---- Just then, Jeremy burst into the room with a phone. " Mr. Willowstream, I found Ms. Juniper's phone in the trash." Arnold snatched it from him, his fingers trembling as he pressed the power button. As the screen lit up, a single unread message from Yasmine appeared. "Don't you see, Juniper? Arnold chose me in the end. You're just a pitiful woman he cast aside." Arnold's eyes instantly turned blood-red. He gripped the phone tightly, fingertips nearly piercing the screen. "Yasmine, you bastard!" With an abrupt turn, he hurled the phone at Yasmine. "What else do you have to say?" Yasmine dodged in fear, the phone grazing her hair before crashing to the floor, shattering into pieces. "Arnold, let me explain! I sent that text ina moment of anger. I didn't really mean it!" she babbled incoherently. ---- However, Arnold no longer wanted to hear another word. Step by step, he advanced on Yasmine, his eyes filled with murderous intent. "Witch, I will never let you off easy." Yasmine backed away in panic until she was cornered against the wall and had nowhere to run. Her whole body trembled. "Arnold, I was wrong... I know I was wrong! Please, forgive me..." Arnold ignored her pleas. He reached out and gripped her throat tightly. "Why did you do it? Why?" Yasmine's eyes filled with terror, and her body shook violently. "Arnold, I... 1 was wrong. I'm begging you... Please, forgive me..." "Forgive you?" Arnold ground his teeth, grabbed a nearby iron rod, and strode toward her. "You nearly killed Juniper, and you made me hurt her with my own hands. You think I'll let you off just like that?" Yasmine turned pale with fear. She tried to back away, ---- but there was nowhere left to escape. "Arnold, please, I'm begging you. For the sake of what we once had, forgive me just this once..." "For the sake of what we once had, you say?" he sneered, his eyes filled with resolve. ''There was nothing left between us the moment you laid your hand on Juniper!" As he spoke, he swung the iron rod down toward Yasmine mercilessly.