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Chapter 51

Chapter 51

With a voice hoarse from shouting. Mandy lunged forward and sank her teeth into Maurice’s wrist. Maurice cried out in pain, releasing his grip and flinging her away.

He exerted considerable force, and since Mandy was lightweight, she flew backward and crashed into a chair

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Hearing the familiar sound of crying. Quinlyn, who had been staring down, suddenly turned to see Mandy tumbling from

the chair.

She rushed over to pick Mandy up, noting the large bump on Mandy’s forehead and the bruise forming at the comer of Mandy’s eye. Her fingers trembled slightly, leaving her at a loss for words.

Maurice, taken aback to discover it was Manly, hesitated for a moment before rushing over, flustered. “Mandy. I’m so sorry. I was just too anxious. When you suddenly lunged, I couldn’t see clearly. I’ll take you to the hospital”

Seeing the injuries on Mandy’s face made his heart race wildly. After all, she was Claude’s daughter, and Claude protective of his daughter; this incident could easily create enemies for him.

Maurice reached out to pick Mandy up. Quinlyn suddenly lifted her arm, swatting Maurice’s hand away

Maurice inhaled sharply, feeling a pain shoot through his injured wrist. He furrowed his brow in displeasure as he scolded Quinlyn. “What are you doing? If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have accidentally hurt Mandy. Let me take her to the hospital.

Quinlyn stood still, refusing to let him near Mandy, her eyes locked onto his. “I will take care of her.”

“This is about giving Claude an explanation” Maurice felt it was futile to reason with her and attempted to push her aside

once more

But this time. Quinlyn would not passively endure. Before his hand could reach her, she swiftly seized his wrist with all her strength, twisting his body sharply.

bone breaking, Maurice’s expression changed abruptly as he recoiled in shock, clutching his wrist and

not the

to kneel. She then picked up an ashtray from the table and struck him violently

and shattered upon impact, Maurice’s face was

around them, with Tina and Harriet crying out in terror, while Romilly stared wide–eyed, paralyzed

still and gazing down at Maurice, who lay on the ground moaning in

Warren, who had indirectly caused this chaos, finally

at him with eyes devoid of warmth.

to retaliate, nor should

chill as her gaze passed over him, a sense of panic driving him to explain, “I

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Maurice who had acted violently and accidentally injured Mandy, while Quinlyn had struck with ferocity,

But Quinlyn had already turned away, carrying Mandy out of

restaurant

regarded Quinlyn. She ignored it all, and

connected, she spoke. “Claude, Mandy is hurt, she needs to go to the

call. Quinlyn noticed Mandy had stopped crying, so

close to Mandy’s eye, and she recalled a child in her village who had gone blind after being struck

Mandy blinked and confirmed. “I

pointed to a scrape on her

minutes later, Claude arrived at their location. When he saw Mandy’s injured face, his heart ached as if he might

she deeply bowed and expressed. It was because of me that she

wasn’t Quinlyn.” Mandy interrupted gently. “I–It was Quinlyn’s dad who tried to hit her. I ran over to protect her.” Mandy stammered through her pain.

“You said I should

need to go to the hospital. We can discuss

bowed her head lower still. She even regretted agreeing to be friends with Mandy. Perhaps she should have kept her distance to ensure

Claude’s gentle voice reached her ears. “Are you hurt anywhere,