My Accidental Husband Is My Revenge Partner - Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Sacrificial Lamb
The crowd gasped in shock and so did Anastasia.

“Xavier!” She called. She didn’t stop him since she felt that Jack deserved the beating.

One of Jack’s teeth fell out and his blood painted his lips and the ground also, but Xavier didn’t stop and nobody dared to stop him either.

When Anastasia sensed that Jack had endured enough, she swiftly intervened. She still needed him alive for a specific reason.

“Xavier, you need to calm down. I’m okay, let them be. If you don’t stop now, you might kill him,” Ana said, trying to pull him off but he was too strong for her. “Xavier!” She yelled.

Xavier paused, he hissed at Jack who was still on the floor.

“You need to calm down,” she repeated.

She noticed his muscles relax and she internally sighed in relief.

Jack was still frightened while Xavier was in sight. He didn’t dare to breathe too loudly.

Both his parents didn’t bother to intervene which annoyed him. Who knew that they would use their son as a sacrificial lamb?

Without wasting any more seconds with the Harrison family, Xavier pulled Anastasia along with him as they walked away from the scene.

“The Harrison family have crossed their boundaries this time around.”

“Xavier should have beaten him up even more.”

The guests continued to mumble among themselves with looks of distaste in their eyes.

They were no different from the Harrison family, who were gloating because they had the Wallace family as their backup. What annoyed them the most was that none of their daughters could still get married into that family. Out of jealousy, they spoke against them.

Jack gritted his teeth as anger surged all over his body. His fist was clenched tightly as he tried to contain his anger. He’d never been humiliated so badly by someone in his entire life, so the embarrassment he felt at that moment was beyond description.

Michelle and Richard had witnessed the whole thing but they also did what Mr. and Mrs. Harrison had done as well. They didn’t want to get involved and have a taste of Xavier’s rage also.

But when they saw Xavier taking Selene away, their suspicion grew even more.

“Jack, why would you go meet Selene and talk to her like that? And worst of all, you had the nerve to yell at her and hit your fist on the table. Don’t you have any manners anymore? If Selene hadn’t intervened, Xavier would still be here, beating you up,” she said, also in rage.

She had fabricated a lie for Selene, hoping to win her friendship. Things were off to a good start until Jack swooped in and ruined everything. Now, she was unsure if Selene would still come over the next day as they had planned.

“And so what?” Jack questioned back, finding his voice only after Xavier had left.

Earlier, he had felt so intimidated by the intensity of Xavier’s voice that he thought he might pee his pants. At that moment, he had no idea what to do, but one thing was certain: he was terrified of Xavier. His face was covered with his blood and he didn’t need to be told that it was a warning.

“We all know that’s Anastasia, so why are we calling her Selene?” He added.

Michelle hissed in annoyance before she grabbed Jack and pulled him outside. They were starting to draw attention to themselves again.

“Let me go!” Jack yanked his wrist right off Michelle’s hand.

Robert followed behind them, leaving Amelia.

“Jack, will you get a hold of yourself? This is a party for goodness sake. Why are you acting like you are drunk?” Robert questioned Jack, also irritated with his actions earlier.

Robert had been trying to get Xavier to sign the divorce papers Anastasia signed months back but the latter always ignored him.

Even though they were in-laws, he still couldn’t help but be afraid of Xavier.

“I’m furious, Dad. I’m extremely furious,” Jack replied which had both Michelle and Robert furrow their eyebrows in confusion. “Anastasia is playing with us. I’m sure this is some kind of game to her and we are the pawns,” he added.

Robert sighed, resisting the urge to facepalm himself.

“Listen,” Michelle said. “We are not exactly sure if the bitch in there is Anastasia. Dad said that she fell off a cliff, remember? There’s a 50% chance that the person in there could be who she said she is,” she added.

“But what about the other 50% chance that she’s Anastasia? What about the other 50% chance that Dad couldn’t find her body after she fell off a cliff? Are you people not even getting it? Why are you so calm about this?!” Jack yelled out of frustration, his veins popping on the sides of his neck.

“If the person in there is Anastasia, we are done for. She has the Wallace family by her side, and if she spews anything to them, we are going to vanish like thin air,” he added, hoping the two people in front would understand how frustrated he was about the situation.

When he had seen Anastasia earlier when they wanted to wish old Wallace a happy birthday, he didn’t know what to make of that situation, but instantly, he knew she was Anastasia. He couldn’t believe he was trying to make Michelle and their father believe him. They made him look like a madman at this point.

Michelle and Robert shared a look before they both sighed in unison. They couldn’t deny that if the person inside, claiming to be Selene, was Anastasia, the same Anastasia they had tried to kill, they were indeed done for.

Robert turned to Michelle and asked, “Were you able to invite Selene to our house?”

Michelle nodded. “Yes, but after what happened, I don’t know if she would still come.”

“She has to, else we will never know the truth,” said Robert as he clenched his fist in anger.

Unbeknownst to them, Kace had been listening to their conversation. He snorted his disgust.

Bastards.