Chapter 6

Lily's POV

I don't know how I rushed to Payton Corporation's building.

Security tried to stop me. I shoved them aside. Eyes red, like a cornered beast, I kicked open Payton's office door.

Inside the office, Payton sat on the wide leather sofa. Sophia leaned against him, holding a document, laughing happily. That document was the property rights transfer for the facility.

Seeing me burst in, Sophia cried out in alarm and shrank into Payton's embrace. "Miss Lily, why are you here..." She looked at me timidly, like a frightened little rabbit.

Payton's expression darkened. He shielded Sophia behind him, looking at me coldly. "Lily, what are you doing? This is the office!"

I stared hard at the document in his hands, my voice trembling with extreme anger. "Payton, you gave the facility to Sebastian?"

Payton frowned, his tone very impatient. "It's just a broken-down facility. Sophia's father wants to invest in extreme sports. I saw that land was sitting empty, so I transferred it to him. If you want one, I'll buy you ten better ones."

"Broken-down facility?" I laughed miserably, tears finally bursting forth. "Payton, that's what you promised to return to me! That's the only thing my mother left me!"

"Lily, stop making a scene." Payton stood up, looking down at me from above.

"Your mother's been dead for so many years. What's the use of keeping a piece of land? Sophia's father is a businessman. That land can only achieve maximum value in his hands."

"Businessman?" I pointed at Sophia, questioning him. "Do you know what kind of person Sebastian is? He scammed my mother out of all her money years ago! He's the murderer who killed my mother!"

Sophia's face paled. She immediately burst into tears. "Miss Lily, you can't slander my father just because you're jealous of me! My father has always done honest business. How could he possibly scam anyone..."

"Shut up!" I roared.

"Stop!" Payton suddenly slammed a document on the desk, making a huge noise. He walked up to me, his eyes utterly devoid of warmth.

"Lily, you're becoming more and more disgusting. I know better than you what kind of person Sophia's father is.You could fabricate such lies just to take over that land?"

He looked at me with eyes full of disappointment and disgust. "You used to be jealous of Sophia, but at least you were honest. Now? You're like a lunatic spouting lies!"

Looking at him, my heart shattered completely into dust. He didn't believe me. He'd rather believe a con artist's daughter than his wife of seven years.

"Payton, I'm asking you one last time." I took a deep breath, forcing myself to stay calm. "Give me back the facility, and we'll have nothing to do with each other ever again."

"Impossible." He refused without hesitation. "I already promised Sophia. It's a gift for her father."

A gift. He was giving my mother's memento to the enemy who killed her.

"Fine." I nodded, wiped away my tears, and straightened my spine. "Payton, you're going to regret this."

I turned and walked out of the office without looking back.

I didn't return to the apartment. Instead, I went straight to the law firm. "Mr. Zhang, help me investigate all of Sebastian's financial transactions over the years, and find evidence of the fraud he committed against my mother back then." I slammed a bank card on the table. "This is all my money."

As I left the law firm, I got a call from Old Lee. "Lily, the facility... Sebastian brought people to demolish the buildings!"

I rushed to the facility like a madwoman. Bulldozers were roaring. The row of trees my mother had planted with her own hands had already been uprooted. Sebastian stood to the side, smoking a cigar, looking smug.

"Stop! Everyone stop!" I rushed forward, trying to block the bulldozers.

"Well, well, if it isn't Miss Lily?" Sebastian exhaled a puff of smoke, looking at me with a smug grin. "What's wrong? Didn't Mr. Payton tell you this land is mine now?"

"Sebastian, you bastard! Give me back the land!" My eyes were bloodshot as I lunged at him, trying to attack him.

Several security guards immediately stepped forward and pinned me to the ground. The rough gravel scraped my cheeks. I struggled desperately, but it was useless.

"Demolish it!" Sebastian waved his hand.

I watched as the bulldozers knocked down the training tower, watched as those buildings that held countless hours of my sweat and memories turned to rubble.

My heart died along with those ruins.