He had someone investigated just now. Stanford appeared in City N a few months ago and had taken Florence away.
During that period, Stanford and Phoebe had some contacts. Although Kieran could not find the details about the situation, he could tell from Phoebe’s attitude that she liked Stanford in the past.
Stanford had returned now. She had rekindled her feelings towards Stanford and wanted to have a relationship with him.
As for Kieran, he became a backup instead of a future boyfriend.
Phoebe’s heart did a flip, and she was guilty and felt panic when she met Kieran’s sharp eyes.
Indeed she changed her plans and wanted to make a clear break with Kieran because Stanford had returned.
Phoebe thought that she could make the flirtation clear with Kieran if she wanted to since she was never serious about flirting with him. However, she did not expect that Kieran would question her in this way.
Phoebe felt embarrassed and said.
“It’s not like what you think. Stanford and I are just friends, and I also treat you as my friend. I’m a cheerful person, and it may make you misunderstand something during the period I get along with you.”
“Misunderstanding?”
Kieran was stunned instantly and said insistently, “Do you take me for a fool? You flirted with me before Stanford returned, and you said it was a misunderstanding now after he came back? Do you want to cast me off and friend-zoned me now?”
Kieran’s emotion was like wandering on the edge of danger.
He had always messed around with women, but none of the women would pester him. It was the first time a woman trifled with his affections.
He was unable to stomach such an insult like that.
“Phoebe, you’ve flirted me at first, so you have to take responsibility for it. In my world, only I ditched people, but nobody dumped me.”
He increased the force of his hand that was holding her wrist, “From now on, you’re my girlfriend, until the day I get tired of playing with you, then you can get out of my world.”
Phoebe felt the sharp pain from her wrist as if it was going to be broken.
The cold sweat ran from her forehead. She felt terror and looked at the man in front of her, who was scrunching up his face. She did not expect Kieran, who always in an elegant and refined manner, would suddenly turn to a terrible look.
She then realized that she had provoked a perverted man.
No wonder Stanford and the others did not allow her to contact Kieran again.
“Kieran, I never said that I want to be with you and be your girlfriend. I’m even unlikely to become your private plaything, you better let go of me, or I’ll call someone.”
Since they had a falling-out, so Phoebe took a tough stand and said with clenched teeth.
Kieran was out of his right mind. It was her house. Could he threaten and bully her in her place?
However, Kieran did not let go of her, and his expression was more aggressive and ruthless.
He took Phoebe’s arm and dragged her into his arms with force. The tips of their noses almost touched each other.
Phoebe immediately tensed up her body, “What are you doing? You bastard, let go of me!”
“I’ve never failed to lay my hands on any woman that I have my eyes on. Phoebe, you be obedient and be my girlfriend now. Otherwise, I don’t mind fucking you on the spot!”
Phoebe widened her eyes with shock because of his despicable words.
He was so shameless!
She immediately struggled vigorously and shouted.
“Help! Someone’s raping me! Help…”
“So you wanna do it the hard way!”
Kieran immediately covered Phoebe’s mouth with his hands, forced her not to struggle anymore, and pushed her to against the wall.
He then leaned towards her and moved frivolously in his hands.
Phoebe felt pain in her back when she hit the wall. When he tore off her evening gown, it made her scalp feel pins and needles, and she was terrified to the extreme.
Kieran dare to do such a rude thing to her in this place!
She was so frightened that her face turned pale. Her heart was in a panic, and her whole body was cold like a cave of ice.
“Piss off!”
At this moment, a low voice of rebuke sounded not far away like a voice from heaven.
Stanford pulled a long face and walked over to them. He got Kieran by the collar, forcibly dragged him away from Phoebe, and then punched Kieran on his face.
Stanford’s strength was great to that Kieran staggered few steps backward before he steadied himself. The blood came out of his mouth.
Stanford immediately took his coat off and wrapped it around Phoebe’s slim body.
He frowned and looked at her worriedly, “Are you alright?”
Phoebe looked at Stanford feebly. The sudden safety she got made the tears come into her eyes.
Fortunately, he went to her just in time so that she could escape from Kieran’s bully.
She shook her head, choked up, and did not say anything.
Stanford frowned even deeply when he looked at her like this.
Kieran was nastier than Stanford expected. Kieran dared to do such a beastly thing to Phoebe in the corridor.
Stanford flew into a rage when he thought about it.
“You wait here.”
Stanford said to Phoebe and then walked towards Kieran.
He punched Kieran in the face again without saying anything.
“Bang.”
Kieran whimpered and fell to the ground. The corner of his lips hurt, and the blood came out of his mouth.
Kieran changed face in pain against Stanford, covered his mouth, yelled at him.
“Stanford, who you think you are to hit me? It’s the business between Phoebe and me. It has nothing to do with you!”
Stanford looked down at the man who struggled to get up from the ground. He looked ruthless, and his face dark as if covered with a layer of shade.
He raised his leg and kicked Kieran directly in the stomach.
Kieran immediately rolled on the floor in an uncontrolled manner. He felt pain as if his bones were going to shatter.
However, Kieran could not react in time, then Stanford kicked him heavily again.
He fell backward as if his internal organs were going to shatter.
“Ouch!”
Kieran’s face was ghastly pale. He held his stomach in pain as he curled up on the ground, and his image was gone.
His mean, arrogant just now had been crushed into pieces, and he was like a person who had lost power.
Phoebe stood on the same spot and looked at Stanford blankly, who was beating Kieran. Stanford looked fierce and ruthless. But in her eyes, Stanford was handsome like God at this moment.
Stanford kicked Kieran several times and beaten him so much that he could not get up from the floor before Stanford finally stopped.
If Stanford had not wanted to keep Kieran alive, Kieran would be a corpse by now.
“The lesson I taught you today is just a warning. If you still dare to do such things to Phoebe next time or still covet her, I’ll make you regret being born in this world.”
The threatening words irritated Kieran.
His whole body hurt so badly as if he was going to be crippled. However, the anger and resentment within had never been higher.
He had never suffered such a huge loss since he was a child!