Chapter 668: Lock the Door
Chapter 668: Chapter 668: Lock the Door
Dusk draped itself like a thin veil over the world. Billionaire Budgie flapped its wings, its claws gripping a branch firmly.
The next second, the man grabbed Winnie’s arms, demanding, "Tell me the truth. Do you love me or not?"
"Ben, what nonsense are you talking about?" Winnie cooed. "Of course I love you. If I didn’t love you, why would I let you touch me?"
Benjamin Shepherd, however, did not crack a smile at her answer.
He squeezed her arms even tighter, each word seeming to be forced through clenched teeth. "Is that right? Then besides me, are you also in love with other men?"
The smile on Winnie’s face froze, her eyes flickering guiltily. "Ben, there you go talking nonsense again. You’re the only man in my life."
"Are you sure?" Benjamin Shepherd stared at her, his gaze frighteningly grim.
An inexplicable unease washed over Winnie. She swallowed nervously and tried to sound casual. "Of course I’m sure. Ben, what’s wrong? Why are you asking such a weird question?"
"So you’re sure, huh." Benjamin Shepherd suddenly sneered. He released one of her arms and pulled his phone out of his jeans pocket.
He tapped the screen a few times before holding up a photo for her to see. "Then tell me, who’s this man holding you?"
Winnie stared at his phone screen, and the color instantly drained from her face, only to be replaced by a furious blush. Her lips formed a tight, straight line, and she clenched her fists.
In the photo, she was wearing a lace slip, nestled in the arms of a mixed-race man. His hand was resting squarely on her thigh.
"Explain it!" Benjamin Shepherd’s roar was laced with uncontrollable fury, and his eyes were a frightening shade of crimson with anger. "What’s going on between you two?"
Winnie ground her back teeth, then raised a hand and slapped the man across the face, her tone laced with anger. "You spied on me? What gives you the right?"
The next second, Benjamin Shepherd slapped her right back. "You’re such a slut. Besides this mixed-race guy, you have countless other men. Aren’t you fucking scared of getting some disease?"
He’d seen it crystal clear on the surveillance footage—Winnie was constantly bringing different men home.
’If he hadn’t secretly installed that camera, he never would have known that the first woman he had ever loved so deeply was so utterly trashy!’
"What’s it got to do with you?" Winnie glared at him, incensed. "Who I bring home, who I sleep with, is none of your damn business!"
"You..." Benjamin Shepherd was obviously livid. "You’re my girlfriend, so I have the right to have a say in this!"
Winnie looked as though she’d heard a hilarious joke, her face filled with scorn. "Haha, I’m your girlfriend? A poor bastard like you even dares to have a girlfriend?"
She rolled her eyes and continued to taunt him. "With all those designer clothes, I thought you were some powerful trust fund baby. But it turns out your dad sells fried noodles at the school gate and your mom’s a maid for a rich family. Just talking about it makes me feel embarrassed for you."
Probably because she’d been caught, Winnie’s words became even more cutting. "I regret sleeping with you! I got nothing out of it. All you do is transfer 520 yuan here and there—that’s not even enough to toss to a beggar!"
Hearing her words, Benjamin Shepherd’s face turned a livid shade as he ground his teeth. "I’m still a student! Transferring 520 is a lot for me! You’re such a materialistic woman!"
"Tricks like yours only work on brainless little middle school girls." Winnie finished her taunt, then added a command, "You’d better destroy that surveillance footage immediately, or I’ll call the police and have you arrested!"
"You..." Benjamin Shepherd’s face flushed beet-red, his breathing growing rapid. With a trembling hand, he slapped her hard across the face again. "Go ahead and call the police if you have the guts! Just see if you can get the evidence!"
With that, he turned and stormed away in a fury.
Winnie clutched her swollen, aching cheek, inwardly seething. But the thought of the surveillance footage made her panic, and she hurried after him. "Ben, don’t be angry! Can’t we just calm down and talk?"
"Is there anything left for us to talk about?" Benjamin Shepherd’s eyes were filled with revulsion. "You shameless woman!"
’This was his first relationship. He had treated Winnie as the most precious gift in his life, but what had she done?’
’She had actually slept with several men in just one month!’
’Every time he was on break and said he wanted to see her, she would make an excuse about being busy. When he offered to wait for her at her apartment, she would say her roommate was there and it wasn’t convenient.’
After a few times, Benjamin Shepherd felt something was wrong. He secretly installed a camera to monitor her, only to discover he didn’t know her at all.
"Ben, please don’t talk about me like that, okay?" Winnie put on a pitiful expression, her voice catching in a contrived sob. "What have I done wrong? I just have a big heart, and I want to give every man a warm embrace..."
Winnie sighed. "I just made the kind of mistake every man makes. Why do you have to be so harsh? Just delete the footage."
Her shameless remark made Benjamin Shepherd laugh with rage. "You are so vile and disgusting! Don’t worry, I’m not deleting a single one of those videos. I’m going to post them online and show everyone what a whore you are!"
"I’m trying to talk to you nicely, and you dare curse at me? I guess I’ve been too easy on you!"
Disgust and fury flashed in Winnie’s eyes. She snatched his phone, smashed it viciously on the ground, and stomped on it hard a few times.
"If you weren’t going to delete them, then I had to do it myself!"
The phone was stomped to pieces. At last, she smiled in satisfaction, her eyes full of contempt. "You’re still too naive to mess with me. If you’re that bored, go help your dad sell fried noodles at the school gate."
With that, Winnie turned and walked away, leaving Benjamin Shepherd behind, fists clenched and eyes bloodshot.
He stared at the phone, smashed to pieces on the ground, and the rage in his heart blazed even hotter.
He raised his head, his gaze fixed malevolently on Winnie’s back as she walked away. His teeth ground together with an audible CLICK. "Damn bitch! I won’t let you go, I absolutely won’t! If I don’t kill you today, my name isn’t Benjamin Shepherd!"
Billionaire Budgie watched him storm off in Winnie’s direction.
Mission complete. Billionaire Budgie spread its wings and flew off, heading back home along the same route it had taken.
Seeing the bird return, DailyQuitter finally let out a sigh of relief. "Billionaire, you’re back!"
"I’m back." Billionaire Budgie flew onto her shoulder and, facing the phone screen, said to Renee Jennings, "Mission complete."
A faint smile touched Renee Jennings’s lips. "Excellent work, Billionaire. Tell me what you saw."
Billionaire Budgie animatedly recounted everything it had overheard from downstairs.
By the time Billionaire Budgie finished, the smile was gone from Renee Jennings’s face. Her slender brows furrowed, and her expression grew grave. "Teddy, lock your door right now. Don’t open it, no matter what you hear. And send me your home address in a private message."