudge hadn’t gone down easy. After they left, they convinced themselves John’s protectiveness toward Lily was just male possessiveness flaring up.
So they still wanted to play with her-to put her in her place.
They knew Simon despised Lily the most. They thought that if they slandered and degraded her in front of him, they’d win his favor.
With Simon backing them, they’d feel even more emboldened to mess with Lily.
No one would’ve thought the same Simon who usually couldn’t stand Lily, after seeing those videos of them humiliating her, wouldn’t just cut them off-but would come down on them this hard.
Has the world gone insane? Afraid Simon would continue targeting their families’ companies-afraid they’d lose their rich, carefree lifestyles for good-they had no choice but to turn to Elsa for help.
When Elsa promised she’d speak on their behalf, they finally breathed a little easier.
They couldn’t understand why Simon and John had both acted so out of character tonight.
But there was one thing they were absolutely sure of, Elsa was the one Simon and John both held dearest. With her stepping in, their families would be safe.
After the call, Kendrick and the others were overjoyed-meanwhile, Elsa’s face twisted with rage.
Her beautiful almond eyes burned with hatred. She’d already been unable to tolerate Lily stealing John while she was abroad.
Now, she couldn’t even begin to accept that that filthy, disgusting woman was trying to seduce Simon. John is her man, and Simon should be good to me for life. No matter which one it is, Lily isn’t going to take either of them.
Elsa took several deep breaths, forging herself to calm down. Then she put on the marble pendant Simon had once given Lily and dialed him on a video call.
Simon had been deep in thought.
When the ringtone sounded, he instinctively answered.
He was sitting by Lily’s bedside, and Elsa immediately saw a woman lying next to him.
That woman’s clothes looked exactly like the outfit Lily had been wearing tonight.
Realizing he was with Lily at that very moment, Elsa’s expression changed again.
Red-eyed, she asked, “Simon, where are you right now? Are you… are you with Lily?”
Only then did Simon realize that his phone’s camera could capture Lily’s profile in the frame.
This wasn’t something he needed to deny.
He stood up, holding his phone, and said flatly, “Lily got forced to drink tonight. She’s staying at one of Bale Group’s hotels. I didn’t want a scandal or a death in the hotel, so I stayed in her room. Lizzy. it’s late. What did you need?”
Excuses. That’s all excuses. Bale Group had so many hotels; if he had to worry about every drunk guest, how could he possibly manage? He clearly cared about Lily. Elsa’s fingers trembled so violently she could barely hold onto her phone.
But she would never show him the darkness in her heart.
She shifted the camera away and, after putting her elegant, noble mask back on, turned back with teary eyes. “Kendrick and the others called me just now. They said you were targeting their family businesses. They asked me to speak with you on their behalf.”
Simon’s brow furrowed deeply.
In his memories, Elsa was kind and sensible-innocent, optimistic, like a little sun constantly radiating warmth.
Kendrick, Calvin, and Patrick were each more vile and disgusting than the next. It was hard for him to believe that his clear-headed, principled Lizzy would defend them.
Just as he wavered in thought, Elsa spoke again.”
“I didn’t really want to help them. But a few years ago, I was being bullied and Kendrick and the others stood up for me. I don’t want to owe them anything. Simon, could you please let their companies go?”
Simon didn’t respond right away.
-As the focus returned to his eyes, he looked down at his phone screen and immediately spotted the marble pendant lying on Elsa’s chest.
That pendant was the very one he had given to Elsa sixteen years ago.
Sixteen years ago, he’d been badly injured in that earthquake, so badly he couldn’t even make a sound.
The moment the buildings collapsed and he was buried under the rubble, he truly thought the sky had fallen.
Covered in blood, aching in every inch of his body, he had really, truly wanted to give up.
Simon fell into his memory.
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