Chapter 456

Chapter 456: Chapter 456

Before Liu Yue could speak, Sister Rose said, "Liu Yue is just your work assistant. When you’re working, she’s at your disposal. But once you’re not, she has no connection to you. Ultimately, she was assigned by the company and me to assist you. Once you lose the right to be assisted, she has to return to the company and me. Her choosing to help me now is only natural. How can you even speak of betrayal?"

Lin Jiji snorted coldly. "I get it. You threatened her with the company. That’s why she’s standing up to help you, right?"

Sister Rose sneered, "Threatening people is a trick only trash like you would use. I haven’t sunk so low as to use threats to get what I want! In my opinion, what Liu Yue is doing is simply the smart move."

"Smart move, my ass!"

After cursing, Lin Jiji looked at Liu Yue again. "Liu Yue, Sister Rose is powerful, but as long as you bring that evidence and stand firmly with me, there’s absolutely nothing she can do to us. Don’t be afraid of her threats, and don’t let her intimidate you."

Liu Yue shook her head. "Sister Rose didn’t threaten me. Right now, I won’t be swayed by anyone. It’s true that I’m a member of the company, but outside of the company, I am just Liu Yue!"

"Well said! You are Liu Yue! Not some tool assigned by the company!" Lin Jiji grinned. "At the company, you’re my assistant, but in private, you’ve always been my woman. So right now, you’re definitely going to help me and not betray me, right?!"

"Let’s put aside whether I’ll betray you or not. First, I want to ask: when you mention the word ’betrayal,’ doesn’t your conscience sting even a little?"

Faced with Liu Yue’s counter-question, Lin Jiji’s first instinct was to shake his head.

But when he inadvertently recalled his history with Liu Yue, he couldn’t help but feel a pang of guilt.

Because he knew what she meant by betrayal.

He had told Liu Yue he liked her, that he loved her.

He had also made her promises more than once.

But during that time, he had not only broken his promises again and again, but had also continuously used her, deceived her, and even betrayed her right in front of her face.

In the past, the halo of his celebrity status allowed him to find a thousand, no, ten thousand reasons to keep stringing Liu Yue along!

But now, he was finished!

He’d lost the capital to trick and deceive anyone!

"Why aren’t you talking? Suddenly feeling the pangs of a guilty conscience?"

Liu Yue’s questioning broke Lin Jiji from his reverie. He took a deep breath, then took Liu Yue’s hand with a look of deep affection. "I’m sorry. Everything before was my fault. I sincerely and wholeheartedly apologize. I know you won’t easily accept this apology, and you won’t easily believe my promises again.

I’m willing to spend the rest of my life making up for how badly I treated you. At the same time, I’m willing to swear on my life that as soon as this is all over, I’ll propose to you immediately and give you a grand wedding!"

"You didn’t think about marrying Liu Yue when you were at the height of your fame, but now that you’re finished, you want to marry her?" Sister Rose said sarcastically. "You’re so fucking shameless."

Lin Jiji said angrily, "What the hell does my business with Liu Yue have to do with you? Shut your damn mouth!"

Sister Rose sneered. "Stop shamelessly trying to lump yourself in with Liu Yue. You’re about to be infamous and worthless. What are you going to give Liu Yue for a wedding and a happy life?"

Just then, Chenyang said with a smile, "Oh, it’s not just going to be infamy. You’ll also be thrown in jail. You’ll spend the latter half of your life behind bars. Even if you married Liu Yue now, you’d just be making her a widow with a living husband. You claim to love her, yet you’re going to destroy her life’s happiness. Is that what you call love?"

"You..."

As Lin Jiji’s face turned red, choked with anger, Chenyang changed his target and looked at Lin Xiaoyue beside him. "See that? Just a moment ago he was saying he liked you, that he loved you, but now he’s turning his deep affection to another woman... Oh, wait, that’s not right. To be precise, he’s ’loved’ Liu Yue for much longer than you. After all, he promised Liu Yue a grand wedding and a happy life before he even met you. So... does that just make you the other woman in their relationship?"

Although Lin Xiaoyue hadn’t heard the entire conversation between Sister Rose, Liu Yue, and Lin Jiji, she had pieced together the gist of the situation from their intense emotions and snippets of dialogue.

When she saw Lin Jiji turning to Liu Yue with the same look he had used when making promises to her, she was suddenly overcome with disgust for him.

A chill ran down her spine, and a surge of anger rose from within. Unable to restrain herself, she rushed forward and slapped Lin Jiji squarely across the face.

"Scumbag!"

"Xiaoyue, I..."

"Get lost! Don’t call me that! You’re disgusting right now, and every word you say is disgusting!"

Facing Lin Xiaoyue’s furious tirade, Lin Jiji was so ashamed he was speechless.

But being unable to refute Lin Xiaoyue didn’t mean he couldn’t vent his anger. He whipped his head around to face Chenyang. "This is all your fault! Just you wait! I won’t let you get away with this!"