Chapter 023
you Say
Say your t
truth Expose this man-
“Look, Julia” Damien took my hands into his, “I am here now. We are all with y
The crowd fell into silence as my hand collided with Damien’s cheek, then another and another.
He raised his hand and I flinched away only to freeze when I couldn’t feel an impact. I opened my eyes to see Atlas holding Damien’s hand and crushing it under his grip.
“How Dare You?” Atlas gritted “How dare you even think of hitting my wife?”
Damien’s eyes widened as he realized where he was. “The glanced at the crowd. “This is not the truth. I-
This is the entire truth. This is his real face I spat, stepping forward. “He wears a pretty suit, has a soft tongue, and is so attention and perfect.” My heart twisted in my chest as I recalled how he fooled and used me
“Damien is every woman’s dream, until his mask falls off,” My breath hitched “And then you see someone else, something devastatingly dark.”
“This doesn’t change the fact that he stole the designs! Besides, Dulia belongs
“What? Dulia belongs to Damian Clay and not Julia?” The reporters murmured.
to mer
“Of course it does. Now, everything makes sense.” Damien sneered. “I thought you were a victim, but you partnered with him to steal from me. Tell me, what did you give him to make Atlas Volkan go this-
“Hey! Don’t cross your
Enough”
limits, Damien?
The crowd snapped, “We are going to burn this company down. No more lies?
I gasped as they threw gasoline at me but Atlas pushed me away, getting soaked. Our eyes locked and I pushed him away when I noticed one of them light up a match.
Damien snarled. “What are going to do now, Julia? Your Atlas will die here and you? You’ll be blacklisted for life. Might as well, you know, die along with him?”
“Don’t listen to this nonsense,” Atlas growled “Come, Julia. Forget the company, let’s go- Atlas paused when I didn’t move.
I turned and we locked eyes. Atlas raised an eyebrow as if to ask what I was doing.
I snatched a gasoline keg from one of the mobsters and opened it, pouring it on myself.
“You keep forgetting that this is my company too, Atlas. Two of my companies are at stake here. The one I built ground up, and the one I’ve kept afloat for years I have lost at every turn, I am not losing today. “I turned to the crowd. “Do you hear
me?? | boomed
Julia Knight Volkan is not losing today! She can lose everything! She can lose her husband, her dreams, and her entire life but, she will not lose her self–respect and this company. It is the closest thing I have to it. If you want to burn it down h
you need to burn me toor
Demery’s face paled “What? Have you gone mad? What sort of drama is this?”
ain in as real as it gets, Damien You wanted a show, right? Pass me a lighter! Let’s all burn down.”
I breathed heavily I could not believe I trusted him at some point. Despite being cheated in my past life, I even let him serve. me a drink, even though a drink almost killed me before I trusted Damien and he-
*Julia, step away I knew you were stupid, but thi
someone lit the match
Allas‘ voice faltered “Stop this nonsense? I could have sworn his voice
ever so slightly
For the first time in three years, I saw fear hold down the one man who inflicted it with ease.
“Burn me down. Go on. Kill me and live with it. Bear it all. The guilt of killing me…” My breath hitched, what I was about to do? It could it could go so wrong “And killing my baby too.”
The crowd erupted into gasps and they stepped back.
“She’s pregnant?!”
“How can anyone attack a pregnant woman? No, we can’t…
Atlas‘ eyes burned into my skin and when our eyes met, his jaw hung loose. His gaze flickered from Damien to me, as if begging for an answer because between the two of us, there was no baby.
He was so stupid. Of course, there
re was no baby. How did he even consider it? Was this the right time to throw a fit?
“Yes! You heard me! I am pregnant! So come on, do your worst!”
One by one, they dropped their weapons and dispersed. Once the company grounds were vacant again, my knees almost buckled and a tear rolled down my cheek.
Atlas caught me and while glancing away, he murmured. “I guess you’re an ugly face now.”
He would rather die than admit he was wrong
u pull this off, Julia? We both know, there is no baby.”
“You managed to escape today, but how long
will you
I pushed Atlas away as my breaths quickened. My fists clenched and in one swing, they connected with Damien’s jaw.
He moved to attack me but Atlas grabbed his collar and punched him.
“You have a habit of hitting women, don’t you? How about I bring you back to earth?” His knee connected with Damien’s ribs and I flinched as the man splattered blood, his body colliding with the ground.
Atlas‘ quards surrounded the area, “Let’s settle this now, Damien.” Atlas crouched and pulled out his phone. “Confess the truth” He set up the camera, “or else,” Atlas gestured at one of his guards who was holding gasoline. “Something might burn
today and It won’t be my company.”
“You-”
“This is what they call check–mate.” Atlas jaw ticked and he poured the gasoline on him. Wait. What was Atlas doing?
He wouldn’t kill him, right? “Atlas, you-
3.2-
Everyone froze as Damien broke into laughter, his head lolling back as his body shook. He stood, shooting a smirk at me. Goosebumps ran across my skin as he stepped forward but Atlas held him back
“You thought it would be so easy? You’ll pin me down and that’s 117 Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.” Damien shook his head. “There’s a reason
rate tivals, Atlas. I am not some common criminal with a one–dimensional plan” He promised and chills ran down my
spine
What was he talking about? Why was he so confident?
get a bruise,” He held his phone up, and my blood ran cold. “This video of me and your dearest wife will go viral faster than the fue will burn me”
„Atlas fists tightened and I stumbled Everything hit me at once. The drink, that night, the headache
For a moment, I forgot how to breathe as Damian broke into another fit of laughter. “Now, it’s up if she burns along with me?”
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to
you. Am I worth burning
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