Chapter 612: Fine lines between truth and lie

"Help! Help! Somebody! Please, help me! Don't let them take me away!"

"Ugh..." Ginnie grunted as she tried to get up. "These losers... There are so many men here, but no one is courageous enough to help. I need to help her."

Grace held Ginnie's arm, assisting her to stand up. However, she scanned her surroundings. The first thing she looked for was CCTV cameras, followed by the bodyguards in the crowd. She quickly understood why no one was stepping in.

There were more bodyguards with Aiden than expected.

"He followed her here," Grace concluded as they stood up. "Ginnie, stay here. They might notice you."

"But Lily-"

"I'll go." Grace squeezed Ginnie's arm, nodding at her reassuringly. "Call the police. I'll follow them..."

Grace trailed off as she caught a figure from the corner of her eye. Even before she could see who it was, she held her breath and panicked.

"Penny," she breathed out. The moment Grace turned her head, all she saw was Penny thrusting her arm toward one of the men dragging Lily away.

"Ah!" the bodyguard yelped as he moved his arm away, letting go of Lily due to the sting in his shoulder. He didn't see the attack coming, but he sensed the murderous intent approaching him from behind. Thus, he released Lily, barely inflicting any graze.

"What the—" The bodyguard touched his shoulder, only to feel a shallow cut. Looking at the person who had attacked him, his eyes fell on a small woman spinning a broken wineglass in her fingers.

Meanwhile, Lily, surprised to be released from one grip, turned to the other bodyguard. When she saw him looking in another direction, she glanced over and saw Penny

Penny around. Shaking her head, Lily clenched her teeth, knowing she had to get away first. Taking advantage of the brief

surprise

man released Lily, she scurried away from him as fast as she could. In the blink of an eye, Lily

of Penny's clothes. "They're going

at Lily, noticing she was holding back tears. When Lily was being dramatic, she would yell and act like a diva. But when she was truly scared, happy, or hurt, she would be quiet and hold

Lily's fear, even though Lily was just pinching her clothes and

shifting her eyes to the nearby people

flinched the moment Penny's gaze

Penny said calmly but authoritatively. "If anyone lays

men's

shifted their eyes to

Ginnie and Grace. Lily

overne

time, she quietly cheered them on. Until now, Penny's bossiness

eyebrow at them, tilting

saluting her. They took the initiative to approach Lily and carefully usher her

eyes on Penny.

short-lived when she noticed Grace's irritation. When she turned her head,

what's wrong?" Ginnie asked, her curiosity piqued. "Are you

and then at Penny. "I told

to the bartender. When Grace faced him, the

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