Chapter 220
Chapter 220
Wyatt was so angry that his lips trembled, and he raised his palm to slap Riley again.
Lillian quickly stopped him. “Calm down, Riley is still young,” she said, turning to her tearful granddaughter with a mix of helplessness and anger “Wiley, tell us what happened, and we will seek justice for you.”
Riley sneered. “Liars. Where were you when I was assaulted? Aunt Valerie comforted me and got me bullied, she truly meant well. She just didn’t expect things to go wrong-”
gave
me
advice. Although she didn’t avenge me and instead
“How dare you mention her?” Wyatt pushed Lillian aside and grabbed Riley’s shoulders. “She abetted you to commit crimes, do you understand that?”
He leaned close, speaking in a low voice only the two could hear, “Do you know those thugs have your videos? If I dare to retaliate, they’ll leak them. Just behave and save me some dignity!” Then, he shoved Riley away.
Riley slammed into the wall, her eyes filled with resentment. She couldn’t believe Wyatt was letting those thugs harass her at school and force her to pay for their food and entertainment just to save face.
“I don’t want to be your daughter anymore,” Riley shouted before turning and running away.
Lillian tried to chase after her but suddenly felt dizzy. “Go check on her,” she told Wyatt. “Don’t let her do anything stupid.”
Wyatt helped Lillian sit on a chair and then went to chase Riley, but she was already gone. He could only return to take care of Lillian. Under Lillian’s persistent questioning, Wyatt finally told her what had happened.
Lillian pounded her chest in anger after hearing the story. “Damn Valerie. We should never have taken her in. She’s ruined our family!”
Wyatt let out a cold snort as he drove, offering no comment.
In the car, Audrey’s hand was held by Yann. He took an alcohol wipe and carefully cleaned her hand, saying, “Let me handle such things in the future.”
Audrey leaned against him, poking his chin with her clean hand. “If you had stepped in, someone might have died.”
“Besides, someone of your status dealing with thugs would demean you. Let me handle these unsavory matters and practice my skills. Don’t you think my fighting skills have improved?” she added.
Yann cleaned his own hands after hers. “Don’t be soft–hearted,” he said.
“I understand. Being soft on enemies is being cruel to oneself.” Audrey kissed his cheek, finally easing his mood.
When they got home, Audrey walked to the door while scrolling through her phone, unaware that Yann had made a call from the trunk while fetching the
shopping bags.
After changing into her slippers, Audrey placed Yann’s slippers on the floor and took the bag from him. As she walked inside, a hole in the bag caused something to fall out–Audrey accidentally kicked it under the nearby sofa.
She quickly put down the bag to retrieve it, only to find it was the box of condoms. Luckily, this was at home; if it had fallen in public, she would have
been mortified.
She angrily threw the box at Yann, who caught it effortlessly and carried the bag to the kitchen.
Lying on the sofa, Audrey remembered her school days when she felt ashamed for not having a bra due to early physical growth, forcing her to hunch over while walking.
It was only after George noticed and bought her bras that she gradually realized having a larger bust than her peers was nothing to be ashamed of. Similarly, there was nothing embarrassing about Yann’s penis–actually, it was a good thing.
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Chapter 220
Audrey trotted to the kitchen, where Yann was organizing the groceries in the fridge. He turned to see her smile.
Yann kissed her eyes and asked, “What do you want to eat?”
Audrey hooked her arms around his neck. “You.”
Suddenly, Yann lifted her in a bridal carry. As they left the kitchen, Audrey laughed and braced against the doorframe, “Slow down, my head will hit the doorframe!”
Yann was so tall that she clung to his shoulder, fearing a collision, but he bent slightly, and they passed through safely. Audrey’s playful laughter eventually turned to breathless pleas.
In her drowsy state, Audrey suddenly wondered–today wasn’t their scheduled sex day. Yann’s handsome face had truly made her lose all self–control.
The next day, Lillian was awakened by a call from the detention center, informing her that John had accidentally broken his arm while using the restroom at night. She nearly dropped her phone. “I’m on my way,” she said in panic.
Wyatt had gone to work, and Alexa, seeing Lillian’s urgency, just continued watching TV. As Lillian headed out, Alexa said indifferently, “If you’re not back for dinner, I’ll go out with friends.”
Lillian wanted to scold Alexa but rushed out to see John.
John, already suffering from chronic illnesses, was in worse shape after the fall. Lillian tearfully wiped her eyes at his almost fully gray hair. “John, how did you get hurt so badly?”
When she answered the phone, she thought John had just had an ordinary fall. She didn’t expect that John’s entire arm was broken.
Lillian suddenly remembered what Yann had said last night.
She asked in a panic, “John, did you get this from a fall, or did someone do this to you?”
John’s eyes turned vicious, and he gritted his teeth, “What did you do?”
Lillian avoided his gaze, stammering for a long time before recounting the previous day’s events. “I don’t know that man. He can’t possibly have the power to manipulate people in the police station, right?”
“How did I marry a fool?” John spat, glaring at her.
Lillian cried, “I couldn’t just watch our granddaughter get bullied! Besides, how could Audrey, an orphan from out of town-”
“Shut up!” John interrupted. If not for his arm in a sling, he would have slapped her.
-John moved his legs. Lillian hurried to tuck in his quilt for him, but he kicked her away.
“Use your brain. If Audrey were truly defenseless, could she have shut down Clayton’s law firm? If she had no backing, why would Wyatt be transferred to those terrible departments?” he roared.
“After all you’ve suffered, why haven’t you learned to think twice before action? Do you want to kill me? I should have married Fiona instead of letting you ruin my family.”
Lillian couldn’t stand hearing about the shit of their past or being insulted like this.
