Chapter 4

See, men, when they truly love you, they really do. But when they stop loving you, they really stop.

Liam once said, "Scarlett, my parents left me early, so your parents are my parents."

But later, because of that woman Chloe, he personally killed our entire family.

So now, Liam deserves to die even more than Chloe.

"Lily, do you remember what Mom told you?"

My daughter nodded innocently.

I smiled. "Then listen to Mom. Don't show that you dislike Aunt Chloe. Soon, Mom and Grandpa will take you away, okay?"

"Okay."

Lily was very well-behaved and didn't say another word.

Meanwhile, my dad sent me a message. He had already resigned and would be ready to leave in two weeks.

With the divorce papers and evidence of Liam's infidelity, my lawyer said we could get divorced in less than half a month.

The agreement stipulated that Liam would leave with nothing.

I knew that killing Liam to avenge us from the previous life would be too easy a punishment for him.

I had to make Liam know what true misery felt like.

No sooner had he left than Chloe dropped her act.

The sweet innocent facade in front of Liam, but in front of me, she was a snarling vixen.

"Scarlett Sterling, I really underestimated you. Liam is being so obvious, and you still won't divorce him?"

Meeting Chloe's eyes, which looked like she wanted to devour me alive, I couldn't help but smile.

So desperate to take my place, huh? Fine, I'll help you get there.

Just before Liam and Chloe walked in, I had already secured the most crucial evidence.

These two were truly vicious.

Liam was right about one thing: Ethan had indeed saved his life. But Liam had personally killed Ethan.

"Scarlett, if I were you, I'd have already killed myself."

"Really? The woman who hooked up with her fiancé's best friend hasn't killed herself, so why should I?"

I didn't hold back with Chloe.

Since Liam wasn't here, there was no need for me to pretend anymore.

We stood there, staring at each other with daggers drawn, for a long time, until the housekeeper had packed all of Chloe's things.

Watching her belongings being moved into the master bedroom, I didn't say a word.

Anyway, I was leaving soon. If she wanted to be with that scumbag, she could. I certainly wouldn't let that dog near me.

That evening, Lily and I were having dinner when Chloe suddenly screamed upstairs.

At the same moment, the front door opened, and Liam walked in.

But he didn't even glance at us, going straight upstairs.

A moment later, Liam stormed down to me.

Seeing his agitated state, I quickly shielded Lily behind me.

The next moment, Liam's hands clamped around my neck.

"Scarlett, I can't believe you'd play such games with me!"

Meeting Liam's eyes, which looked like they wanted to devour me, I felt myself struggling to breathe.

I desperately slapped at Liam's arms, but he didn't budge.

It wasn't until Lily started crying at my side that he finally threw me to the floor.

"Mommy..." Lily cried, hugging me tightly.

I hadn't felt too bad initially, but seeing Lily like this, I couldn't stop the tears from falling.

"Scarlett, you're the one who let Chloe stay in the master bedroom. Why did you deliberately put a knife on the bed? Are you trying to kill her?"

Hearing that, I couldn't help but laugh. "Me? Put a knife?"

"Isn't that right?"

"Then let's check the surveillance footage."

No sooner had I spoken than Chloe, who was crying by the staircase, instantly changed color. "You---you installed surveillance in the master bedroom?"

"It's my house. Can't I install cameras wherever I want?"

My counter-question instantly shut Chloe up.

"Fine, I want to see how malicious you are." Liam said, heading towards the monitoring room, but Chloe stopped him. "Liam, I'm fine, don't argue with Scarlett because of me."

Chloe said a lot, and Liam listened tenderly, not forgetting to add, "Scarlett, you should really learn a thing or two from Chloe."

I watched the two of them, expressionless, and almost gagged.

But I held it in.

Nothing else happened that night, except Liam stayed in Chloe's room.