Ranita’s eyes met the man’s.
Cool yet profoundly mysterious, as if everything and nothing had been said at the same time. Ranita put down the towel and spoke lightly, “No need to apologize to me. Since you think I hurt you, perhaps you should find someone else to help.”
Ranita turned to leave.
Tears swirled in her eyes, almost bursting forth.
She inwardly cursed her own weakness, berated herself for being foolish.
“Ranita, stop.” Brendon grabbed her wrist and gently caressed it a couple of times, “Don’t give up halfway.”
Brendon, the bastard!
What did he really want? Did he have to humiliate her in front of Shannon?
“Brendon… don’t make it hard for Ranita. I’m fine! I… can do it myself, let Ranita go.”
“Is that okay?” Shannon was furious inside; she wished Ranita would leave, the farther the better.
Ranita felt a light tug on her arm again, she glanced back, catching a glimpse of fury flashing in Shannon’s eyes.
Suddenly, she didn’t want to leave.
She decided to stay, just to infuriate Shannon!
With a rebellious spirit suddenly surging, Ranita, suppressing the sourness in her heart, grabbed the towel and said with a smile to Shannon, “Miss Murphy, Mr. Stuart is right, we shouldn’t leave things unfinished. Since it was my fault for messing up Miss Murphy’s hair, it’s only right that I clean it up.”
“Miss Murphy, could you please lower your head?” After a pause, Ranita said with a half-smile, “I’m quite strong, I hope Miss Murphy won’t mind.”
Shannon looked pitifully at Brendon, “Brendon…”
“Why are you looking at Brendon? I’m the one who threw the chips in your hair, it’s my responsibility to clean it up!” Ranita said, moving the towel toward Shannon’s head.
“Ah!” Shannon’s eyes were hit by the towel, immediately letting out a pitiful cry.
But Ranita didn’t care.
They said she was bullying her, huh? Well, let’s make it a reality then!
“Miss Murphy, there’s quite a lot of dirt in your hair, I need some time to clean it!” Ranita rubbed vigorously, and even yanked at Shannon’s hair maliciously a few times.
“Ah!” Shannon screamed repeatedly, “Brendon… it hurts so much…”
Shannon played the victim, but Brendon remained silent.
Ranita glanced at Brendon, noticing the dog of a man was actually watching her, even slightly raising an eyebrow as if enjoying the drama.
Suddenly, Ranita felt a bit better.
“Ah ah…” Shannon covered her hair with her hands, but Ranita pushed her hands away and continued to vigorously rub and yank, turning her once smooth hair into a mess akin to a dog’s nest.
Shannon was in extreme disarray.
Her eyes reddened, tears almost falling, “Ranita, you… it hurts so much, did you do it on purpose?”
Ranita smiled insincerely, “I’m sincerely helping you clean up, how could it be deliberate?”
“Look at your hair, it’s completely clean now! Aren’t you happy?”
Shannon was close to exploding with anger.
Happy?
She felt like killing Ranita with a knife right then!
But in front of Brendon, she could only continue to feign weakness, her voice choked as she said, “Thank you, Ranita, for the help cleaning. Since it’s clean now, I’ll take care of the rest myself…”
Suppressing a sneer in her eyes, Ranita replied.
“Why stop halfway? Your hair is quite messy, let me help you comb it a bit!” Saying this, Ranita picked up a comb and started without regard for Shannon’s pain.