Chapter 20 With Your Talent, You Should Do Research

The sight of Kaia's face covered in blood and filth made Caleb more irritated. Instead of a sense of satisfaction from revenge, he only felt an endless, gnawing frustration. With his gaze as cold as ice, he parted his thin lips slightly. "Get out." However, Kaia acted as if she hadn't heard him as she continued to plead relentlessly. The dull, heavy thuds of her forehead hitting the ground pounded against Caleb's heart. His temples throbbed sharply, and his temper boiled. "Are you deaf? I told you to get out." Kaia's mind was blank as her ears rang incessantly. She couldn't hear a thing—her body moved purely on instinct, bowing and begging for mercy. Caleb's expression darkened. Striding forward, he reached out, intending to drag the desperate woman up from the floor. But the moment Kaia caught sight of his approaching hand, she flinched like a frightened bird. Curling into herself with her arms wrapping tightly over her head, she cried and begged, "Please don't hit me..." In a