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?

look; momentarily, she thought he was

else cottoned on, and lan was actually telling Penny to make

was definitely

looked down

telling you to

comment was like a punch in the gut to Dana’s

color; she trembled and stared at lan

was making her

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

clenched into a fist. But she’s always been the patient

Dana, you are in the wrong here. Maybe the bodyguard did mess up the names, but you are staying silent. That’s misleading everyone. You should apologize to Penny.”

cleverly shifted the bulk of the blame

to witness

Carlene had spoken, she

had a lot of clout in the Shepard family. They hoped she’d marry lan and help them break into the

felt utterly humiliated,

her reputation would be

because of Penny!

and slowly said,

better; she hadn’t expected lan to be so impartial. She thought he’d let

had had some special drinks the previous night, and coupled with the intoxicating effects of lan’s drink, she’d completely forgotten

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