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.

by a sharp sound of bone breaking, Maurice’s expression changed abruptly as he recoiled in shock, clutching his wrist and stepping back with

was not

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

upon impact, Maurice’s face

screams erupted around them, with Tina and Harriet crying

who lay on the ground moaning in despair. Her voice was

who had indirectly caused this chaos, finally

him with eyes devoid of warmth. “You

nor should he

him, a sense of panic driving

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Chapter 51

had acted violently and accidentally injured Mandy, while Quinlyn had

help Quinlyn. But Quinlyn

restaurant

they regarded Quinlyn. She ignored it all, and once outside, she dialed Claude’s mumber.

call connected, she spoke. “Claude, Mandy is hurt,

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

and she recalled a child in her village who had gone blind

and confirmed.

only pointed to a scrape on her knee, Quinlyn

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

deeply bowed and expressed. It was because of me that she got hurt: I’m

interrupted gently. “I–It was Quinlyn’s dad who tried to hit her. I ran over to protect her.” Mandy stammered through

her father’s reprimand, her voice dwindled. “You said I should be

helpless. “Alright, you need to go to

still. She even regretted agreeing to be friends with Mandy. Perhaps she should have kept

gentle voice reached her ears. “Are you

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