In a matter of strides, the driver closed the distance between them, his hand latching onto her collar with a vice-like grip.

"You broke my phone and thought you could simply run away? Give me the money!" he bellowed, his voice seething with rage. sarah struggled against his grasp, her screams filling the air. The driver's words were lost on her, but in that moment, the face before her eyes overlapped with that of Mike. She shrieked in terror, her desperate resistance growing.

“Are you pretending to be insane?! It's useless! You must compensate for my phone today!"

“Let me go! Release me!" Sarah pleaded desperately, her voice a mixture of fear and desperation.

“What are you doing? Let her go! " A furious, masculine voice erupted from the background. Aziel, who had rushed to the scene, witnessed the unfolding spectacle.

Without hesitation, he surged forward in two swift strides, firmly gripping the driver's wrist and forcefully pulling him away, shielding Sarah from harm.

The driver cried out in distress, "Enough! Enough! Let go!"

The piercing wails echoed through the space as he pleaded for Aziel to release him.

Sarah, who was being protected behind, stared blankly at the enraged Aziel.

With Aziel's sudden arrival, Sarah felt an immediate wave of relief, but this was soon replaced by an inexplicable disarray. She couldn't help but avoid direct eye contact with him, yet her gaze kept involuntarily wandering in his direction.

Contrary to expectations, Aziel, who seemed frail and harmless, had the muscular driver in an unyielding grip, his strength quite surprising.

He was being so aggressive...

In the past, Sarah would have admired such assertiveness and power, but now, it instilled a sense of fear in her.

Aziel didn't notice how Sarah felt, as he was focused on scolding the driver.

"You wanna hit her? What did you want to do with her? Answer me or I'll call the police now!"

The driver quickly understood that he couldn't come out on top against Aziel. When. he leamed that Aziel was contacting the police, his anger transformed into frustration. He had no choice but to admit everything without any room for debate.

"I don't know where else to turn. I was merely following an order to transport her from the other side of the city. Yet she didn't utter a single word and went berserk inside my car. She even destroyed my phone. If I don't ask her for compensation, who else would I ask?"

With these words, he took out his shattered phone, presenting it as evidence to Aziel.

Looking at the broken phone, Aziel furrowed his brows, casting a questioning glance back at Sarah.

After Sarah became more relaxed, she deliberately looked away from him. She shyly nodded and whispered, "There's been a mix-up, it's just a misunderstanding."