Chapter 313

Everyone thought that lan would blow a fuse, given how Penny had really pushed the envelope.

Since Carlene was Mr. Raymond’s girlfriend, she should’ve been the one to put the kibosh on the whole thing. Carlene gave lan’s sleeve a little tug, her voice filled with a mix of pleading and a bit of coquettish charm.

“lan, Dana is actually the victim…”

Before she could finish her spiel, lan cut her off with an icy tone.

“You apologize to her,”

Carlene’s gentle expression instantly froze; she thought she might have heard wrong.

Everyone else was on the same page, all keeping mum, no one daring to pipe up and ask what the heck was going on.

Thinking lan was siding with her, Dana tearfully started dabbing at her eyes.

“Penny, did you hear that? lan’s telling you to apologize to me.“.

Really?

puzzled look; momentarily, she thought he

everyone else cottoned on, and lan was actually

knew it; Penny was definitely in for a rough ride today.

looked down at

you to

like a punch in the gut to Dana’s last

of color; she trembled and stared at lan

was there, but he was making her apologize to

she’d been sucker–punched too. lan making Dana apologize was

hand slowly clenched into a fist. But she’s always

wrong here. Maybe the bodyguard did mess up the names, but you are staying silent. That’s misleading everyone.

cleverly shifted the bulk of the blame onto the bodyguard, making Dana, at most, an accomplice.

lan to witness this,

Carlene had spoken, she

of clout in the Shepard family. They hoped she’d

utterly humiliated, gritting

today, her reputation would

of

breath and slowly said,

to be so impartial.

night, and coupled with the intoxicating effects of lan’s drink,

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