Chapter 1077

The commotion had attracted the attention of lan from afar. He took off his gloves, thinking that Maja was being picked on, and strode over.

“What’s going on?”

None of the others knew how to explain.

Only Maja, nonchalantly munching on an apple, and said casually, “She claimed that she felt you have been wronged, so she cried.”

A look of confusion crossed lan’s face, then quickly morphed into something indescribable.

“Is she okay?”

Maja nearly spat out the apple in her mouth, swallowing hard and washing it down with a gulp of water.

Judith stiffened, stammering in response.

“It’s just that Ms. Pennyfeather said something that upset me.”

“What did she say?”

“She called me the other woman and said I was trying to steal her place.”

“Aren’t you?”

lan felt a sense of absurdity. He picked up his gloves from the side and put them back on, looking at Maja.

“Stay away from her, I’m afraid you might catch her craziness.”

Maja managed to hold back her laughter in front of the crowd.

The faces of the others were filled with discomfort, and Judith was flushed with humiliation.

with a heavy gaze, but he was

want to argue with lan, and it

we get back to the city, I’ll

down. Her eyes, red from crying,

appeared, the more pathetic she

anything, as lan was

Damn it!

The damn homewrecker!

turning her attention to Wind

the time

gaze clarified what she wanted, so Wind nodded, promising to

sigh of relief, her hands

wouldn’t have to

and turned to the others who were concerned for her, forcing a pale

I

crowd glared at Maja with resentment That damn woman!

In their social circle, beauty was a resource. If she ever used her looks to manipulate

circle had been raised with etiquette and manners, with half of them groomed to be full–time homemakers.

derogatorily referred to these women as

media and promise to leave a portion of their wealth to their daughters, a daughter’s role

such values rarely expressed their needs in front of men, as

audacious, immature, and something

a woman from such

of them, or even higher up in the social ladder. If she lost, it

also be charmed by

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They loathed Maja.

loathing was

about their malice. As lan had said,

finishing her apple, she limped over to help

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