Chapter 231

"I..." I clutched his hand tightly, trying to pry it off, but my strength just wasn't there. In that moment, I really believed he might choke me to death. "Fuck you!" Henry Smith roared, and the next second, he kicked Eli Watson hard. Eli didn’t even have time to react. He got slammed right into the desk, then dropped to the floor with a loud thud, curled up and clutching his stomach, looking like he was in excruciating pain. Fresh air hit my lungs, but my brain was still blank. I couldn’t wrap my head around it—how did these two, who used to be such close friends, end up like this? Eli must’ve taken a serious hit. He just sat there on the ground for ages, not even trying to get up. Henry moved in front of me protectively, standing tall and rigid, glaring down at Eli. "Laying hands on a woman? When did you stop acting like a man?" Eli slowly lifted his face, eyes burning with rage. "You’ve got the nerve to talk about being a man? If you were one, you’d own up to what you did to Vera Cl