The crowd automatically parted, and Mikaela walked through in an expensive red down jacket paired with a black dress and high heels, exuding a cold and alluring aura. She looked at Nora with mocking eyes.
Two strong bodyguards followed her closely, ready to protect her safety. They looked around warily at the people nearby.
Mikaela couldn’t help but laugh when she saw Nora’s disheveled appearance. “Back in Akloit, you mocked me for being nothing more than a sham. Now it seems that you can’t even reach that level yourself.”
“Without the Lawrence family, you are nothing but a stray dog.” Her words were venomous and harsh, causing those around them to gasp in shock.
Onlookers watched the two women intently as if they expected something to happen between them.
“Who are you calling a stray dog? Are you looking for trouble?” Nora charged forward angrily to hit Mikaela but was stopped by Mikaela’s two bodyguards who held onto her delicate hand tightly until they heard bones crack under their grip. Nora winced in pain as her face turned pale.
Jayla watched nervously from the sidelines without daring to say anything while hiding behind her boyfriend Derrick.
Derrick couldn’t stand idly by any longer and spoke up on behalf of Nora. “Mikaela, let it go. Whatever happened between you and Nora is already in the past; she’s pitiful now.”
Mikaela shifted her gaze strangely between both of them before saying sarcastically,”Speaking of which, isn’t Nora your girlfriend’s best friend? Jayla didn’t say anything about this whole situation; why did you stand up for her?”
“A knight in shining armor? Unfortunately for you, there are plenty of suitors pursuing Nora right now – someone like yourself who has average looks and comes from an ordinary background only caught Jayla’s attention.” Her words were aimed at three people simultaneously – Derrick included.
Jayla felt nervous after hearing what Mikaela said because she wondered if Derrick had something going on with Nora since he risked offending Mikaela just to defend Nora. He was usually someone who avoided trouble altogether so why would he do this now?
Derrick looked embarrassed and tried to explain himself, “Jayla, let me explain. I just thought she was your friend and I wanted to help her out because of you.”
“Really?” Jayla looked at him skeptically and asked again.
“Yes.”
Jayla finally put her worries aside and breathed a sigh of relief. “Okay then, but from now on you can’t contact Nora privately.”
She was still worried because Derrick had cheated on her with another girl before they broke up. That girl was five years older than Jayla and more beautiful than her. It wasn’t until he found out that she was also seeing someone else that he came back to Jayla.
To be honest, Nora was more attractive than the woman Derrick had an affair with before.
Derrick’s throat moved as he reluctantly glanced at Nora again; he had some feelings for her.
But his girlfriend Jayla was clearly angry with him; when he bought a car, Jayla’s parents gave him 100, 000 dollars. If they broke up or argued over something stupid like this, her parents might ask for the money back.
Compared to Nora, Derrick chose money.
Derrick’s departure left Nora feeling isolated once again. She looked around with blank eyes as people laughed at her; she felt so wronged that she almost cried.
Mikaela sneered down at her condescendingly. “Nora, today is your day! I’m giving back all the insults I received in the past!”
“Don’t think you can hide the fact that you miscarried in Akloit.”
Akloit… miscarriage…
It turned out that seemingly innocent-looking Nora really had been intimate with men before and even suffered a miscarriage.
This huge piece of information stunned everyone present; most guys stared at her belly lasciviously.
“Look at how big the gap between those legs is when she walks – it’s obvious!”
“I told everyone before that she wasn’t a virgin anymore but no one believed me.”
“Dude! You’re amazing! How could you tell?”
“When she walk, there’s such a big gap between her legs, are you blind?”
“Yeah man! It must have been someone rich who got lucky!”
For poor losers like them, it would only ever be wishful thinking anyway – rich people could change girlfriends as easily as changing clothes!
They thought someone like artistic-looking Nora would be different from other girls but it turned out they’d overestimated how special she really was.
As everyone was maliciously attacking Nora, a white figure walked out from the crowd.
Stephen walked towards her without hesitation, grabbing her shoulder with his big hand and pulling her into his embrace.
The sudden support and comfort made Nora feel like a drowning person grasping onto a life-saving straw. She actively reached out and grabbed his arm, tears welling up in her eyes as she looked at him pitifully.
“Master Stephen, why are you here?”
Stephen took out a handkerchief from his pocket and gently wiped away her tears with a smile on his face.
“Don’t cry. In my heart, you have always been the best girl.”
Mikaela had recently been spending time with Stephen’s younger uncle and had met him occasionally. Although they were of similar age, Stephen felt somewhat awkward around Mikaela.
“But isn’t she just using you as a stepping stone? Don’t you care about that?”
“Aren’t you also using my younger uncle as your stepping stone? Nora was just deceived by an unscrupulous man. But what about you? You’re clearly after our Prince family’s money.”
“Compared to her, you’re despicable too.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Mikaela was left speechless by Stephen’s retort and lost face in front of everyone present.
However, due to Master Stephen’s identity being different from Nora’s, even though she had bodyguards behind her back, they dared not lay hands on him; all she could do was swallow this bitterness down silently.
“Master Stephen! You really opened my eyes today! Fine then! Nora got lucky this time! Let’s go!”
Anyway, the goal of humiliating Nora in public had been achieved so it didn’t matter much anymore; there would be plenty more opportunities for revenge later on.
“Let’s go!”
After Mikaela left, Nora seemed to lose all strength in an instant, sinking softly into Master Stephen’s arms
“Nora!”
“Are you okay?”
At the moment when she fainted to the ground, Mater Stephan held onto her tightly, worriedly rushing towards the hospital together…