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Carson stopped and turned around, looking at Valerio with a cold smile. “I don’t see eye to eye with Claytoni
“Clayton may see someone like you second marriage woman who abuses her daughter, this up trouble, and distorts the truth–a–rane treatre
“But I see Audrey as a professional woman who’s mature, poised, kind, and elegant–someone anyone would regret losing. Only someone either bind or brainless would give her up!”
Valerie’s face turned pale as she was verbally struck. She let out a cold laugh. “Carson, you used to talk badly about Audrey in front of Clayton! What did she do to make you change your tune and defend her? Did she…”
Before Valerie could finish, Audrey slapped her across the face.
“You dare hit mel Valerie screamed.
“I already did.” Audrey shook her wrist and sneered. “Keep spewing nonsense, and I’ll slap you again!”
“You wouldn’t dare!”
Another slap landed on Valerie’s face. She stared wide–eyed, fury surging in her gaze.
Blood filled Valorio’s mouth as she gritted her teeth. “Audrey, don’t be too arroganti
“And what if I am?” Audrey stepped closer, a mocking smile on her lips.
Valerie quickly backed away, clutching her face with both hands.
She glanced around nervously. The nurses at the station, though clearly aware of the commotion, continued working as if nothing had happened. Picking a fight with Dr. Wilson, the renowned surgeon, was a common enemy of the nurses. None of them would dare intervene to help Valerie.
Valerie reluctantly withdrew her gaze. Audrey had already walked up to her, and
arie flinched instinctively. “Audrey, that’s enough!”
Audrey leaned in close and whispered, just loud enough for the two of them to hear, “Valerie, your ex–husband seems to be looking for you.”
That one casual sentence drained the color from Valerie’s already furious red face. She looked at Audrey’s amused expression in terror, “You…”
Audrey raised her voice. “Sincerely apologize to me, and I’ll forgive you for your loose tongue earlier. Otherwise… figure it out yourself. Valerie gritted her teeth so hard her jaw ached. She hated Audray with all her heart but was also terrified that she might actually tell her ex–husband where she was.
“illapologize, will you…” She glanced quickly at Carson, avoiding finishing her sentence. “Will you let this go?”
“That depends on how sincere your apology is,” Audrey replied, adjusting the bag on her shoulder and casually sipping one hand into her pocket as she waited.
Valerie looked back again and saw that the nurses at the station were busy elsewhere. Apart from Carson, no one was around to laugh at her. Taking a deep breath, she reluctantly said, “I’m sorry, I was wrong.”
Audrey raised an eyebrow, unmoved.
arly, she wasn’t satisfied with Valerie’s half–hearted apology
“I shouldn’t have called you a cast–off. You’re better than me, more capable, the best woman in the world. Whoever marries you is blessed ton gave you up because he was blind and foolish. is that good enough?”
Carson, unable to hold back, interjected, “If you’re apologizing take responsibility for your actions. Why drag Clayton into it? Just admit you falsely accused her of slashing your hand and stealing her husband!”
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Valerie almost fainted from rage. She glared angrily at Carson. She wasn’t stupid enough to expose her own lies. But Audrey’s even show that she agreed with Carson’s suggestion
“Audrey, it’s your fault for not keeping your husband in line. Even if it weren’t me, it would’ve been someone else. Her change their mind do about it?” Valerie’s voice trembled, playing the victim as usual,
To anyone who didn’t know the truth, it would look like Audrey was bullying her.
Audrey didn’t refute her. She simply smiled and waited for Valerie to continus.
Valerie’s eyes filled with tears–all tears this time. She was scared to death. The thought of her ex husband’s violent outbursts made her body remember the pain, and she began to tremble.
“Audrey! I was wrong. I shouldn’t have cut my own hand and fled to Clayton, saying you slashed me! I shouldn’t have let Leo’s men break my fingers and told Clayton it was you who retaliated I shouldn’t have stolen your husband is that enough?
Carson was stunned. He had only been making a guess earlier.
He hadn’t expected that Valerie had orchestrated the entire incident hersell. The time she had her fingers broken was also a setup to frame Audrey How could someone be so malicious? “Valerie, you
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Audrey interrupted Carson, hold grudges. If you see me in the future, stay out of my way.” She turned around and saw a woman standing by the elevator bolding Luna’s hand.
Carson pointed a finger at Valerie in frustration before turning to Luna with a smile. “Come on, let’s go eat with Aunt Audrey.”
Carson took Luna’s hand, and Luna looked up at Audrey, From the moment Audrey stepped out of the elevator, Luna had seen her slap Valerie—twice, hard.
By all rights, Luna should have felt sorry for her mother and hated the person who had hurt her. But instead of anger, she felt a secret joy deep inside.
From the moment a child is born, they test their parents‘ boundaries. They know when crying will get them what they want and when to behave and pretend to be obedient.
Whenever Valerie was beaten by her husband, she would take out her anger on Luna, Luna had cried, fought back, and resisted. But as a toddler barely learning to walk and talk, her tantrums only brought harsher punishment.
Over time, she stopped resisting. Not because she didn’t want to, bet because she couldn’t.
Now, seeing someone stand up to Walerie, seeing her cower and dare not fight back, stirred an unfamiliar emotion in Luna’s heart. Slowly, she reached out to hold Audrey’s hand.
“Luna! I’m your real mother!” Valerie shouted furiously.
Luna hesitated for a moment, but Valerie’s yelling made her grip Audrey’s finger tightly. Her big eyes were filled with longing as she looked at Audrey, as if begging her not to let go.
“Let’s go eat,” Audrey said, hooking her finger around Luna’s hand and walking into the elevator.
Carson couldn’t suppress the smile on his face. He gave Lunaan approving look.
They looked like a family of three as they left, ignoring Valerie completely. She was left screaming in the hallway.
“Ma’am, please keep quiet. The patients need rest,” a nurse at the station said as she stood up to remind her.
Valerie was on the verge of losing her mind. “When I was being bullied just now, why didn’t you speak up? Now you show upt I’m filing a complaint against you!”
The nurse sighed. “I was busy changing a patient’s dressing. Don’t make baseless complaints!”
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Inside the elevator, Carson patted Luna’s head proudly. “Luna is so well behaved and smart. The educational boys you picked out for her earns then
so quickly!”
He winked at Luna, who pulled a paper crane out of her pocket and handed it to Audrey.
“For me?” Audrey took it casually and stuffed it into her pocket. “Thanks”
The light in Luna’s eyes dimmed instantly, and she lowered her head,
After exiting the elevator, Audrey instructed the servant to take Luna to the car first, then turned to Carson
