Chapter 77

“Don’t come any closer. I don’t know you,” Whitney said, clutching herself with a mix of caution and fear.

“You look familiar though, like a style I fancy,” the woman said with a sleazy and sinister approach.

Her accomplice stood by the door, peeking out cautiously.

Whitney slowly realized something was off. As she pushed herself up against the wall, her face turned pale.

This was no ordinary cellmate situation. Why had they been locked up right after her?

She tried to scramble away, but the tall woman swiftly pinned her against the corner with a strong grip on her delicate neck.

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“What do you want?” Whitney struggled.

The woman confirmed they were in a blind spot and revealed her vicious intent, not at all intoxicated as she had pretended. “Someone wants you to enjoy the ambiance here,” she said with a low chuckle, tightening her grip on Whitney’s neck. “When I ‘drink,‘ I love to get rough.”

Whitney’s eyes widened in horror as she screamed for help, “Officer, officer! Someone’s attacking me… mph!”

Her mouth was promptly silenced. The lookout hissed, “Hit her in the stomach.”

No… not the baby!

Whitney was shoved next to a cabinet as the brute kicked her shin, bringing her down to her knees in agony,

unable to stand.

The woman quickly aimed another kick at Whitney’s stomach, but she curled up tightly, protecting her belly. Unable to pry her open, the woman grew furious and began to pummel her relentlessly.

Whitney’s face turned ghostly white as she could only think of one person, “L, why haven’t you come? Save me, please save me.”

Tears streamed down her face in desperation, and in her panic, she began to foam at the mouth.

the lookout panicked, shouting, “Enough! She’s foaming at the mouth; she’s not gonna die, is she? The cops

up and quickly stuffed a blanket into Whitney’s

door, and Whitney could no longer cry out. The officers didn’t notice her plight, “Your folks are here to bail you

thing,” the two women hastily

to crawl. However, even the slightest movement

took hold, and as she lay on the cold ground, her consciousness began to fade. Helplessly whimpering, she uttered,

in

feeling an inexplicable heaviness in his chest,

to have been waiting, and a man rushed

he reported nervously, “My monitoring fell short, Mr. Lippert. Following Whitney’s arrest this afternoon, Carter, implicated alongside her, confessed that a few months ago, under Whitney’s recommendation,

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Chapter 77

the commerce and quality inspection bureau discovered a substandard product in our store. This could be a deliberate act by Whitney against

his eyes

before approaching Ludwik cautiously, “What nonsense are you spouting? Do you even know who Whitney is to Mr. Lippert?”

silence

stopped talking, then whispered, “Bro, you didn’t even know Whitney a few months ago. There’s some business rivalry between Skye Gem Ltd. and

Ludwik’s eyes, growing

fully understanding the situation or knowing that Imperial Gem Corporation was

instinctively trusted Whitney. But he had forgotten, Whitney had been in commerce since her teens, and anyone in business was

of her vendetta against Imperial Gem Corporation and her provocative actions came

of convenience, he didn’t truly know her character, only being drawn in

potentially harm Imperial Gem Corporation? That was harder to

and his face grew stern, a change

his doubts and remained determined to save

Lutz Mansion.

“Bro, do you need me to suppress the news about Imperial Gem Corporation? You could cover this up for Whitney, but we must ensure your dad

on cue, Ludwik’s phone rang with a call from the Lippert

man’s face

dad might already

be her doing,” Ludwik corrected

Elaine paused.

Lutz Mansion, Elaine clenched her fingers.

costs.

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