Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
But suddenly, a crisp slap accompanied by a voice reached his ears.
“Nancy, didn’t I tell you not to show up here today? Are you planning to bring shame to our entire family?”
Nancy?
When Mick heard this name, he was slightly stunned. This name had appeared in his memory before.
To be honest, he rarely remembered the name of a woman who had nothing to do with him.
But strangely, he remembered this name.
He looked up and followed the voice, seeing a scene that seemed familiar.
The face in his memory turned slightly to the side after being slapped, and those eyes happened to catch a glimpse of him standing in the shadows.
Sure enough, it was the Nancy from his memory!
Mick thought to himself.
He originally thought it might just be a coincidence of the same name or similar pronunciation.
But at that moment, he was sure that it was the same Nancy he had seen at Mason’s wedding hotel.
And the person who slapped her seemed to be the same woman who had slapped her at the hotel.
As for what the other person’s name was, Mick naturally couldn’t remember.
When Nancy saw Mick, she was also stunned, but then she lowered her eyes as if she hadn’t seen him.
“You knew that the Reed family was having a birthday banquet here today, and that the Schultz family was invited. Yet, you still chose to work as a server here. How can the Schultz family hold their heads up high?” Clarissa said fiercely.
“I don’t think there’s anything shameful about being a server,” Nancy replied. She studied hotel management in college and naturally found a job in a hotel after graduation.
Strictly speaking, she was a team leader in the hotel banquet department, but she didn’t plan on telling her sister, who wasn’t related by blood.
Anyway, in the eyes of the other party, it was just a job that would make the Schultz family lose face.
“How dare you say that? Are you trying to make the Schultz family a laughingstock? You better leave this banquet hall right now!” Clarissa exclaimed angrily.
“I won’t leave. This is my job,” Nancy refused directly.
“What, do you think you can act recklessly just because you moved out of the Schultz family? Let me tell you…”
Clarissa’s words were interrupted by a voice, “It’s really funny, who is disturbing someone’s normal work and acting. recklessly?”
Clarissa was about to curse, but when she looked up, she swallowed her words.
Mick!
Clarissa’s eyes lit up.
She had finally managed to get her father to obtain an invitation. to the Reed family’s birthday banquet today, and had dressed up specially to come here, just to find an opportunity to talk to Mick.
She just didn’t expect that he would see this scene.
This reminded Clarissa of the wedding banquet where she first met Mick. She had deliberately approached him, but ended up making a fool of herself and being ridiculed by him.
And now…
“Mr. Reed, you misunderstood. It’s not what you think,” Clarissa said hastily.
“Misunderstood?” Mick sneered lightly. “So, was the slap she just received also a misunderstanding on my part?”
Clarissa’s face immediately became extremely ugly.
She didn’t expect the other party to have witnessed the scene where she slapped her sister.
“Well, I’m still waiting for your answer,” Mick said.
Clarissa became even more embarrassed, her face turning red.
Nancy sighed, “My sister just has a quick temper. She also hopes that I can have a better job.”
Secing Nancy speaking up for her, Clarissa quickly said, “Y-yes, that’s right. I just wanted my sister to have a better job, and I acted impulsively.”
“Is that so?” Mick said with a smile that wasn’t really a smile.
“Yes…it’s true,” Clarissa said, gritting her teeth.
Nancy lowered her head slightly. “I still have work to do, so I won’t keep you two chatting.”
After speaking, Nancy turned and left.
Clarissa looked at Mick, but found that he was staring at Nancy’s departing figure, which made her feel jealous again.
Clearly, she was more beautiful than Nancy and dressed more gorgeously, while Nancy was still wearing a work uniform. Why should she be able to attract Mick’s attention?
“Mr. Reed, I’m glad to be able to attend the birthday party hosted by the Reed family today. I’m sorry about earlier…” Clarissa tried hard to strike up a conversation with Mick, not wanting to miss this opportunity.
“You should be sorry. Someone who can slap his own sister can only imagine what kind of person he is. You really shouldn’t have been invited to today’s birthday party,” Mick looked coldly at Clarissa and said, “Are you leaving on your own now? Or do you want me to have someone kick you out?”
“What?” Clarissa was stunned, almost doubting whether she had heard him correctly!
Is he… asking her to leave?
“Do you want me to say it again?” Mick said, “Get out!”
Clarissa bit her lip unwillingly, but ultimately didn’t dare to say anything more. She lowered her head and hurriedly left the banquet hall.
Only then did Mick lift his foot and walk in the direction Nancy had just left.
Nancy knew that her non-blood-related sister had always looked down on her. In the Schultz family, she had suffered a lot and only hoped that her mother could live more peacefully in the Schultz family.
After graduating from college, she had her own means of making a living and moved out of the Schultz family directly.
For her, that home was too oppressive.
Although her stepfather’s love for her mother was genuine, he didn’t care much about her. In her stepfather’s eyes, she was just an object that her mother had brought along, just an extra set of tableware in the house.
And her stepfather’s love was also for Clarissa, in addition to love, there was also a sense of guilt.
Because her stepfather had promised Clarissa that he would not remarry after his wife’s death.
However, within two years, Nancy’s stepfather fell in love with her mother and married her.
Therefore, when Nancy and her mother entered the Schultz family, Clarissa was hostile towards them.
And if Nancy had any conflicts with Clarissa, it was often her own mother who suffered in the end.
So later on, Nancy gradually learned to be patient.
However, she never expected that even after moving out of the Schultz family, she would still be harassed by Clarissa.
Thinking about what happened today, Nancy worried about how Clarissa would vent her anger on her mother after embarrassing herself in front of Mick.
This was also the reason why she spoke up for Clarissa before.
She didn’t want her mother, who stayed in the Schultz family, to be affected by Clarissa’s anger.
“You were hit, but not only did you not fight back, you also spoke up for the person who hit you. What were you thinking?” Suddenly, a cold and clear voice sounded behind her.
Nancy turned around and found that Mick had somehow appeared behind her!
“This is my private matter. Is there anything else, Mr. Reed?” Nancy turned around calmly and said.
Mick looked at the obvious slap mark on her face and felt a bit uncomfortable.
“It seems like every time I see you, you’re being hit by your so-called sister. Does she hit you often?”
“Not often,” Nancy said. “If you have nothing else, then I’ll take my leave.”
“I haven’t said you can leave,” Mick said. “Since you’re a hotel employee, if I haven’t allowed you to leave, then you can’t leave, can you?”
Nancy pursed her lips. Not only was she just a hotel employee, but even if she wasn’t, how many people would dare to disobey the young master of the Reed family if he wanted to keep someone?
“I wonder what Mr. Reed wants?” she asked respectfully. After all, she couldn’t afford to offend the person in front of her.
“Come with me to the lounge,” he said.
The lounge was right next to the banquet hall. Nancy hesitated for a moment, but still followed Mick to the lounge.
As they were about to reach the lounge, they ran into some of the hotel staff.
When her colleagues saw her walking with Mick, they were clearly surprised.
“The hotel should have a first aid kit, right? I need some ointment for swelling and bruises. Have it sent to the lounge later,” Mick instructed the hotel staff.
“Okay,” the other person quickly responded.
Nancy’s heart trembled. He wanted that ointment. If he hadn’t been injured himself, could it be because… of the swelling on her face?
After the two of them arrived at the lounge, the hotel staff soon brought the ointment over.
After a moment, only Nancy and Mick were left in the lounge.
“Come here,” Mick said.
Nancy walked up to Mick.
Mick was about to open the ointment, but Nancy quickly said, “If… Mr. Reed wants to help me apply the ointment, I can do it myself.”
Mick stopped moving and stared at her with deep, dark eyes.
The air around them seemed to freeze in an instant. Nancy felt an invisible pressure all over her body.
Just by looking at her like this, Mick made her feel oppressed.
Is this… the pressure of someone in a higher position?
But she had seen all kinds of people in the hotel, including some high-ranking officials, and she had never felt this kind of pressure before.