CHAPTER 12

The woman came running toward me and grabbed my hair hard that made me screamed in shock. Klein rushed over to stop her, while Damian stood between us, trying to block her. They did different thing.

"Hey! Calm down!" Damian shouted, trying to stop her.

"Jessica, stop it!" Klein said while pulling her away. He held her arm tightly and I could see the force in his grip like he was angry. But something hit me.....when Klein held me before, it was never like this because he held me gently, not enough to hurt me. With her, it was like he wanted to control her. And yes, it'd different.

"Ouch, Klein! That hurts!" Jessica shouted because of the force of Klein's grip.

"Can you please stop? You're making a scene. Aren't you ashamed of what you're doing?" Klein yelled with his voice loud across the parking area. And that made Jessica froze. But only for a second.

"Oh, now you're protecting her?" she screamed while pointing at me. "You're the one who should be ashamed, Klein!"

"Just stop and calm down," Klein said again, trying to keep his voice soft now.

"Stop? Calm down?! Why?! I'm your fiancée, Klein!" she shouted, then looked at me with hate and disgust. "And she's just a flirt. A gold-digger trying to climb the social ladder! What do I expect? You're rich and good-looking and maybe.." she laughs like crazy. "You got her just because of your money!" She smiled like she's proud of herself.

"Right, Klein?"

I looked at Klein, not with hate but with hope. I wanted him to say no and to say it wasn't true. But he didn't even look at me or shot a glance.

"…Right," he said with his eyes on the floor.

And just like that… my heart dropped. Like I just want to vanish from here because of humiliation.

"She's a fake!" Miss Fernando said loudly.

"Ew. Claiming to be his wife," someone else added.

Jessica stepped closer and brushed my hair with her hands and with her insulting tone, she speak like I was trash. "If you can't earn enough, sell your organs or sell on the street. Don't steal someone else's man. That's just… disgusting."

Then she spit on me.

I couldn't hold it anymore. I broke down and my tears fell. I felt so hurt and so small. Humiliated. I feel like I have nowhere to go....like no one will ever want to be in my side. I feel like my worlds crushing down.

Then suddenly, Damian grabbed Jessica by her hair and spit in her face. That.....that made everyone in the hotel gasped.

"What the hell?!" she shouted, trying to slap him.

But before her hand landed, a man in a black suit grabbed her wrist and threw trash from a garbage can all over her.

"Sir Liam, what do you want me to do with her?" the man asked.

Wait… Liam? My eyes widened. Liam Devin Kingswell?! My childhood crush? The youngest billionaire who owns most of the buildings in this town? The man who bought that 10-billion peso painting in Spain? And added to that fact, he did all of that when he was fifteen. His father taught him in his early age...he's good at all sports that's why he's my greatest crush. I constantly watched him in tv. But why is he here?!

"L-Liam?"

"L-Liam Kingswell?!" the hotel staff gasped.

Everyone was shocked and too stunned to speak. Especially me.....

"You're just a model for our company, right?" Liam said, pointing at Jessica coldly Hands in his pocket.

Then he turned to Klein. "And you? Your father is just one of my business partners."

Klein couldn't speak. He looked like he wanted to disappear.

"Ruin her clothes. Slowly. But leave her underclothes. I don't want to see a woman naked unless she's my wife," Liam said firmly then looked at me.

When the man was about to do it, Liam stoo him.

"Wait, " he said, raising his one hand. "Call the reporters."

"Liam... " I whisper trying to stop her because I think it's too much.

But instead, he look at me then smile, like some kind of assurance. And asking me to trust him.

Not even half of an hour passed when reporters came. A lot.

"This woman here, " he pointed at Jessica. " The big shot model you're all admiring tries to humiliate a staff in this hotel just because she's with her fiance. Without a word, she attacked her without even asking for the truth."

Then he turn his head to the man. "Now." he command him, his voice was firm.

Then the man in the suit started tearing Jessica's clothes that made her screamed. But no one stopped him. because no one can and no one would dare. They just watched in silence.

Liam walked over to me then he leaned down so we were eye level.

"I know you're angry," he whispered. "You want to hurt him? Go ahead...and whatever happens next, it's on me. Not you."

He gave me a small smile. Small but enough to justify that it's genuine.

"I… I can't," I said, shaking my head.

"But you want to. You're just scared," he said gently. "You need it, Valerie. It will help you. Even just a little."

So I turned to Klein and I slapped him. Then I spit on him. Then I kicked him....hard that made him dropped to the ground in pain.

When I turned to Liam, I thought, it's nothing to him. But he looked like he was holding back a smile, like he was proud of me.

I turned to walk away from Klein and Jessica when she tried to grab my hair again.

But before she could touch me—

SLAP!

A hand hit her face hard. And it was a woman.

It's....