CHAPTER 325: CHAPTER 325: SHAMELESS WRETCH

Simon Rhodes looked at her and said, "So skinny, eat more meat."

Skylar Vance was indeed drooling over the beef, so she didn’t put back what he had served her. Instead, she pretended to reluctantly help him finish it, bowing her head to continue eating. It wasn’t until she had almost finished the soup that she let out a satisfied burp. Just then, seeing the owner passing by, she asked, "Owner, how much?"

"Twenty-five."

"I’ll pay by WeChat." She stood up, preparing to head in the direction the owner indicated to scan the code, but Simon Rhodes pulled out a hundred-yuan bill from his wallet and handed it to the owner, saying, "I’m paying for both of us."

The owner glanced at Skylar Vance, then smiled, taking the money from Simon Rhodes’ hand and quickly pulling out fifty from his apron as change.

Skylar Vance pursed her lips, not bothering to argue with him, just saying, "I’ll transfer it to you later on WeChat."

Simon Rhodes stuffed the fifty yuan change from the owner into her bag that was on the table, "Pocket money."

Skylar Vance glared at him, and he stood up to ask her, "Still want to shop around?"

Skylar Vance shouldered her bag and said, "I wanted to shop, but with a tagalong, I don’t want to anymore."

"Then I’ll take you back."

"I’m not worth much, get carsick in luxury cars." Skylar Vance picked up the pace in her high heels towards the street corner, but being short-legged, Simon Rhodes didn’t even need to speed up to keep up with her easily.

"What brand of car do you like? I’ll give you one."

Skylar Vance gave a smile that didn’t reach her eyes, "Sorry, I don’t have a driver’s license. You might as well provide me with a driver too."

"How about me?"

Skylar Vance rolled her eyes, "You’re earning tens of millions a day, I can’t afford you."

"Just give me a bite to eat."

Skylar Vance stopped helplessly, and Simon Rhodes almost bumped into her. She looked up at him, frowning as she said, "Can you stop pestering me? I’m married, I have a family, it’s impossible between us. Don’t waste your time on me, it will only make me more annoyed and hate you."

After saying that, she turned and walked a few steps forward, then looked back and pointed at Simon Rhodes, "Don’t follow me!"

After that, she jogged away. After running a distance, thinking that Simon Rhodes would again shamelessly follow her, she turned back to check, but among the bustling crowd, the familiar figure was nowhere to be seen.

Skylar Vance took a deep breath, slowed her pace as she walked to the street corner, and raised her hand to hail a taxi.

She knew very well who treated her well, but she also understood that she couldn’t respond to anything, regardless of whether she divorced Shawn Rhodes or not, she and Simon Rhodes could never be together.

So she had no way to waste someone else’s time and then rightfully accept it all.

Although what she said was somewhat hurtful and unpleasant, as long as it worked, that’s what mattered.

Just a little before she got home, her phone rang several times. Seeing it was a message from Shannon Quinn, Skylar Vance immediately unlocked it and opened WeChat.

It was all voice messages, and when Skylar Vance played them, Shannon Quinn’s surprised voice rang out: "Skylar, were you just having a meal with Mr. Rhodes?!"

Skylar Vance was taken aback upon hearing this, wondering how she knew. The next few lines were all gossip from Shannon Quinn, asking if Skylar had any private dealings with Simon Rhodes.

Skylar Vance asked back: "How did you know?"

Then Shannon Quinn sent over a screenshot of a social media page, showing Simon Rhodes’ main account, which had just posted an update with just a single picture and no words.

Looking at just the one picture, perhaps no one would notice anything strange, but when combined with the recent picture Skylar Vance posted, it wasn’t hard to see that the food in both their pictures came from the same place. Furthermore, Simon Rhodes’ picture showed half of her body, making it hard to dismiss as mere coincidence.

"Miss, we’ve arrived."

Skylar Vance snapped back to reality, casually pulling out the fifty yuan Simon Rhodes had stuffed into her bag earlier to pay the fare.

As she approached the door, about to open it, she suddenly realized a problem: Did Shawn Rhodes have Simon Rhodes’ WeChat? Had he noticed?

Once inside, the living room lights were on. Skylar Vance nervously glanced around, only to see Shawn Rhodes sitting expressionlessly on the sofa in the living room.

Bending down to change her shoes, she wished she could become invisible, trying to sneak into her room unnoticed. However, upon reaching the living room, Shawn Rhodes’ voice piped up: "Where have you been?"

"...Just wandered around."

"Alone?"

Skylar Vance didn’t dare to answer because, looking at Shawn Rhodes’ demeanor, it was apparent he already knew.

Shawn Rhodes stood up, a mocking smile on his lips, stepping closer and closer to her: "Didn’t I warn you?"

Backing away steadily, seeing the anger in Shawn Rhodes’ eyes, Skylar Vance turned to run, only for Shawn Rhodes to grab her hair and slam her against the side wall, hitting the cabinet. A ceramic vase on top smashed down, breaking into jagged pieces scattered all over...

"Is he better, huh? Is he more attractive to you, huh? You all think he’s better than me, huh?"

He laughed almost twistedly, then shouted angrily at the terrified Skylar Vance: "Speak up!"

Skylar Vance disdained explaining these things to him, but she was scared, scared that his clenched fists might land on her any second.

She didn’t fear any derogatory insults from him, but she feared pain.

"...We just happened to bump into each other." Her voice trembled uncontrollably out of fear.

Shawn Rhodes chuckled lowly, "Happened to... can’t you come up with a better excuse?"

His smile vanished, and he glared at her fiercely, "If you didn’t ask him, do you think he would go to that kind of place to eat?!"

"Well done, Skylar Vance, even posting on social media to show off your love. Is it to let me know you’re together or to hint for me to make way for you? Huh?"

Shawn Rhodes raised his hand, gripping Skylar Vance’s jaw with force, his cold smile creeping up, "You ruined my love, now you’ve found a man who you think can bring more benefits, and want to kick me to the curb? Am I a toy for your amusement? What do you take me for? Huh? Skylar Vance, I’m telling you, I will drag you to hell even if I die. You shameless thing!"

The more he cursed, the angrier he got. In his rage, he was no different from a madman, his blows coming without restraint, flinging Skylar Vance heavily to the ground.

She was thrown into the pile of sharp ceramic shards.

Skylar Vance only felt pain sear through her palm, and before she could react, Shawn Rhodes grabbed a crystal ornament from the cabinet and smashed it forcefully at her in frustration, hitting her square on the forehead...

After striking, he didn’t even check if Skylar Vance was hurt, grabbing the coat from the sofa and the car keys from the coffee table, he slammed the door and left...