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 already on his way to

to argue with lan, and it wasn’t gentleman. So, he decided

to the city, I’ll talk to him.”

helped Judith to sit down. Her eyes, red from crying,

the more

lan was completely on her side

Damn it!

The damn homewrecker!

her attention to

be the time for

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

a sigh of relief, her hands clenched

little longer, she wouldn’t have to

others who were concerned for her,

fault. I might have been too pushy.”

crowd glared at Maja with resentment

was a resource. If she ever used her looks to manipulate

other women in the circle had been raised with etiquette and manners, with half of them groomed to be full–time homemakers. Only a few families wanted their

these women as

leave a portion of their wealth to their daughters, a

expressed their needs in front of men, as they were

demands from lan were considered audacious, immature, and something a homemaker should despise

beginnings made them uncomfortable. To see a woman from such a

one of them, or even higher up in the social ladder. If she lost, it would mean they had lost too.

husbands also be charmed by a

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They loathed Maja.

was boundless.

care less about their malice. As lan had said, she

limped over

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