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.

he recoiled in shock,

was not the

moment, Quinlyn lunged forward, delivering a kick to his leg that forced him to kneel. She then picked up an

the ashtray was small and shattered upon impact, Maurice’s face was

around them, with Tina and Harriet crying out in terror,

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

indirectly caused this chaos,

glancing back at him with eyes devoid of

to retaliate, nor should he strive to obstruct her.

chill as her gaze passed over him, a sense of panic driving him

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Chapter 51

Mandy, while Quinlyn had struck with ferocity, her actions were justifiable in defense of

moment, all Warren wanted was to help Quinlyn. But Quinlyn had already turned away, carrying Mandy out of the

restaurant

flashing in their eyes as they regarded Quinlyn. She ignored it all, and once outside, she dialed

is hurt, she

where they were. After ending the call. Quinlyn noticed Mandy had stopped crying, so she crouched down to ask. “Can

Mandy’s eye, and she recalled a child in her village who had gone blind after being struck near the eye; the adults had warned that it had damaged his retina.

and confirmed. “I can see

if Mandy felt any other pain. When she only pointed to a scrape on her knee, Quinlyn sank down onto the ground,

their location. When he saw Mandy’s injured face, his heart ached as if he might shed tears.

fell upon her, she deeply bowed and expressed. It was because of me that

dad who tried to hit her. I ran over to protect her.” Mandy stammered through her

“You said I should be a

“Alright, you need to go to the

regretted agreeing to be friends with Mandy. Perhaps she should have kept her distance to ensure Mandy’s

pair of polished shoes entered her field of vision, and Claude’s gentle voice

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