You Threw Me Away, I Threw You Lower

He had his bodyguards carry me out and throw me out.

Then, he called in a construction crew and placed explosives around the small building.

He said with disdain, “I’m going to teach you a lesson today. There is nothing in the whole city that I can't get. No one dares to stop me from doing anything I want to do.

“If I want this house, I'll take it. If I want to destroy it, it's as easy as pie.”

I glared at him angrily, my voice cold, “You dare? Eric, you are just a businessman. Do you really think you can act with impunity?”

He scoffed, “Why wouldn’t I dare? Do you think threatening me will work?”

“You really don't know, do you?” He looked up at me, looking down on me. “In this city, the Morton Family reigns supreme.”

The onlookers also urged me. 

“Young lady, listen to us. Just bow your head.”

“Mr. Morton is not an ordinary person. His family is not just wealthy, they have special connections. Even those in power wouldn’t dare to offend him lightly.”

Laura grew even more arrogant, pointing at me and saying, “Are you scared now? Why don't you kneel down and apologize to us?! Otherwise, when we blow up this house, you will be the next one.”

“Shut up!” I looked at Laura coldly. “This is my final warning. You’d better stop immediately, or the consequences will be dire.”

Laura pouted, snatched the demolition equipment and said, “Then I want to see what the consequences are!”

She pressed the button and the unit's small building was instantly destroyed.  

The explosion echoed throughout the city centre of the city.

Looking at the collapsed building, I knew something big was going to happen.

Laura covered her ears and hid in Eric's arms, whining, “The sound was so loud, it scared me to death.”

She came over and kicked me a few times, “What about it? We blew it up. What are your consequences? Trying to scare and threaten us? That's hilarious.”

My mobile phone rang suddenly. The number displayed had only one zero.  

I quickly picked up the phone and heard the serious voice of my supervisor, “Margret, where are you now? Your wedding house was blown up. “

“We suspect that the enemy forces are trying to threaten you. We are sending people over immediately.”

I quickly reported the situation, “Sir, I'm at the wedding room right now. The people who blew it up... are right in front of me.”

“What?!” the leader roared in anger, “Who dares to do such a thing?!”

I briefly recounted the incident, “They said that the Morton Family is the ruler supreme of the city, that they could do whatever they wanted.”

“They also said that after blowing up the house, the next target is me.”

My supervisor's anger was deafening, “The Morton Family is really crazy. Give them the phone!”

Before I could hand it over, Laura snatched the phone away as if to take credit.

“Oh? You are the supervisor of that bitch? What’s the matter? Do you want to die too?”

“Yes, that's what I said. The Morton Family is the supreme ruler in this city. Eric can do whatever he wants. I don't think anyone dares to interfere!”

My supervisor on the other end of the phone was stunned for a second, obviously shocked by her brazen words.

“Who are you? Give the phone to Eric!”

“Old man, who do you think you are? How dare you talk to my Eric?” Her tone grew even more arrogant. “I am Eric's childhood sweetheart. After tomorrow, I will be his wife. 

“My word is his word. If you have any objections, come find us at the Morton Family estate.”

 “Wait until I teach you a lesson and blow you both to smithereens, old fool!”

My supervisor was so enraged by her arrogance that he was speechless for a moment, only letting out a deep breath.

Laura said, “Hello?” a few times, then laughed disdainfully, “Why aren't you speaking? Are you scared now?”

As soon as she finished speaking, she hung up the phone with a snap and threw my phone on the ground.

Then she looked at Eric and said proudly, “Eric, he's too scared to say a word now.”

Eric gently stroked her hair lovingly and said, “My baby is the best. You are always so helpful."

I gasped. 

Solve the problem? Laura might have sent Eric and the Morton Family to their doom.

I looked at Eric and said meaningfully, “Eric, are you really not going to check the person who called? Aren't you afraid that Ms. Chavez has provoked the wrong people?”

But obviously, they didn't take my warning seriously.

Laura rolled her eyes and said arrogantly, “How could there be anyone in this city that the Morton Family dares not provoke? The entire city is ruled by the Morton Family.”

I smiled in a smirk, “Is that so? Then I hope you can still be so tough in ten minutes.”

The next moment, the low rumble of helicopter rotors filled the sky above the neighbourhood.  

This was followed by a series of urgent tyre screeches and brakes.

I slowly turned my head and looked out the window.

One after another, military helicopters with green licence plates descended and vehicles with special codes parked around the perimeter of the community.