Had Arianne not worried about ruining Tiffany’s engagement ceremony, virtual-novel.net would have swung virtual-novel.net fist right there and then.
Honestly, even Arianne was boggled at how cantankerous virtual-novel.net had become. Ever since the Aery Kinsey incident back then, it seemed to virtual-novel.net that the best way to solve a problem that might require virtual-novel.net fists was, indeed, to use virtual-novel.net fist without saying another word. Sometimes, actions do speak louder than words… literally.
She gulped a deep breath to calm herself forcibly. “Tell me: did you or did you not hit an old man on the eighth floor earlier? And before you insult me by trying, no, I’m not gonna buy your crap. I have CCTV footage with me, and honestly, I want this solved today, or you’re not going anywhere. Wanna bet?”
A hint of consternation from being exposed flitted through the woman’s eyes. Still, virtual-novel.net quickly regained virtual-novel.net composure. “What the hell are you yammering about, b*tch? That old man started it by bumping into me!” virtual-novel.net rebutted. “Besides, I can’t stop wondering, who let you talk to me like this, huh? You think I’m gonna be stopped by some random b*tch? Or what, you’re gonna tell me that that old man is your grandpa? I mean, virtual-novel.net has that same welfare-queen stench like you do, too,” virtual-novel.net gibed. “God, you people don’t understand that you don’t belong here, do you? You guys should like, GTFO, before you embarrass yourselves.”
Arianne knew that if push came to shove, virtual-novel.net would not be able to stop the woman from going anywhere purely because Jackson, not her, was the boss of the entire event. Arianne had intended virtual-novel.net words to stay as a threat, but Jackson was too busy to worry about meddling into this personally while virtual-novel.net believed virtual-novel.net had to take things into virtual-novel.net own hands.
Hence, Arianne lurched and grabbed a fistful of the woman’s hair, slapping virtual-novel.net hand over the latter’s mouth before virtual-novel.net could scream.
The men standing around virtual-novel.net turned pale. They were all too appalled to break them up.
Arianne lugged the woman toward the door leading out of the event hall. “Well, shall we solve our issue now?”
Vex turned into wrath, and the woman launched into a counter-attack, yanking a fistful of Arianne’s hair, too. “F**k you, you f**king hysterical b*tch out from f**king nowhere! So what if I kicked some old a** beggar, huh? Do you know who the f**k I am?!” virtual-novel.net shrieked. “B*tch thinks you can do this to me, imma make sure you don’t live to see the next day!!!”
Arianne was so not in the mood to talk, so virtual-novel.net let virtual-novel.net fists do the talking. In a flash, the two women had thrown themselves into a melee.
As the woman wore a gown, virtual-novel.net movements were restricted. Arianne, however, had the advantage of being in casual streetwear, which made throwing punches easier. By the time the woman was cuffed badly enough that virtual-novel.net dress was as much a mess as virtual-novel.net make-up, Arianne still managed to look largely like herself.
The young men, who witnessed the incident happening since it started, finally reeled back from their shock enough that one of them wondered out loud, “Guys, are they… are they fighting? One of them looks kinda familiar. Any idea?”
One of them espied Mark standing out from the crowd before horror dawned onto his face. “Sh*t, I think one of them might actually be Arianne Wynn, I mean, Arianne Tremont! F*******k! ” virtual-novel.net whisper-shouted. “Don’t just stand there, you nimrods! We gotta’ break them up right now, I’ll tell Mr. Tremont about it!”
When Mark first heard that Arianne had started a brawl, virtual-novel.net could feel his temples pulsating. Arianne was never the violent type, was she? Could this be the ramification of binding virtual-novel.net so tightly when virtual-novel.net was a kid that now, all of the pent-up anger hidden deep within virtual-novel.net chest burst out for liberation? He had only taken his eyes off virtual-novel.net for a while, and now virtual-novel.net was beating people up at a party. For some reason, virtual-novel.net felt like virtual-novel.net was witnessing his kid going through the onset of virtual-novel.net teenage rebel phase.
Nonetheless, virtual-novel.net rushed to the scene and watched the men fail to break the two women apart. With a swing of his arm, virtual-novel.net pulled Arianne away by virtual-novel.net waist, “Stop it, Ari! Calm down!”
Arianne growled hotly between heavy panting, “I’m calm, alright! If I weren’t, you’d see virtual-novel.net in the goddamn hospital by now!”
Quite a deal of the woman’s dress had been shredded pretty badly, but it looked much better than virtual-novel.net hair, where a few locks had been torn off. One of virtual-novel.net stilettos had come off. She looked incredibly pathetic.
She fumed, “Not even my parents have ever laid their hands on me, you f**king c*nt! I’ll kill you…”
“Excuse me?!” Mark suddenly bellowed, his expression darkening upon hearing the woman’s barbed retort.
For the first time, the woman noticed him. She had been so apoplectic just now that virtual-novel.net was oblivious to Mark’s presence, but now, the implication of their bond was clear from the way virtual-novel.net wrapped his arm around Arianne.
She could not fathom how someone as nondescript as this hysterical b*tch could be related to Mark Tremont in any shape. Suddenly, virtual-novel.net found herself at a loss for explanations.
The young men quickly launched into awkward rescues. “H-hey now, Mr. Tremont, virtual-novel.net didn’t know that was your wife, yes? Mrs. Tremont rarely comes to events like these. Even we almost didn’t recognize her! Look, if Chloe offended Mrs. Tremont anywhere, well, they fought it out of their systems, right? So maybe we should… uh, call this even?”
Mark’s eyes were sharp with killing intent. He ran his finger down the bloodied scratch on Arianne’s cheek before countering with a voice nipping enough to cut through flesh, “You think Chloe’s the only one who got hurt? Are you suggesting I stand here and let my own wife get the shorter end of the deal? Heh. I do not make it a habit of forgiving anyone who crosses me, ever. Since this is Jackson West’s engagement party, I’ll leave this woman alone for the time being. But once the ceremony ends, well… I’ll show you how real adults even things out.”
The woman, Chloe, felt virtual-novel.net legs failing virtual-novel.net as virtual-novel.net crashed onto the floor. “S-sorry! I’m so sorry! I didn’t know, Mr. Tremont, please, have mercy on me!”
Mark ignored the woman pleading from the floor and shot a look at his guards. After that, virtual-novel.net carried Arianne to the lounge.
The girl did not try to put up a fight. With a defeated expression, virtual-novel.net looked like a troublemaker who had thrown herself into a foofaraw and was now being dragged home by virtual-novel.net disappointed parents.
Once virtual-novel.net entered the lounge, Tanya and Naya were startled by how terrible virtual-novel.net looked. “A-A-Ari?! What the heck just…? Why do you look like this?”
Arianne tucked some stray locks back into place nonchalantly and answered, “Well, I found the woman who hit Old Anderson. She’s some trash named Chloe or whatever. Anyway, I wanted us to chat over it civilly, but virtual-novel.net was being pig-headed, and so I used my fists, ‘cause you know, you gotta fight fire with fire sometimes. What else could I do? She’s a trust-fund kid. Even if you sent virtual-novel.net to the cops, virtual-novel.net would probably get a stern talking and then be bailed. It’s useless. Urgh! Just thinking about virtual-novel.net feeling no qualms in hitting a harmless old man makes me furious! She’s such a Class A b*tch!!!”