The Runaway Groom

Chapter 422

Ricky snorted. "We were. What's that to you?"

"Shut up," Irene snapped and promptly tugged at his sleeve-he was going to make Mrs. Slate misunderstand, especially when she clearly did not like Lulu.

His phrasing would just fuel Mrs. Slate's notion that Lulu had loose morals and hurt Lulu in turn.

Ricky, however, was not letting up. "I'm just telling the truth! What is there to hide?"

Mrs. Slate scoffed at Lulu then. "I knew it-what an unseemly woman you are. Well, this suits me just fine. Now that Zachary is married, there's nothing between you two, so don't bother him ever again. In turn, I won't press charges regarding the banners."

"Hey, are you even listening? I told you-it wasn't Lulu. She's been with me all this while, and I can testify for her!" Ricky snapped, indignant at how prejudiced was Mrs. Slate acting.

"You? Testify? You've been defending her all this while. The best you can manage is perjury," Mrs. Slate laughed coldly, before adding in disdain," Truly... birds of the same feather flock together. Scum will always end up with scum."

"What was that?!" Ricky's temper flared, and he would already be hitting her if Irene was not holding him back.

At the same time, Lulu finally had enough.

could take any insult from Mrs. Slate, but she was not

you're after. Scorn me all you want, but don't

you have any semblance of morals? Let me

from him, you don't have to keep reminding

was going to say it was not her, but that was when

Ember nearby, and she

Slate snorted, raising her brow. "You've made the Lindts very upset while embarrassing my

she wound up the window and told her chauffeur

Beside Lulu, Irene frowned.

she saw Zachary and Ember, and

doing here..." she muttered

Lulu, holding

smiled. "It was

"Why are you acting

"Because I hate you?"

tightly onto Zachary's arm. Not keen for Zachary to talk so much with Lulu, she purred as if she was

Lulu only found her laughable, and

at Zachary and sighed lengthily