Chapter 4 Sage also stumbled out of the bedroom with her clothes all disheveled. She put on an innocent face and said, "Maya, please don't get the wrong idea. I was just too scared to go back to the dorm, especially since you slapped me earlier today. My face is still hurting..." I laughed coldly. "Don't worry, I won't disturb you two. I already told Leo we're breaking up. I'm just here to get my stuff." Then I walked straight into the bedroom. Suddenly, Sage grabbed my pocket and demanded, "Maya, were you secretly filming us?" Before I could react, she snatched my phone away. age immediately started going through my photo gallery. grabbed my phone back and yelled, "Get lost! You have no right to look at my phone." age immediately shot Leo a pleading look. "Leo, she took photos of us, and just now we were..." he was too embarrassed to continue. eo panicked when he heard this. [e stepped forward to block me and said, "Maya, since you insist on breaking up, fine, I won't argue. But let's end this civilly-you ave to delete those photos." Is this how you ask people for favors?" I shot back. "If you don't want people to know, don't do it in the first place. Should I be the ne apologizing to you guys for interrupting your fun?" eo frowned deeply. Maya, I just made a mistake that all men make. Are you planning to post those photos and ruin my reputation? Delete them now, or ou're not leaving here tonight." hen Leo forcibly grabbed my phone. ut I'd already locked the screen, and after Leo tried several times, the phone got completely locked. age came up with an idea. "Leo, why don't we just smash the phone? As long as she can't get the photos out, we're good." eo agreed. rushed forward to stop them. "No! There's a lot of important stuff on that phone. Leo, don't break it!" very time I got a new phone, I'd transfer all my photos and chat records to it. That included the last voice message from my beloved grandmother. f the phone was gone, everything would be gone. During our struggle, Leo lost his patience and kicked me to the ground. Then he slammed my phone hard onto the floor without hesitation. I crawled forward desperately, but Sage grabbed my hair. She wasn't pretending anymore and showed her truly vicious smile. "Maya Thompson, look at you now! Time for me to return that slap!". Leo encouraged her. "That's right, Sage. This is how you should be-don't start trouble, but if someone messes with you, you mess with them right back. That way, no one will dare bully you!" Sage then put all her strength into slapping me several times. Still not satisfied, she started clawing at me like a maniac. Sage lowered her voice and said through gritted teeth, "Truth is, I'm just jealous of you. Why do you get such a great boyfriend? Why can you find jobs so easily? Why are you better than me at everything? But now, all of this belongs to me. Ha!" felt searing pain in my temples. My hearing was getting fuzzy. uddenly, Leo's phone rang, and after answering he said to Sage, "Alright Sage, that's enough. Get yourself cleaned up and I'll take 'ou to sign the contract with Thompson Group. Time to show you how the big leagues work. Thompson's the top dog in this city-nail his deal and I'm looking at a promotion to department manager." age nodded. To one cared about me lying there with blood all over my mouth. efore leaving, Leo said with complete disgust, "Maya Thompson, clean yourself up and then get the hell out of my place. From now n, we're done for good. Stop stalking us-after all, you have no proof we beat you up. Actually, you're the one who broke into omeone's home in the middle of the night. We were just defending ourselves." struggled to get up and crawled toward my phone. uckily, it still turned on. ut the screen was completely shattered and white. hank god I had set up an emergency contact feature. called my dad with shaking hands. 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