Marrying A Secret Zillionaire Happy Ever After (Linsey)

Chapter 4

Chapter 4 Linsey, You've Really Changed

Joanna let out a shrill scream, the shock of the slap leaving her momentarily frozen.

Clutching her burning cheek, she glared at Linsey, her eyes wide with disbelief. "Linsey, how dare you slap me?" she spat, her voice trembling with fury.

Linsey's lips twisted into a cold, mocking smile, her eyes as frigid as her words. "Why wouldn't I dare? You asked for it. You wanted to apologize, didn't you? But one slap hardly satisfies my anger. Maybe a second one will."

With that, she raised her hand again, her gaze never leaving Joanna's face.

Felix, still reeling from the shock, finally snapped to attention. With a furious shout, he lunged forward, shoving Linsey aside. "That's enough! Linsey, don't go too far!"

As he wrapped his arms protectively around Joanna, his voice softened with concern as he murmured to her, trying to calm

her.

Linsey staggered back, regaining her balance with ease, her face indifferent.

She regarded them both with a detached, almost clinical gaze, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "This is going too far? Joanna herself said she wanted to apologize. Felix, are you deaf? If she really meant to apologize, she should just keep quiet and let me vent. All I did was slap her. How is that going too far? What I've done to her is nothing compared to what you two have done to me."

Her gaze turned bitter as she continued, "You're both nothing but despicable cheats. And one day, when the truth comes out, who will believe a word you say?"

Felix stood frozen, stunned by the barrage of accusations. He opened his mouth, but not a single word of defense came to him.

He held Joanna close, his arm wrapped protectively around her as his eyes narrowed at Linsey with a growing frustration. After a long, tense silence, he finally spoke, his voice laced with irritation. "Even if Joanna wanted to apologize, you shouldn't have slapped her. An apology is just that—an apology. You don't solve things with violence. You're acting like a wild animal!"

Linsey tilted her head slightly, her lips curling into a frosty smile. She flexed her wrist nonchalantly, the gesture sharp and deliberate. "I'll take that as a compliment," she replied coolly, her eyes locking onto his. "Since you think so highly of me, should I slap her a few more times to really live up to your glowing praise?"

Felix's mouth hung open, his shock evident as he stared at her, utterly unprepared for her mocking reply.

For a moment, he wondered if the woman standing before him was even the Linsey he once knew.

disbelief, her mind struggling to process the situation. She had taunted Linsey countless

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Linsey,

tension in the room thickened, and then Joanna's thoughts shifted,

this on purpose to get

a quick, anxious glance at Felix, only to find him completely absorbed in Linsey, his gaze fixed

that sent a pang of

efforts to take him from Linsey. There was no way

Joanna's chest, and her grip tightened on Felix's arm, pulling him back to her. With calculated sweetness, she said, "Felix, don't say that. Linsey's probably

fine with anything."

her words only deepened his sense of

said, his voice tinged with disappointment. "The Linsey I knew would never act this way. If you insist on behaving like

mind before, putting up with you. But not anymore. I've wised up. Only an idiot would keep humiliating themselves like

suitcase and turned away,

him like a punch to the gut. He

walked out of the room, dragging her suitcase behind

him with its

loss weighed on him, as though the most important part of his life was slipping through

out, his voice desperate, moving instinctively as if

react this way. Without thinking, she placed a hand over her cheek,

sound of

red streaks, a handprint visible beneath her skin, and Felix's

voice full of concern. "I'll take you to the hospital. We'll get you some

voice softened, laced with feigned concern. "Felix, Linsey's really leaving... maybe you should go after

crossed a line this time. I won't

come crawling back. When she does, I'll

swelled with satisfaction, and she leaned into Felix's

so good to

plan was