Filed to story: Mia Bowen and Timothy Barrett Novel
Their hair was a mess from all the pulling.
Sharon was triggered and she exclaimed, “Stop right there, Shelly Barrett! Did you hear me? Stop!”
Sharon’s plan was ruined because Shelly initiated the fight. Things were going smoothly at first! But now, it has turned into a fiasco.
However, Shelly was so caught up in the moment and she wasn’t in the right state of mind to listen to such advice.
She was dogged to teach Luna a lesson!
Meanwhile, Jasmine was enjoying the show to her heart’s content.
When noticing Raymond’s grim expression, she quickly managed her expression.
Pretentiously, she stepped forward to stop the fight. “Luna, stop fighting. It’s not nice fighting here.”
Luna couldn’t stomach the humiliation from the fight that Shelly started.
If she stopped now, it would be her loss!
might the fight had s well fight until the end!
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Jasmine wanted to come close to them, but Luna accidentally elbowed her stomach.
Jasmine stumbled backward while hugging her stomach.
Raymond rushed to her. “Jazzy, are you alright?”
She took a deep breath. Her face was as pale as a sheet, but she pretended to be fine. “I’m alright. Luna didn’t do it on purpose. I was just trying to stop them. Fighting won’t solve the issue, but I don’t think Luna will listen.”
After saying that, she noticed that solemnity weighed heavier between his brows.
She lowered her head to hide her smug smile.
In actuality, she intentionally went up to the ladies so that Luna could accidentally hit her.
Anyone could put on a pitiful act.
It was just that she didn’t see the need to use it in front of her family.
However, it was different when it came to Luna, who played foul.
Mia was right—a tooth for a tooth; an eye for an eye.
“Don’t go close to them. You might get hurt,” Jasmine said as she stopped Raymond.
But he didn’t care. He marched
Care.
forward and yanked Luna over, chiding her, “Enough! Just when will you stop the ruckus? Don’t you feel embarrassed enough? If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have brought you along.”
She retorted, reluctant to admit her defeat, “But she started it first! Why can’t I fight back?”
Then, he slapped her.
Chapter 1089
Mia was surprised that Raymond actually slapped Luna. But the surprise gave way to tranquility soon after. Raymond was an egoistic man.
Today was his first time bringing Luna along to a banquet, but she ended up causing so much trouble.
Given Raymond’s character, he must be very upset with her.
The slap finally pulled Luna back to her senses.
Her heart sank when she noticed how angry he looked.
It was only then did she regain her composure. She began stuttering, “Dad, you…you saw what happened. Shelly hit me first!”
Luna was forced to apologize to Shelly for slapping her. However, it was Shelly who started the fight first!
Luna believed that Shelly was the one to be blamed.
Raymond reprimanded her, “Still, you shouldn’t have said that to Ms. Barrett. Is this how you were raised? Are you so incompetent compared to your sister?”
Luna’s expression stiffened. When she noticed Jasmine standing over there, she grew even more annoyed.
Jasmine smiled pretentiously and said, “Don’t blame her, Dad. It’s her first time attending this kind of banquet so she hasn’t gotten used to it. It’s my fault for not telling her the rules beforehand. Don’t blame her Blame it on me.”
Raymond remarked, “Look at how mature your sister is. And look at yourself.”
She was at a loss for words for a moment until she managed to point her finger at Shelly. “But Shelly hit me first! Didn’t you say that the one who started the fight was the one to be blamed? This time, it’s her, not me.”
“Treating others with tolerance is our virtue to uphold. Ms. Barrett attended this banquet as a guest, but you didn’t. Hurry up and apologize to her! Do you hear me?”
His remarks riveted her, leaving her speechless.
She didn’t expect her father to say that to her.
From Luna’s expression alone, Mia could tell what kind of emotional rollercoaster she was experiencing.
Luna didn’t see this coming at all!
Shelly was clearly the one who initiated the fight, but Raymond still insisted that Luna apologize.
Perhaps, Luna held a feeble hope of Raymond standing up for her. But reality played out differently. Not only did he not stand up for her, but he also scolded Luna for being rude and demanded that she apologize.
Well, everything made sense. Luna should never forget how she returned to his side.
She was the unaccepted child.
Raymond wouldn’t have treated his daughter this way, and Luna was his illegitimate daughter, after all.
To him, Asher was the one that held value, not Luna.
Luna basically humiliated herself at the banquet. As an egoistic person, he would never take a liking to bis child who had just brought disgrace to his name.
Thus, he had to lower Luna’s position in order to save his own image.
And Luna was clever enough to see that.
Jasmine seized the chance to add fuel to the fire. “Luna, Dad’s doing t for your sake. As the host, we should be more patient with our guests.
Don’t you think so?” Conten belongs
Luna was so angry that her face turned beet red. Why did they insist that she apologize?
Why? On what grounds?
She already returned to Raymond’s side, so why must she still suffer?
Chapter 1090
Touching her stinging scalp, Shelly glared at Luna. “I won’t accept her apology. She bullied me! Is everyone from Nord City this arrogant? I’m going to report this to the police. How could the daughter of the mayor hit someone?”
Sharon played along. “If people know that Mr. Shelbert has accepted a god-daughter, and an arrogant one at that, it’ll affect the Shelbert family’s reputation.”
Although Shelly’s action was humiliating, the Barrett family could hold their reputation by demanding an apology from Luna by force.
The fact that Raymond treated them with respect proved Shelly’s identity was still held in high regard.
Raymond’s expression turned grim when he heard that. He turned to Luna and snapped at her. “Hurry up!”
“I won’t apologize! Why must I apologize to her? She should be the one apologizing!” Luna choked on her voice.
She covered her face. The voice in her was screaming at her to leave the place. Leaving the scene was her best option, but Raymond suddenly grabbed her arm.
He lowered his voice and said, “Stop right there. If you leave, don’t think of coming back anymore.”
She stopped in her tracks. Now, she was at her wit’s end.
What should she do?
Jasmine read the atmosphere before speaking to Shelly. “I’m sorry, Ms. Barrett. Luna must be in a bad mood. We’ll talk to her when she calms down so that she’ll offer you an apology. I can apologize in her stead for now. I’ll call a doctor to tend to your wounds. It’ll be bad to leave a scar on your face.”
Mia, who figured that she had enough entertainment, voiced up and said, “Aide Castle has a specialized medical team. We can call them over now to tend to your wounds so that you ladies won’t suffer from side effects after that.”
Soon, a medical team came over with a medical kit to disinfect their wounds.
The fight left them with some scratches. It was nothing serious.
Mia looked at Shelly and Luna. She said to the both of them, “If you still feel unwell, you can take a CT scan and a full body checkup in the medical room. If you don’t trust the medical team and would like to go to the hospital, Aide Castle can assign a driver to take you there. Don’t worry. The medical system in Aide Castle is comprehensive.”