Chapter 3 An Eye For An Eye

Her eyelids kept twitching. Anna had been restless the entire day. When she was about to take a rest in the lounge of the HY Club, Mandy quickly rushed in. "Anna!" she gasped out. "Vincent's here."

Before Anna could respond, Vincent stepped into the lounge. His strong aura spread across the room as he glared at everyone. "Get out of here!" he barked out as he looked at Anna.

They knew of Vincent and that he wasn't the man to be trifled with. Not wanting to get into trouble with such a powerful man, they all ran away. Mandy, however, held Anna's hand firmly. "As long as I'm here, he won't hurt you," she said seriously.

She stared at her friend warily, not wanting her to get involved with this matter. Anna pulled her hand from her hold, shaking her head. "I'll be fine. Besides, this is the HY Club. Even if he wants to hurt me, he wouldn't do that here. Wait outside. I'll call you if anything happens, okay?"

She knew for a fact that she shouldn't hide from this any longer.

Mandy hesitated at first, but after hearing the firmness in her friend's voice, she turned to leave.

"Did you and Jack set me up?"

Vincent approached her step by step like a predator eyeing his prey. He looked down at her, raising her chin towards him.

Anna wanted to shake her head and deny her doing, but what he said was all true.

Taking a deep breath, she slowly nodded, as if accepting her fate. Unexpectedly, Vincent chuckled, shaking his head. "You just admitted to setting me up, and now you're so calm, aren't you? How fucking dare you!" he roared.

Anna avoided his gaze. Who said she was calm? If he knew what she was feeling right now, he might send her to the hospital in fear that she might die of heart attack!

"Good, very good."

A smile carved into his thin lips as his fingers slid down her high cheekbones. "You've helped Jack once," he said snidely. "Now, it's time you listen to me."

Anna was stunned, but she listened slowly to the words he was about to say.

After a long time, she finally walked out of the lounge. At the sight of her, Mandy immediately rushed up towards her, holding her arms. "Well? How are you? Did Vincent do anything? Anna, even if we're poor, we shouldn't let other people bully us this way! How dare Vincent for taking his anger out on you? If he did anything, you can tell me, okay? I'll fight him to the end of the world even if I have to risk my life!" she spat out.

Anna smiled, holding her hands comfortingly. "There's no need to worry, Mandy. I'm fine. Go ahead and work. I'll be right here."

Once she convinced Mandy to leave, she quickly dialed Jack's number. "Mr. Huang," she whispered, craning her head to make sure that nobody heard her. "Vincent's a bastard. He found me and almost beat me to death! Didn't you say you want to replace him? I'll help you now. I will ruin that bastard!"

After waiting for half an hour in a private room, Jack finally showed up. Anna quickly lied on his arms fawningly. "Mr. Huang," she slurred. "Vincent's a bastard. He–He beat me and even kicked me! He said that it was just the beginning, but Mr. Huang, I held on for you! Please, please protect me. I want to live a happy life with you."

With such a beauty in his arms, Jack laughed. He patted her on the shoulder. "Don't worry, love. Since I was the one who put you in this mess, I'll be responsible for you. Just wait and see, Vincent would be long gone after I'm done with him."

Anna furrowed her eyebrows. "What do you mean, Mr. Huang?"

"You're trying to get the information from me?" There was something in his voice that made her stop.

Unexpectedly, Anna decided to go down a different route. She sniffled, refusing to look at him in the eye. "Mr. Huang, how could you?"

She wiped her tears, looking rather pitiful. "I've just said that I wanted to be your woman, and now you're doubting me? Everyone knows that Vincent's not a good person. If you oppose him, you might hurt yourself. I just wanted to advise and help you. But now, you suspect me like this..."

Anna broke down into sobs. "Besides, you have my loved one under your control, haven't you? Do you think I'll go against you? Mr. Huang, if you don't believe me, I might as well just leave!"

Before she could stand up, Jack pulled her closer into his arms. "Look at you," he soothed. "I believe you now. Don't be angry."

She was right. Even if she had the courage, she still wouldn't go against him. "Do you still want to know how I'd deal with the man? Pour me a drink."

Anna immediately softened her features as she poured a bottle of wine into his glass. Once he was satisfied, he started to talk, "I've hated that man for a long time, so I already sent my staff secretly to work in his company. The contract was just the tip of the iceberg. I've already asked my men to do their best in stealing the Lu Group's secrets. Once I get all that, it would be easy to knock him down."

Hearing that, Anna blinked. "But Mr. Huang, isn't that illegal? Will you be–"

"Don't be so afraid, my love."

He snorted. "The Song Group went down the same way. As long as I take over the Lu Group, Vincent won't be able to stop me. He'd be putty in my hands."

Only by defeating Vincent would he have an infinitely strong standing in the L City.

However, when he thought of the fact that Anna slept with Vincent that night, he still felt as if a thousand ants were biting his heart. Jack held her soft body in his arms and greedily inhaled her scent. "Anna, I've said so much. Shouldn't you start pleasing me now? Don't you know how much I missed you?"