Chapter 4Rolex Rage: My Fiancée's True Colors

Close to quitting time, I found the contents of my drawer ransacked and piled on my desk.

My watch was gone, with only a flimsy plastic bag left behind.

Lucas stood beside me, about to say something, when Kyle walked in, looking guilty as hell.

Seeing his expression, everything clicked into place for me.

I'd bet anything he took my watch, and he had the nerve to be so blatant about it.

Lucas and I exchanged a look, and I knew he was thinking the same thing. He grabbed Kyle's arm.

I followed them to the stairwell.

Lucas blocked Kyle's escape, and I stepped forward, grabbing his collar.

"Did you take my watch?"

He struggled, swatting at my hands, still trying to play tough.

"Liam Reed, don't falsely accuse people."

Kyle was really stubborn, wasn't he? You won't give up until you're completely cornered, will you? I wonder if he'd still be so tough in front of the police.

I snorted and told Lucas:

"Lucas, call the cops. Let them investigate who stole my watch."

Lucas nodded and pulled out his phone.

Kyle seized the chance, shoved me, pushed past Lucas, and ran towards the end of the hallway.

Lucas and I chased after him and heard him making a phone call in the corner.

He was crying as he told the person on the other end that I had called the police. Standing outside, I faintly heard him say, "Tiffany."

It seemed Tiffany was involved in this too.

After the stairwell fell silent, my phone immediately rang. It was Tiffany.

Before answering, I told Lucas to stand by and record the call, to save it as evidence of her instigating theft.

Before I could even speak, Tiffany's furious yell came through the phone:

"Liam Reed, are you insane?! It's just a crappy watch, do you really need to call the police?!"

Tiffany really handed herself over. I sneered:

"Well, well. I just confronted Kyle, and you call me. What, did you tell Kyle to steal my watch?"

"Liam Reed, don't say such nasty things! What do you mean, 'told Kyle to steal your watch'? I'm your fiancée, isn't your stuff mine? Can't I manage your spending?"

"Spending tens of thousands on a crappy watch, my parents couldn't save enough for that in years. I had Kyle take your watch for your own good. You're about to marry into my family; if you're so irresponsible with money, people will gossip."

"Besides, if you sell the watch, I'll give the money to my dad, and he'll save it for us. It can even be our children's education fund later."

Tiffany's shamelessness amazed me; my chest felt tight with anger.

"Tiffany, are you a damn broken record? Can you ever shut up? Didn't your parents teach you to speak properly, or are you too old to even learn sign language? My money is none of your damn business! I'll spend it however I want, I'd even burn it for fun."

"Calling you pond scum is an overestimation. Are you living in some twisted family fantasy? And me marrying you? Your audacity is so monumental, it could probably win a Nobel Prize for wiping out all shyness on Earth!"

"You'd be lauded for curing humanity's 'cringefest' with your sheer nerve! The government, the World Peace Organization, they'd all give you a lifetime achievement award for that!"

"And also, let me say this one last time: we're broken up, and *I'm* the one who dumped you. Second, I've already called the police. They're on their way to the company building to take your little crony away for questioning. I'm giving you 15 minutes to get your ass down here."

Tiffany was still cursing up a storm on the other end, but I just hung up.

Lucas stopped recording, looking at me with admiration.

I pushed open the stairwell door, grabbed Kyle by the arm, and dragged him towards the elevator, attracting numerous stares.

I didn't care about any of them. If someone messed with me, I'd make sure they knew what 'no mercy' meant.

The moment I pulled Kyle out of the elevator, I saw Tiffany standing in front of a couple of police officers, trying to charm them.

As I got closer, I heard her trying to stop the officers from doing their job.

I thought, she went to a decent university, how can she be like a complete legal illiterate?