My wife, Tori, locked our son in her car in scorching heat while she was busy helping her male assistant pick out a new car. Leo ended up suffering a severe heatstroke. I rushed with my security detail to rescue our son and got him to the hospital, where he was immediately admitted to the emergency room. Barely holding back my rage, I called Tori. “You left our son locked in your car for two hours just for an assistant? He’s in the ER right now, fighting heatstroke!” To my disbelief, Tori actually laughed. “Oh, my bad. I just didn’t realize a kid would get heatstroke after two hours in a car.” Moments later, that male assistant, Lucas Miller, sent a provocative photo dump, flaunting his new car. His caption was pure smugness: *“My powerful boss’s generous favors… even if it means neglecting her own kid, I still get the best.”* My blood ran cold. I immediately sent my men to grab that bastard. We dragged him straight to the biggest, hottest room in the company’s old boiler house. He was about to get a taste of exactly what my son went through.
My bodyguards and I kicked open the door to Tori Hayes’ office. Lucas Miller was on his knees by her feet, his clothes a mess. The scene reeked of something intimate, but I ignored it. I roared, “Tie him up!” My bodyguards immediately gagged Lucas and dragged him out. Behind me, Tori’s piercing shriek followed, “Alex Thorne! Where are you taking Lucas?!” In the center of the old boiler room, the massive heating unit was already roaring, churning out waves of scorching heat. The temperature was horrifying. I pointed at the monstrous heater. “Throw him in!” My bodyguards ignored Lucas’s desperate struggles, shoved him into the chamber, and quickly retreated. Even they couldn’t stand the blistering heat and steam. I watched coldly as the chamber shook violently, Lucas trapped inside, his struggles futile. Tori rushed in on her heels, screaming into her phone. “Alex Thorne! Let Lucas go, or I’m calling the police!” “All the evidence is here! Don’t you dare forget this is a society of laws!” I grabbed her chin and slapped her hard. “Our son is still in critical care because of him! Now, it’s his turn to feel his body temperature spike, to slowly get cooked alive by the despair!” Tori froze, then lunged at me like a madwoman. “So what if our son got a little heatstroke? A bit of heat is good for building immunity!” “And didn’t you say boys should be raised tough?!” I stared into her shifting eyes. “I’m going to be with our son now. Lucas *will* stay in that room for two hours! If you dare release him, I’ll pull all my investments and bankrupt Hayes Industries immediately!” I shoved her away and drove to the hospital. My car had barely stopped when my assistant called. The moment I left, Tori had ordered the heat to be turned off. Lucas, red all over from the heat, was sent to the hospital. And she even put it on the company’s tab. I scoffed and texted Arthur, my executive assistant, to withdraw all my funds from Hayes Industries. Less than half an hour later, Tori was calling me like a madwoman.
The moment I answered, Tori’s accusations came flying at me like a barrage. “Alex Thorne! What the hell is wrong with you? Unfreeze my accounts right now! Don’t you know Lucas is waiting for surgery?!” I sneered, “Lucas? You call him so intimately. Did you forget you have a husband and a child?” “Our son ended up in the emergency room because of him, so he won’t get off easy either!” “As for you, for now, it’s just a withdrawal of funds. But I’m certainly not opposed to bankrupting Hayes Industries entirely!” Tori’s aggression instantly vanished. She stammered, asking to visit. Soon after, Tori appeared in front of the emergency room. Her eyes welled up with tears. “Honey, I really had no idea two hours in the car would send our son to the ER.” “He’s my flesh and blood; how could I not feel heartbroken?” She took my hand. “After all these years of marriage, don’t you trust me?” For Leo’s sake, I decided to give her one more chance. Seeing my expression soften, Tori quickly spoke. “Lucas is seriously injured. You froze Hayes Industries’ accounts. Without funds, you’re practically forcing him to die.” “Just give me the money first, so I can pay for his surgery.” I laughed in disbelief. “So you came here just for him! You want me to save him? Dream on?!” Tori’s face shifted drastically. She forced a smile and pouted, “We’re family, and you have so much money. What’s wrong with helping him out a little?” I stated firmly, “I won’t!” Her face completely darkened. She yanked her hand away and pointed a finger at me. “How can you be so cruel? You have so much money; what’s wrong with taking out a little?! “You’re going to let someone die right in front of your son’s surgery room. Aren’t you afraid your son will face retribution and die on the operating table?” She stormed off in a huff. Soon, Arthur reported that Tori had mortgaged some fixed assets under Hayes Industries. At my direction, she only managed to get out a couple hundred thousand dollars in cash. She hesitated for only a moment before transferring the entire sum to Lucas’s account. My heart turned to ice. “Prepare the divorce papers. Send all of Lucas’s dirt to Tori’s email. If she doesn’t act by noon tomorrow, she’ll leave with nothing!” Arthur nodded. The next afternoon, news of Lucas’s plagiarism and fake graduation experiments became a top trending topic. His university immediately announced the revocation of his diploma and degree. Lucas Miller, once an academic elite, instantly became public enemy number one. A photo of Lucas, hunched over and spitting blood in the hospital parking lot, landed in my inbox. My eyes were cold. Filth! After my son recovered, I arranged for him to go on vacation with a professional psychological support team to his grandparents overseas. My parents were furious when they learned what their precious grandson had endured; they almost had heart attacks. Years ago, Hayes Industries was on the brink of bankruptcy, and Tori’s father committed suicide. Tori and her mother were like headless chickens, trying to manage everything. I, out of old school ties, lent her a hand. She clung to me like a drowning person to a last straw, crying and begging to marry me. My parents disagreed, but I overruled their objections, using every means possible to marry her. I used my family’s resources to revive Hayes Industries, even helping them achieve their dream of going public. But now, for her lover, she abandoned her ailing mother, harmed her own son, and forgot the Thorne family’s kindness. I couldn’t show a shred of weakness to such an ungrateful woman!
My company assistant called me: “Mr. Thorne, it’s bad! Mrs. Hayes found out Arthur was behind exposing Lucas’s academic fraud. She’s gone mad, she’s got a knife and is threatening to dismember Arthur!” “Arthur can’t lay a hand on Mrs. Hayes, he can only run!” My face instantly darkened. Arthur had been with me every step of the way, shielding me from countless open and hidden attacks. How dare she touch him? “Withdraw all investments from Hayes Industries immediately. I want to see news of Hayes Industries’ bankruptcy within five minutes!” By the time I floored the gas pedal and arrived. The office building was in chaos. Tori, like a madwoman, held a fruit knife, glaring at me and screaming. “Alex Thorne, Lucas is still locked in that hot room, covered in burns! Why won’t you let him go?!” “I married you, I didn’t sell myself to you!” “If you won’t let me have peace, I’ll make you taste what it’s like to lose your most trusted confidant!” With that, she aimed the knife at Arthur’s wrist and lunged. I grabbed her hair, pulled her back, and kicked the knife out of her hand. I said coldly, “Are you done making a scene?” The door suddenly opened, and Lucas, looking weak, stumbled in. He tenderly rubbed Tori’s wrist. “Ms. Hayes, it’s not worth it for me!” He turned to me and immediately knelt. “Mr. Thorne, Tori and I have a purely professional relationship. If you want to blame someone, blame me. I was the shameless one who seduced her.” “As long as you forgive Tori, I’ll leave immediately and never appear before you or her again.” He spoke with such apparent sincerity. I nodded. “You *are* shameless!” But Tori instantly went berserk, pointing at me and cursing, “Alex Thorne! Enough is enough! You’ve already made Lucas spit blood, and now you want to ruin his education and career?!” “Catching cheaters requires proof! Where’s your evidence? How dare you bully a newcomer to the workplace?!” “Your dog bites its mistress, and you still protect it! Lucas is *my* man! Touch him again, and I’ll make your life hell!” I sneered and slapped her again. “You’re so busy scolding him, you forgot about yourself. He’s shameless, are you trying to be too?” Tori choked. The next second, her phone rang like a death knell. “It’s bad, Ms. Hayes! Several clients suddenly backed out and canceled their collaborations.” Then a photo appeared on her phone: Hayes Industries’ stock, which had been soaring that morning, suddenly plummeted in the afternoon, hitting rock bottom. The green screen reflected on Tori’s distorted face. Tori thought she had Hayes Industries completely under control these past few years, but she didn’t know that I had been secretly protecting it all along. “I advise you to think things through carefully.” I left her with that warning and walked out with Arthur.
After I pulled my shares, I also withdrew the technical support and sales teams. Seeing this, other shareholders quickly followed suit, pulling their investments. Hayes Industries’ stock instantly crashed. The shadow of bankruptcy loomed, and the Hayes Industries office building became eerily silent. Tori stood where her father had jumped years ago, her expression one of utter despair. I was waiting for the show to begin when I suddenly received a call from Leo’s caregiver. “Mr. Thorne, it’s bad! Mrs. Hayes forced her way into the hospital and took the young master!” Enraged, I dialed Tori’s number. “Where’s my son?!” Tori’s laughter was maniacal. “He’s on the Ferris wheel.” “As long as you stabilize the stock price and reinvest, he’ll come home safe. Otherwise…” Her voice was laced with poison. “If the Ferris wheel has an accident and the child falls to his death, it’s only right that I, a heartbroken mother, sue for compensation!” I roared, “You’re crazy! If anything happens to Leo, I’ll make you and your mother wish you were dead!” Tori shrieked, “Threats are useless! Alex Thorne! I married you and had a child only to save Hayes Industries! Now you want to destroy it over a small matter, so I’ll destroy what you care about most!” With that, Tori hung up. My mind went blank for a moment. I sped towards the amusement park like a madman. Finally, when I reached the base of the Ferris wheel, my blood ran cold. The Ferris wheel’s window had been pried open, and Tori was holding our son, suspended high in the air with one hand. Half of Leo’s body dangled outside, his face pale. Tori called me. “I know you’re watching. Transfer two billion to Hayes Industries’ account immediately, then bring the tech team back, or I’ll push him out!” “Fine! I’ll transfer it now!” My hands trembled as I made the transfer, my eyes fixed on the dizzying height. The moment the money hit her account, Tori’s lips curled into a smirk, and then she abruptly let go. Leo still had a smile on his face as he plummeted towards the ground. My eyes widened in terror. I instinctively lunged forward. “No—!” My son was left dangling in mid-air, swaying back and forth, a thin rope suspending my last breath. The next second, she placed a knife against the rope. “If you kneel and beg me, I’ll pull our son back up. Otherwise…” Leo was turning blue from the rope constricting him, crying out “Daddy” repeatedly. I knelt on the ground without hesitation. Tori held up her phone, laughing maniacally. “Thanks to Lucas’s idea, I get to see the high and mighty Mr. Thorne looking as pathetic as a dog!” “Weren’t you so tough with me yesterday? How come you’re on your knees now?” Tori laughed as she pulled the rope up. The moment she descended from the Ferris wheel, the people I had arranged for rushed out of the shadows and immediately pinned her to the ground. I tenderly held my son in my arms, my gaze sharp as I looked at the wildly struggling Tori. I had originally shown her mercy, not wanting to destroy everything she had, considering she bore me a child. But she actually dangled our son from a Ferris wheel for an assistant. In that case, she shouldn’t blame me for destroying everything she holds dear! I had arranged everything the moment I received that call. Coming alone was merely to buy Arthur more time.
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