Chapter 4The Audacity! My Butler's Girlfriend Thinks She Owns My Penthouse

Seeing my panic, Chloe let out a cruel laugh. "So nervous? This must be worth a fortune."

I panicked. "It’s not about the money. It belongs to my mother. Give it back now!"

I lunged forward to grab it.

That sapphire brooch was the engagement gift my late father had given to my mother.

My father passed away from an illness when I was ten.

My mother had worn it close to her heart every day since. It had never left her side.

It was her only physical connection to my father.

I would not let anyone destroy it!

"Oh, you want it? Then watch me."

Before I could reach her, Chloe raised her arm and slammed the brooch onto the hardwood floor with all her might.

With a sickening, sharp crack, the sapphire shattered.

The blue shards scattered across the floor.

"No!"

My mother let out a heartbroken shriek. She collapsed onto the floor, scrambling desperately for the fragments. "Your father gave me this... this is all I have left of him..."

Something snapped inside me. I raised my hand and slapped Chloe across the face.

"You cheap bitch! How dare you strike me?"

Chloe clutched her red cheek and screamed like a maniac. "I’m going to kill you, you home-wrecking whore!"

She lunged at me, grabbing my hair and dragging me down to the floor.

The guards and neighbors stood at the door, watching. No one stepped in to help. In their eyes, this was just a rightful girlfriend teaching a home-wrecker a lesson.

Chloe pinned me to the floor, sitting on my waist. She slapped me repeatedly, screaming, "How dare you touch my man! How dare you!"

My mother crawled over, trying to shield me with her body, crying, "Stop hitting my daughter! You have it all wrong! This is my daughter's house!"

Chloe kicked my mother away. "Shut up, you old liar! Your daughter is a cheap mistress! This house belongs to her? In your dreams!"

I shook with rage, glaring at her through the pain.

"You will regret this. I promise you."

Hearing this, the neighbors at the door laughed as if they had heard the funniest joke.

"Oh, I’m shaking! Chloe’s boyfriend is the owner of The Zenith Club. Who do you think you are to make us regret anything?"

"Exactly. You’re just a low-life employee who tries to sleep her way up. You sell your body for money, and you dare threaten us?"

"A whore should know her place. You brought this on yourself."

Chloe yanked my hair back, forcing me to look up at her. She sneered, "Regret? I’ve never regretted anything in my life. Let's see how you're going to make me regret this, bitch!"

I gritted my teeth, reached for my cracked phone on the floor, and dialed 91"Hello, I need to report an emergency. I have intruders in my private residence. They are assaulting me and my mother, and destroying priceless property. The address is..."

Before I could finish, the roar of multiple engines echoed outside. Several black luxury SUVs screeched to a halt in front of the villa.