In a short while, about twenty young and strong men arrived.
Upon seeing this scene, Alex quickly closed the door and shouted through the window, “I never said I wouldn’t move. There’s no need to be so aggressive.”
“I’m sorry, the landlord just said you should move out immediately, so we have to help you clean up,” one of the men responded.
Before Alex could reply, the workers had already dismantled the door and barged in, throwing anything they could get their hands on outside.
Alex desperately tried to stop them but was pushed to the ground. “What are you doing? Who gave you the authority to do this? I’m calling the police!”
The workers ignored Alex’s pleas and continued throwing things outside.
One of them picked up a jewelry box and threw it out of the window.
“That’s my diamond! Can’t you see?” Alex tried to stop one worker but couldn’t stop the others.
In frustration, she decided to call the police.
However, the workers didn’t stop their actions. By the time the police arrived, they had almost finished clearing out the items.
The police approached to understand the situation, while Alex fabricated and distorted the facts.
“I was living peacefully, and she wanted to throw away my belongings.”
The police took out their phones and compared the pictures inside. After seeing Alex, they asked, “Is this you in the photos?”
Alex nodded blankly, “Yes, it’s me.”
“That makes it easier then. Someone reported that you blatantly invaded their property. We came to investigate if it’s true!”
One report after another, they just kept coming.
Everywhere was a trap set by Jane, and Alex fell for all of them.
Learning the truth, Alex knelt on the ground and cried out to the police, “You can’t treat me like this! Have some conscience!”
The police didn’t care about her pleas. They instructed the workers to move the items out and asked the property management to secure the premises.
Alex watched her belongings scattered in the courtyard, her hatred for Jane growing stronger.
“Well done. Also, make sure to tell the property management to occasionally check on the doctor. Don’t let her stay in the courtyard all the time and infect the atmosphere of the entire community,” Jane instructed after receiving the call from the police. Everything went according to her plan.
Patrick sneered on the side, “This is the first time you’ve been so ruthless to someone. From demanding ten million to humiliating her with the journalists, and now kicking her out.”
Jane had calculated everything, waiting for Alex to fall into each trap.
“Why, do you feel sorry for her?” Jane deliberately asked.
“What are you talking about? She angered you, how could I feel sorry for her?” Patrick hugged her from behind.
“I thought you blamed me for being too harsh on her. Don’t forget what she did to me in the past!” Jane was determined to seek revenge. If someone had a grudge against her, she would retaliate and never allow any woman near her man.
That was her bottom line and her principle.
“I’ll go along with whatever you say. As long as you’re happy!” Patrick didn’t care about these matters anymore. As long as Jane didn’t get angry, he would support anything she did.
Even if it meant setting the house on fire, he would applaud.
With nowhere to go, Alex haphazardly packed her belongings and threw them into the trash. She held onto her jewelry, all of which she had bought when she had money.
Back then, she had used all the money she earned in the past few days to climb higher in society, but now she had nothing.
She decided to sell all of her jewelry.
Alex armed herself and walked into a jewelry store, placing her jewelry on display. She said to the salesperson, “I want to sell all of it.”
The salesperson recognized Alex immediately and began appraising the jewelry.
After a while, the saleswoman returned, her smile vanished, replaced with a hint of disdain. “I’m sorry, miss, but all of your jewelry is fake and worthless.”
Alex froze. “You must be mistaken. These are all valuable items. How could they be worthless?”
The salesperson maintained her gentle smile. “We have already appraised them, and your items have no value. They aren’t made of gold; they only have a layer of gold-colored material on them. Don’t you know this?”
Alex remembered that all the jewelry had been given to her by Kian, along with certificates of authenticity.
She took out the certificates and hurriedly explained to the salesperson, “Look carefully, I have certificates for these items, and I have never deceived anyone.”
“These certificates are clearly fake. They don’t have any security marks or certificate codes. You’re a grown adult; can’t you even distinguish that?” The salesperson exposed her in one fell swoop.
Back then, Alex had spent a lot of money to climb the ladder of society and win over Kian. She had invested millions of dollars, thinking it would secure a stable future. Instead, she ended up with a pile of worthless junk.
“Fine, fine!” Alex’s patience was worn out.
As she was leaving, she overheard the salesperson muttering, “A famous star coming here to deceive people with fake goods.”
At that moment, Alex chose not to refute because she knew it wouldn’t make a difference.
She initially thought that it might be the salesperson deliberately deceiving her or that they were working for Jane. But when she went to several other jewelry stores, she received the same answer.
Now, no one could help her. Alex found a place to stay, but she only had ten thousand dollars left.
Even if she wanted to stay at a hotel, she could only afford the cheapest ones. High-end hotels wouldn’t even allow her to enter because it was explicitly stated that Alex was not allowed.
She never expected Jane’s reach to be so extensive, from scaring her away from the police to infiltrating the small hotels. Jane had eyes and ears everywhere.
This time, Alex had truly fallen. She had never been one to accept defeat easily.
She immediately dialed Beatrice’s number.
“Send me more money. I don’t have enough.” Alex demanded money over the phone.
The person on the other end sounded resentful. “I’ve already given you all my funds. Now you come asking for more? Do you think my money comes from thin air?”
“I don’t care. Find a way to get me the money, or I won’t be able to help you! Don’t forget we still have a contract together. We’re in the same boat. You wouldn’t want me to expose you as well, would you? Then the bond between you and Patrick might break. Do you want that?”
Beatrice hesitated for a while upon hearing those words. “I’ll try to figure something out.”