Chapter 272

Matthew frowned and went forward to stop his mother.

Nancy grabbed his hand. "Look at this, Matthew. Look how abominable this woman is! She actually has the audacity to humiliate your mother in public. You need to show her..."

I grew irritable. Although I did not know who was right and who was wrong, Nancy looked no different from a clown at the moment. She had failed to respect everyone’s boundaries and was uneducated. It made m y jaw drop.

I looked at Matthew and said, "Mr. Zimmer, you're a clever man. If you don't want everyone here to keep staring at you like you're a joke, then please let us leave."

Matthew looked at me with a loaded gaze, but I did not evade and stared back at him.

After a very long time, he blandly replied, "Be my guest!"

The bystanders looked excited, clearly interested in the drama. Not wanting to be treated and stared at like a clown, I pulled Quinn aside and got ready to leave.

The four of us were standing in the already narrow path, and although Matthew had stepped aside, Nancy was still stood in the center, unmoving. We could only leave by tilting our bodies to the side.

Who could have guessed that just as I walked past her side, she would suddenly extend her right leg out to trip me?

I lost my balance and found myself falling forward. I

thought, 'It’s

grabbed my arm from behind and a force pulled me upright again. Immediately after

me, Quinn was startled. She reached out to

seeping down my forehead and I spent a lot of time trying to calm myself down, shaking

realized that the hand o n my waist had not yet released its grasp. I felt embarrassed and shifted my

at Matthew, I

his

little, saying dully,

words, he averted his gaze and looked at his mother, his voice a

leave, immediately lost i t. She

look on her face." You want me

raised her hand to slap

Though we were standing beside them, neither Matthew nor I had come back to our

touched her face, and after a very long time, she said,

fell, and he clenched

gentleman. He must have taken his identity into account, and thus did not lay a finger on Quinn at least

all these years, happily ruining my reputation in public whenever you get the chance to. For Marcus' and Matthew’s sake, I tolerated you and endured the pain. Not because I'm afraid of you, nor because I'm

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