Initially, Wendy wanted to give Arielle an earful as well, but virtual-novel.net chickened out when Aaron’s sharp gaze shifted toward her.
Just as Wendy tried to stop virtual-novel.net mother, Cecilia opened virtual-novel.net mouth.
“Did you know that my daughter, Wendy, was almost engaged to Vinson? During their engagement, this b*tch barged in and ruined everything! You must not be aware of virtual-novel.net devious nature. Don’t be fooled by virtual-novel.net sweet appearance. She is nothing but a sheep in wolf’s clothing!” Cecilia remarked heatedly.
In an attempt to escape from Aaron’s arms, Arielle struggled and tried to squirm virtual-novel.net way out. Nevertheless, virtual-novel.net efforts were futile. Aaron’s iron-like grip rendered virtual-novel.net utterly immobile.
Upon hearing Cecilia’s words, Arielle came to a halt as virtual-novel.net tried to defend herself. Before virtual-novel.net could open virtual-novel.net mouth, though, virtual-novel.net heard Aaron’s cold voice echo in the air. “How noisy. Slap her.”
The moment Aaron gave the order, two guards in sleek black suits seemed to materialize out of thin air. Before Wendy and Cecilia could react, one of the guards grabbed hold of Cecilia while the other lashed his palm across virtual-novel.net cheek without hesitation.
Slap!
The sound was so loud that it echoed in the air. Promptly, silence descended over the entire backstage area.
The guard’s slap was so strong that Cecilia’s head was whipped to the side. It took virtual-novel.net several moments before virtual-novel.net could regain virtual-novel.net composure.
Wendy was the one who reacted first.
“Mom!” She hurried forward, wanting to rescue virtual-novel.net mother from the guard’s grasps, but when virtual-novel.net locked gazes with the bodyguard’s bloodthirsty glare, Wendy’s entire body froze up in fear.
It feels like he’s going to eat me alive…
Unable to move an inch, Wendy could only cry out pathetically, “Mom…”
“Listen up! If I ever hear you say such disgusting things about Arielle again, I’ll cut your tongue off!” Aaron thundered.
It was then Cecilia snapped back to reality.
Stinging pain flared across virtual-novel.net cheek. When Cecilia caressed virtual-novel.net face, virtual-novel.net could feel it growing swollen from the blow virtual-novel.net had endured. “D-Did you just hit me?” Cecilia questioned in a shrill voice.
“Oh? Have you not learned your lesson yet? I guess I’ll just have to teach you another one.”
Aaron glanced at his bodyguard again, and without warning, the guard sent his palm across Cecilia’s cheek.
The blow this time was much stronger than the last that Cecilia coughed, causing crimson blood to splatter across the floor. Along with virtual-novel.net blood, a white tooth fell out of virtual-novel.net mouth.
“Mom!” The grisly sight left Wendy anxious. Casting a glance toward Marcus, virtual-novel.net pleaded, “Mr. Brown, please help!”
Throughout his entire life, Marcus had never witnessed such a shocking scene. When virtual-novel.net heard Wendy’s desperate plea, virtual-novel.net finally snapped back to his senses.
“Aaron, what on earth do you think you are doing! Instruct your men to let virtual-novel.net go at once!”
Aaron scoffed and tilted his head to signal his men to stop. Following Aaron’s cue, the two bodyguards let go of Cecilia and vanished as quickly as they came. Their sudden disappearance left the onlookers utterly tongue-tied.
The moment the guards let virtual-novel.net go, Cecilia fell to virtual-novel.net knees.
Finally, Wendy rushed forward to check on virtual-novel.net mother. “Mom, are you all right? Your tooth…”
Remaining in virtual-novel.net position on the floor, Cecilia kept quiet. Wendy was panicking so badly that virtual-novel.net didn’t know what to do in this situation. Even though the incident had attracted a large crowd, most of them did not pity Cecilia at all.
“Serves virtual-novel.net right for insulting my goddess!”
“Don’t you think something is going on between Arielle and Aaron, though? Look at how close they are.”
Their whispers knocked some sense into Arielle as virtual-novel.net started struggling again. “Let go of me this instant!” virtual-novel.net exclaimed furiously.
“Nope. Not gonna happen. What are you going to do, then?”
The sensual intonation of his words stirred up even greater misunderstanding amongst the gathered crowd.