Under the heiress facade

Chapter 488

Chapter 488

Gino was moved to see them come over to check on him. He reached behind him and rubbed his throbbing back. Gideon immediately lifted the child's shirt, only to see a large bruise on Gino's back. Clearly, the kid had been shoved against the claw machine with quite some force.

Gideon and James shoved through the crowd to get to Gino. "Are you all right?"

"Apologize to him now!" Gideon snapped at the boy who had pushed Gino. He and Gino might not get along most days, but he was still protective of the latter when it counted.

However, the boy who had pushed Gino merely lifted his chin and eyed Gideon defiantly. The teenager standing behind the boy smirked as if Gideon had just cracked a joke.

At that moment, a heavyset woman stormed through the crowd and came to a stop next to the smarmy-looking pair who had assaulted Gino. "Which imbecile dares to accuse my son of cheating? How dare you demand an apology after insulting the Atkinses' good name?" James recognized her right away. Mabel Hutchinson was married into the Atkinses, which happened to be one of the top ten prestigious families of Jedburg. The youngest boy must be Roland Atkins, her son.

family. It was thanks to the Killians that the Atkinses had grown from a small-time factory

cross the Atkinses. Nothing good could come from it, especially because Mabel was a famous shrew in

mother and pointed at Gino. He said boldly, "He was the one who accused me and Silas

to cheat on some childish game. You're just

are they even doing at XS Corporation's anniversary party? Throw them

perhaps there's been a mistake. Children argue all the time during games. There's no need to cause such a scene," James pointed out. He

Mabel had

Gideon's

Everetts champions of the nouveau riche. Dheard you were bankrupt last year and only turned things around with XS Corporation's help. In other words, you're nothing more than a bunch of

pride did not allow him to take a public degradation. Furious as he was, he did not want to cause a scene front of so

family and snapped, "We might or might not be XS Corporation's lapdogs, but at least we aren't going around barking like a bunch of mad mutts like you and your son!" "Why you! How dare you call me a dog!" Mabel shrieked. "You Everetts owe me an apology for disrespecting my family! Better get to it before I

kind of apology are you