Seeing the look in her eyes, I laughed coldly.
“You’re still not good enough to teach me etiquette!”
Right after I said that, Noah frowned.
“Brielle, Millie only means well. Why are you acting like this? Besides, you really have become more unstable lately.”
“The company’s annual meeting is coming soon. You need to relearn etiquette and at least understand what Mrs. Garcia should do.”
I looked at his cold face, and my thoughts suddenly went back years ago.
Back when Noah had just started loving me, he liked everything about me.
He once said he loved my proud personality the most.
Even after I became Mrs. Garcia, he never asked me to change.
He said, “Brielle, you only need to stay proud forever. You never have to change for anyone, because I’ll always protect you.”
But now, that same protection had turned into a knife aimed straight at me.
Looking at the way Noah and Millie looked at each other, I suddenly understood.
Noah never changed. The only difference was that the person he loved was no longer me.
My proud side naturally became something ugly in his eyes.
Thinking about that, I no longer had the energy to argue and only coldly said, “I can choose not to attend the annual meeting, but I’ll never accept Millie’s so-called etiquette lessons!”
Without waiting for Noah to answer, I forced my aching body up and kept the last bit of pride on my face.
Holding the ashes, I walked upstairs.
I thought the matter had already ended.
But unexpectedly, just before sunrise, while I was sleeping in pain, a bucket of cold water suddenly splashed over me.
The freezing water rushed into my nose, making me cough hard at once.
Before I could react, Noah’s bodyguards rushed into the room.
They grabbed my arms tightly and dragged me outside.
Millie stood before me with a training stick in her hand and a smile on her face.
“Ma’am, don’t worry. I’ll properly help you.”
“Today, we’ll first practice standing and walking posture.”
After saying that, she forced me against the wall and locked me in a painful position.
The wall was covered with countless tiny needles.
As Millie moved, the needles pierced deeper into my body.
Only then did I realize Millie wanted to torture me under the excuse of etiquette training.
I struggled with all my strength, but Noah’s bodyguards held me down tightly.
With a loud bang, they slammed me hard against the wall, and the tiny needles dug deeper into my skin.
“Ugh!” I couldn’t stop a painful cry from coming out.
Millie waved her hand, telling the bodyguards to stop for a moment.
She looked at me with disgust in her eyes.
“Ma’am, you can’t even handle simple standing practice? Looks like the training still isn’t enough.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she pushed me harder against the wall.
Dark blood slowly stained my wet clothes.
Coldness and piercing pain spread through my whole body.
I used the last of my strength to break free, but Millie tightly held me down.
A cruel smile appeared on her face as she placed a pair of shoes before me.
“Looks like you can’t wait to learn walking posture. I specially prepared these shoes for you. You’ll definitely like them.”
While speaking, Millie lightly shook the shoes.
The light reflected off the things inside, letting me see them clearly.
Those shoes were actually full of broken glass pieces!
Millie wanted to ruin my feet completely!
I became enraged, and the anger immediately buried the pain in my body.
I didn’t know where the strength came from, but when Millie bent down to put the shoes on me, I kicked her away hard.
Millie cried out and fell heavily onto the ground.
In the next second, Noah hurried over.
The moment he saw the injury on Millie’s hand, he instantly lost his temper.
“Brielle! You’re becoming worse and worse!”
