hapter 55 Switching to the intimidation Route, Are We?
Chapter 55 Switching to the Intimidation Route, Are We?
Did she really stop loving him?
Did she truly not care anymore?
If she still had feelings for him, how could she smile while saying those things….
Kyle leaned against the wall with one hand, his heartache so intense it nearly buckled his knees.
So this was the real punishment–not that she wanted a divorce, fit that she wanted to leave him…
But that she had ripped him out of her heart, cleanly and without hesitation.
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He thought of the woman who used to look at him with nothing but love, who agreed to a secret marriage, who signed a prenuptial agreement, who didn’t mind being ignored by his parents and stuck by his side without complaint.
How did he manage to lose her?
In the dining room-
“Bang-
Richard Jackson slammed his hand on the table. “Candice, don’t be so greedy. Ten percent of the company? Do you think you’re worth that much?”
Candice didn’t get angry.
“So you’re saying no?”
She let out an exaggerated sigh.
“In that case, you should advise your son to finish the divorce paperwork with this ‘greedy‘ woman. And look, I’m even saving you three hundred and fifty million. Haven’t you always wanted a well–matched daughter–in–law? Here’s your golden opportunity. If he gets tired of Mia Jones, you can pick another one for him–he’ll love someone new just the same.”
“Candice!”
Kyle burst in from outside.
The intense hostility in his posture instantly triggered the two bodyguards to step forward and protect Candice.
Candice gave them a calm smile. “It’s fine. Step back.”
The two bodyguards retreated a little, still eyeing Kyle warily, refusing to leave. They’d been paid, and their only job was to protect their employer.
“You’re late,” Candice said with a bright smile. “Your father and I are already done talking.”
Kyle gritted his teeth. “This is between you and me. Talking to anyone else is useless! Divorce? You wish. If you want out, you’ll have to kill me- or die yourself. Otherwise, forget it!”
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So now he’s switching to threats?
The begging didn’t work, the sweet talk didn’t work, so we’re going straight to intimidation?
Candice pressed her lips together.
Taunting a man in this kind of rage wasn’t smart.
Logic wouldn’t work on him either.
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After a brief pause, she spoke:
“You keep saying you won’t divorce me, that you love me—but at the airport, you left me to hug Mia Jones. Can you honestly say you haven’t been with her these past few days?”
Kyle was speechless.
Because it was true.
He had carried Mia away and left Candice behind.
Mia had been threatening suicide every day since, and he had no choice but to stay with her.
“Let’s get the divorce. There’s no point in dragging out this marriage,” Candice said gently.
Kyle’s eyes darkened. His voice dripped with sarcasm.
“You’re this desperate to be single again–what is it? So you can run off and be Charlie’s woman?”
Richard Jackson’s face froze.
Charlie?
He remembered seeing a tall, striking man in the charity gala footage. That man was the eldest son of Denny Clemens.
No wonder Candice was so adamant about the divorce. She was aiming for the Clemens family.
“Candice, just because the Jackson family took you in, you think the Clemens family will too? Dream on!”
Candice looked at the father and son pair, utterly speechless.
She took a deep breath to calm herself. “There’s nothing between me and Charlie. You two better watch your mouths or the Clemens family might sue you for slander.”
“Then why did he show up at your place in the middle of the night?‘ Kyle demanded.
“So him showing up proves we slept together? Do you have proof? No! But I do! I have surveillance footage–he was in and out of my house in under a minute. Tell me, what could possibly happen in sixty seconds?”
She fired back confidently, refusing to give him a chance to twist things further. Then, she delivered the fatal blow:
“Not only can I prove my innocence, I can also prove you cheated with Mia. I’ve got a recording on my phone–your little sweetheart called me from your phone while you two were in bed together. Want to hear it? I can play it for everyone right now.”
She started flipping through her phone as she spoke.
Kyle’s face paled.
He snatched the phone from her. “She staged that whole thing. It wasn’t real.”
Candice raised a brow.
“Oh, really? You gave her your phone so she could stage a fake sex call? And the man moaning in the background—she hired a voice actor? You think I’d believe that? Your dad would believe it? Or maybe… the judge in our divorce case will believe it?”
The moment she mentioned court, and the idea of such disgraceful evidence being made public, Richard Jackson looked like he was about to suffer a stroke.
“This is ridiculous. Divorce her! Get it over with tomorrow!”
He had underestimated Candice.
He thought she’d soften up, that generous terms would make her back down.
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Chapter 55 Switching to the intimidation Route, Are We?
But now it was clear–she wouldn’t rest until she took a piece of the Jackson family with her.
Kyle didn’t respond.
He stared at Candice, like he wanted to bore a hole through her. After a long silence, he said lightly:
“Go ahead. Sue me. Do whatever you want I’ll be right there with you.”
Then he pulled out a chair and sat down.
Candice was exhausted.
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Richard Jackson roared, “What are you doing?! You think we need more humiliation? She’s clearly done with you emotionally! Be a man and end it cleanly!”
“Kyle,” Candice added, trying one last time, “if you agree to the divorce, I’ll delete the recording and all the evidence I have as soon as the paperwork is done.”
“Are you both finished?”
Kyle picked up his chopsticks. “Let’s eat.”
Candice resisted the urge to throw her glass at his head.
She turned to Richard Jackson. “Please, talk some sense into him. We’ve been husband and wife once–I don’t want to make this messier than it already is.”
Then she signaled to the bodyguards to take her out.
Kyle said nothing.
Candice didn’t care anymore.
Outside-
One bodyguard went to fetch the car while the other stayed beside her.
Candice’s nerves started to ease a little.
Suddenly, several men in security uniforms approached. They were from the Jackson family’s private team–and they moved in to restrain the bodyguard standing next to her.
“What are you doing?!”
Candice’s alarm bells went off.
A shadow fell over her.
Before she could get up and run, her body was lifted off the ground.
She looked up–Kyle’s cold, sharp features loomed over her like a grim reaper.
There was something terrifying in his eyes.
Her heart dropped.
She struggled, shouting, “Put me down! What are you trying to do?!”
Kyle didn’t answer.
He carried her to his car, shoved her into the passenger seat, locked the doors, and stepped on the gas.
As the car sped out the gates, it passed another vehicle pulling in.
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