Chapter 15

Lena found his words amusing but didn't feel like saying anything, so she just walked past Hayden.

Hayden grabbed her wrist and pressed her against the nearby wall. "Or maybe, you want to sow discord between me and Leah?"

Lena felt an unbearable itch in the palm of her hand, and she really wanted to slap him.

The CEO's elevator next to her opened at this moment. This was the first time Lena saw Hunter in a wheelchair.

Hunter was wearing a dark suit, and even though he was sitting, he carried himself with pride.

Cold, distant—keeping people far away.

His face was still as breathtaking as ever as if the very light and shadows changed wherever he appeared.

She was now pressed against Hayden, a position which could easily be misunderstood.

Just as Lena was about to push Hayden away, she heard Hunter recite a sentence.

"Employee Handbook, Article 98: Office relationships are prohibited."

She felt a tingling sensation on her scalp. She had been completely misunderstood.

And yet, Hayden insisted on adding fuel to the fire. "Uncle Hunter, Lena is just throwing a tantrum. I'll talk to her. After all, she is my fiancée. I can't just stand by and watch her take a job at the Reid Group just to chase after me. She never liked doing housework since she was a child and has no experience handling business affairs. This place isn't suitable for her."

Lena suddenly felt disgusted. When this man was sleeping with Leah, did it never occur to him that he had a fiancée?

No, she must definitely break off her engagement with Hayden first, so as to avoid being disgusted further.

She looked at Hunter, intending to explain something, but his gaze also turned towards her.

Lena froze as if someone had cast a spell on her. His gaze had a sharp magnetic field that made her heartache.

The temperature of the air in this area suddenly dropped as a result of the imposing aura emanating from Hunter. Everyone felt as if there was some pressure on their heads and couldn't help but bow down.

Hayden's face turned pale, and his hand, which was holding Lena trembled slightly.

Lena noticed this and sneered in her heart, what a useless man.

Hunter had already maneuvered his wheelchair towards another corridor.

As he left, it seemed as if the air became light and cheerful.

Hayden breathed a sigh of relief and suddenly said, "My uncle just returned to the country. He hasn't come to the company for the past few days. Why did he suddenly come today?"

Lena pushed him away. "Hayden, didn't you want to call off our engagement? When should we have dinner with both of our parents and inform them about this?"

Hayden thought he was hallucinating. In the past, he had always believed that Lena would never be able to say the words "break off the engagement" in this lifetime.

Now she said it with a tone full of disdain.

He suddenly panicked and grabbed her neck. "What did you say? Say it again?!"

Ever since he was a child, he was used to getting whatever he wanted without question. No one had ever dared to reject him like this.

Lena was famously beautiful and had chased after him for five years. He had only ever found her persistence annoying.

But now, she suddenly wanted to call off their engagement.

"Lena, I admit that your new tactics have caught my attention. Are you deliberately trying to provoke me because I've been ignoring you? The engagement can only be called off if I say so. Otherwise, don't even think about it! Don't forget who was the one who jumped off a bridge just because I wanted to break off the engagement. If it weren't for that stunt of yours, we would have had nothing to do with each other since a long time ago!"

Lena was choked so hard that the neck hurt and her cheeks turned red.

She raised her hand and slapped him.

But the slap was intercepted by Hayden, and there was a fierce look on his youthful face. "I'll have dinner with you tonight. Stop causing trouble."

As soon as he said that, Lena kicked him right in his most vulnerable spot.

Hayden instinctively crouched down; his forehead covered in cold sweat from the pain.

Lena smoothed out her clothes. They were something she had hastily bought online—cheap and low-quality. After being tugged at a few times by Hayden, the fabric had wrinkled, and even a button had popped off. She now looked as if she had just fooled around.

"No need, Hayden. I won't be able to eat if I sit with you. You should go and find Leah. I'm serious about breaking off our engagement. I'll inform my family when I have time, and I believe they will be very supportive."

After all, the entire Dawson family was on Leah's side.

"How dare you!"

Why wouldn't she dare?

At this moment, an unpleasant feeling surged in Lena's heart. She sighed. Perhaps she really did like Hayden before, but after losing her memory, she only felt like she had been blind.

She walked to another hallway, wanting to familiarize herself with this floor. But as soon as she turned the corner, she ran into Hunter again.

Hunter's gaze rested on her messy clothes, as well as the red marks on her throat.

The red marks on her neck didn't look like they were from being strangled. Rather, they resembled traces left behind by some intense activity.

His eyes squinted.