Being Dumped by My EX, I Marriied His Older Brother-Chapter 51: I Am Her Legal Husband

BANG!

The door to the room was suddenly kicked open. The loud noise completely drowned out Nina Thorne’s already faint voice.

Cole Kane didn’t hear what she had just said. Stunned by the sound, he whipped his head around to look.

"Who is it?"

He was furious, if only because the sudden noise had nearly scared him limp.

A figure rushed in, grabbed him by the hair, and yanked him off the bed before landing a heavy kick to his stomach.

"Cole Kane, you’re looking to die!"

Justin Kane’s eyes were sinister, blazing with a furious fire.

Cole Kane clutched his stomach, curled up on the floor, and let out a blood-curdling scream. Outside, Assistant Cheney and the others heard it but didn’t dare to look inside.

Catching sight of Nina Thorne’s disheveled state on the bed, Justin Kane’s pupils constricted. He quickly pulled the blanket over her.

He leaned in close. Before his hand could even touch Nina Thorne, she shrieked in fear and fought back. "No, don’t touch me..."

"Don’t touch me..."

Nina Thorne’s consciousness began to fade again. Overcome with fear, her face was streaked with tears as she kept crying out for no one to touch her.

A sharp pain seized Justin Kane’s heart. His brows knitted together as he gently patted her shoulder, coaxing, "It’s me. It’s okay now, Nina Thorne."

Hearing his voice, Nina Thorne did indeed begin to quiet down. Her small face was ravaged by tear tracks, making her look both broken and helpless.

Justin Kane patted her shoulder reassuringly a few more times until she gradually calmed down. But as the drug spread through her system, her face grew red and hot. The situation was dire.

"Big brother, you... why are you here?" Cole Kane asked tremulously, clutching his stomach as he struggled to his feet.

Justin Kane glanced back at him and threw a heavy punch. "Cole Kane, how dare you!"

Seeing Nina Thorne in such a state, he didn’t dare to imagine what would have happened if he had been a moment later.

’If anything happened to Nina Thorne, he wouldn’t want to live either!’

Cole Kane saw stars from the blow. The corner of his mouth, which had just healed, was split open and bleeding again.

"What did I do?"

Cole Kane was furious. He clenched his fists, staring at him resentfully. "Nina Thorne and I were boyfriend and girlfriend to begin with. Even if we had really done something today, you have no right to meddle in my affairs."

"You’re courting death."

Justin Kane’s expression was grim, his body radiating fury. Without another word, he landed two more heavy blows, sending Cole staggering backward until his body slammed into the hard wall.

His fists rained down on him like raindrops, showing no signs of stopping.

Compared to the last time they’d fought, Justin Kane was far more ruthless now. His fists hammered into Cole Kane relentlessly, as if he wanted to beat him to death.

Cole Kane was shocked. It was the first time he had ever seen Justin Kane so out of control with rage.

After all, no matter how angry he’d gotten in the past, he would never have gotten physical himself. And Cole was his brother!

His own flesh and blood!

"That’s enough!" Beaten until there wasn’t a single spot on his body that didn’t ache, Cole Kane fought back in a fit of rage and started to return the blows.

But before his fist could even touch Justin Kane, it was easily caught. Justin twisted his arm back.

Instantly, Cole Kane let out a wail of agony.

Justin Kane slammed his head against the wall, pressing half his face against the surface. With his arm twisted behind his back and held in place, the pain made Cole feel as if his entire arm was about to break, leaving him completely unable to fight back.

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts! Big brother, let go..."

Cole Kane repeatedly slapped the wall with his free hand, signaling his surrender. Naked as he was, he looked utterly ridiculous and pathetic. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

A vein throbbed on Justin Kane’s temple. He said sharply, "If you know what pain feels like, you shouldn’t have forgotten what I told you."

Cole Kane just didn’t get it. He shot a glance at him from the corner of his eye. "Nina Thorne and I just had a fight. She threw a tantrum and wanted to break the engagement. I have the right to refuse. What did I do wrong?"

"So you drugged her?"

"..."

Cole Kane was speechless, shocked that he knew.

He couldn’t worry about that now. He argued defensively, "I like her! I don’t want to break the engagement, and Mother said I can’t."

"If she wants to break the engagement, then it will be broken."

The air around Justin Kane turned frigid. He stared at Cole Kane with sharp eyes. "You have two choices. One, you break off the engagement obediently. Two, I beat you to death."

As his voice fell, he suddenly grabbed one of Cole Kane’s fingers and bent it back forcefully.

CRACK!

Cole Kane let out a pig-like squeal of agony.

His finger was broken.

Breaking out in a cold sweat from the pain, Cole Kane demanded why Justin Kane was being so ruthless. "Are you trying to kill me? I’m your own brother!"

Justin Kane’s dark eyes were somber. He had no time for nonsense. "Choose!"

Cole Kane felt his murderous intent and was horrified.

He knew Justin Kane was even angrier than last time. It was as if Nina Thorne was someone incredibly important to him, and Justin could kill him at any moment.

"Break it off! I’ll break off the engagement!" Cole Kane couldn’t care about anything else; he just wanted to get out of there as fast as possible.

The piercing pain from his finger made him frantic.

"Get out."

Justin Kane threw him aside and quickly walked to the bedside. When he looked at Nina Thorne on the bed, his gaze became deep and obscure.

The brutal aura surrounding him vanished in an instant.

As if granted amnesty, Cole Kane scrambled into the bathroom to get dressed.

On the bed, Nina Thorne was drowsy and extremely uncomfortable. Her brows were tightly furrowed on her small face, and she looked to be in great distress.

Justin Kane’s chest tightened. He looked at her with pity and affection. ’Thank God, she’s okay.’

He quickly straightened her clothes, then picked her up and left.

Justin Kane walked out the door, his face cold and taut as he ordered, "Call a doctor."

"Yes, sir," Assistant Cheney replied.

Cole Kane came out, fully dressed, and stood in the hallway by the door. He watched Justin Kane’s retreating figure, carrying Nina Thorne as he walked away quickly, and narrowed his eyes dangerously.

’Serena was right. There’s definitely something going on between them.’

...

「The Villa.」

After receiving an injection, Nina Thorne’s condition quickly improved, and she fell into a deep sleep.

"Who could be so vicious as to use such a potent drug?" The doctor, Shawn Sinclair, frowned.

As a friend of Justin Kane’s for many years, he realized Nina Thorne’s relationship with him was not simple.

Moreover, almost everyone in their circle had heard about the marriage alliance between the Thorne Family and the Kane Family.

Shawn Sinclair had heard about the matter between Nina Thorne and Cole Kane. Yet here was Justin Kane with Nina Thorne, and his attitude toward her was anything but ordinary.

’Looks like there’s a story here.’

Justin Kane frowned, ignoring the question and asking his own, "Will there be any effect on her body?"

"Of course there will be. You didn’t give her an antidote and just let her endure it until the end. I’m telling you, if you’d been any later, she could have died." Shawn Sinclair wasn’t joking.

Justin Kane clenched his fist, his eyes under his brow deep and dark. "The drug is that potent?"

Shawn Sinclair packed up his medical kit and looked at him. "The drugs on the market these days are loaded with powerful stuff. They come from small, illicit labs. They’re effective, but they cause a lot of harm."

"But she’s lucky. With the timely injection, she’ll be fine after a few days of rest."

Hearing this, Justin Kane’s furrowed brows relaxed slightly.

It was the first time Shawn Sinclair had ever seen him care so much about someone, and the first time he’d ever seen a woman by his side.

He raised an eyebrow, ready to gossip. "As far as I know, she’s engaged to your brother. You’re so anxious about her now... Don’t tell me you two..."

"Yes," Justin Kane answered crisply. His deep gaze fell on Nina Thorne, and the heart that had been caught in his throat finally settled.

Shawn Sinclair’s jaw nearly hit the floor. "No way! Are you serious? You two really hooked up?"

Justin Kane thought he was being too loud. He frowned, shot him a cold glance, and corrected him, "I am her husband. Legally."