New beginning: Billionaire love story

Chapter 196 What a punch!

Claire met her gaze head-on, her voice steady. "Yes, Lisa. I called the police."

Lisa's eyes widened in fury. "How could you? You're going to ruin everything!"

Claire took a step closer, her expression unyielding. "Ruin what? Your suicide attempt?" Her face was cold, devoid of any sympathy. "Go on, Lisa. Perform your so-called suicide attempt." Lisa's face hardened. "Do you really want to see someone killed in your building? Think about how that will affect your company."

Claire's lips curled into a small smirk. "I can easily find another building. Demolish this one and build a new one somewhere else. It's no big deal."

Lisa clenched her fists in aggravation, pointing a finger at Claire. "Just because you're rich doesn't mean you can do anything you want."

Claire chuckled. "Money can indeed make me do anything. Even if you married Alex, money can't buy you class. You'll always be the same old Lisa from the countryside."

Lisa's eyes widened, shocked that Claire knew about her past. "How did you find out about that?"

Claire shrugged, teasingly. "It's not hard to find out anything when you have money."

Lisa had enough. Her rage boiled over as she lunged at Claire, causing them both to fall to the floor with Lisa on top.

Claire struggled underneath Lisa, trying to push her off. "Get off me, Lisa!"

Lisa's hands tightened around Claire's wrists, her eyes burning with anger. "Why are you doing this to me, Claire? What did I ever do to you?"

Claire managed to free one hand and shoved Lisa hard, trying to regain control. "You know exactly what you did, Lisa."

Matthew, who witnessed the attack, quickly rushed over and grabbed Lisa, trying to pull her off Claire. But Lisa was stubborn, her hands tightening around Claire's neck.

"Die!" Lisa screamed, her eyes wild with rage.

Claire punched Lisa's face that resulting her grasp to loosen, and Matthew took this opportunity to pulled Lisa harshly, finally prying her hands away from Claire's neck and gripping her arms tightly behind her back to prevent her from escaping. Claire coughed, glaring at Lisa as she struggled to her feet. "Are you trying to kill me again, Lisa?" she spat out, her voice hoarse.

"You ruin my life!" she snapped.

Claire felt a stung on

and quickly secured Lisa, escorting her away as she yelled, "It's not my fault! It's Claire's

walked over to Claire, his expression filled

fine, Matt. Don't you worry. It's nothing." she managed to

a punch!" Matthew complemented Claire. She then took a step forward, her

her name

rushed over, panic crossing her face. "What's wrong

take care of the rest. Make sure Lisa doesn't get out of the police

I'll

rooftop and made his way to her office, moving quickly

way through the hallway, some employees saw Claire fainted. A looked of surprise and concern etched on their

be, okay?"

so," another

wonder what happen

Peterson." Another employee

office and gently laid her down on the couch. He grabbed his phone and called for medical

in a

the

were all in good spirits, laughing heartily at their latest topic of conversation The sound of laughter filled the room, blending with the clinking of cutlery and the hum

of his colleagues, Jason, suddenly opened his phone and his face shifted from amusement to surprise. "Hey, Alex," Mark said, interrupting the laughter. "Isn't this

chuckling, took the phone from Mark's hand and looked at the screen. He nodded. "Yeah, that's Metacortex.

serious. "There's news about someone

"suicide" hit Alex like a punch. "What do you

gestured to the phone. "Check the news

the headline news. Sure

to jump. The

vague, but

dire. Alex scrolled through the article until he

slightly blurry photo.