Everyone was puzzled when they noticed Kendrick arriving with Lana.
However, they did not know Lana. They only felt that this woman was not someone ordinary.
When Ryan saw Lana, his eyes darkened.
He could guess that Lana was here to cause trouble for Niamh.
When Naomi spotted Ryan in the crowd, she was agitated.
She walked over to him. “Rye, you’re here. You came to see Eveline, right?”
Ryan looked at Naomi with a dull gaze. “I’ve broken up with you, so it’s none of your business what I do.”
Naomi’s face fell when she heard that. She could not get over the anger in her heart.
“Ryan, what kind of attitude was that? Naomi is your ex-girlfriend but you’re treating her this way because of Eveline? Hmph, is this how you should behave, Young Master Jones?” Lana slowly walked over and deliberately increased the volume of her voice to make sure the people around them heard her. This way, they would think that there was something amorous between Ryan and Eveline.
Yet, Ryan was calm. He looked at Lana profoundly and said in an equally profound voice, “Lana, this isn’t F Country. Please watch yourself.”
Lana was taken aback when she heard this. She looked at Naomi with dissatisfaction and thought that Naomi told Ryan about her background.
When she was about to talk back to Ryan, she saw Niamh.
Before Lana could take a closer look, a crowd started gathering around Niamh to congratulate her.
“Lana, look at her. She’s really blind! Her mother-in-law is guiding her! But those guests haven’t noticed that she’s blind,” Naomi said in schadenfreude next to Lana’s ear.
“Hmph, if she wants to be in the center of attention even when she’s blind, I’ll make sure she’s the center of attention!” After Lana said that, she smirked at Kendrick. “Hans, remember to be more savage later. I’ll be waiting to watch your performance.”
Kendrick looked at Lana coldly and said, “Just you wait. I’ll use the most savage way to teach her how to behave.”
Lana was satisfied when she heard that. She had no idea what was the meaning behind Kendrick’s words. After that, she walked through the crowd and toward Niamh who was chatting with someone.
When Karen saw Lana in the hall, she got close to Niamh’s ear and said something.
Niamh smiled slightly and looked ahead calmly.
Lana walked in front of Niamh with a huge grin on her face. However, her eyes were filled with malice. She was thrilled when she saw Niamh’s eyes staring at one side, out of focus. “Mrs. Waldburg, today is the 52nd anniversary of Waldburg Corporation. Since we know each other, I’m here to give you a gift.”
She said while eyeing Naomi. Then, Naomi took out a box and handed it to Lana. After Lana got it, she handed it to Niamh.
“Mrs. Waldburg, take it.” Lana reached out her hand. When she saw Niamh lifting her hand to take it, she smirked and let go.
The box fell and landed next to Niamh’s feet.
Lana frowned pretentiously and said aggrievedly, “Mrs. Waldburg, what’s the meaning of this? I have an invitation to come here as a guest. As a guest, I’m giving you a gift, so why are you not accepting it?”
Naomi looked at the calm and unperturbed Niamh while sniggering. Then, she displayed a shocked look on her face. “Ah, Lana, haven’t you noticed? I don’t think Mrs. Waldburg can see.”
“She can’t see?” Lana pretended to be confused and started looking at Niamh from head to toe. “Mrs. Waldburg, what’s wrong with your eyes? Why are you blind?”
When Lana said this, a collective gasp sounded from around them.
“What? Eveline is blind?”
“No way!”
“Did she go blind from crying so much over her parents’ death?”
“Poor girl. However, how is she going to manage Waldburg Corporation now that she’s blind? Will it affect our business collaboration?”
“This is all hard to say.”
Lana was pleased with herself after she successfully stirred up a commotion.
She had also contacted a lot of journalists in advance to humiliate Niamh.
Now that everyone was talking about it, Lana glared at Niamh’s face that was covered with some light makeup. Then, she started provoking her. “Tsk tsk, Mrs. Waldburg from Waldburg Corporation is blind.”
“Journalists and everyone in the mall, come see! This is the number one young madam and socialite in Glendale. Unfortunately, she’s a blind orphan with a dead husband!
“Say, how will a blind woman manage such a huge company? How is she going to run the business? I think the company will be ruined by this blind bat soon, am I right?”
“Right!” Naomi chimed in. When she saw Niamh staying quiet, she felt even more pleased. “Eveline, do you know why you’re blind? This is retribution!”
Naomi mocked, saying, “Who asked you to seduce my fiancé after your husband died? That’s why your parents died and you went blind. These are all your retributions!”
Lana and Naomi worked together to target Niamh maliciously.
Kendrick was already at his limits. However, when he took a step forward, he heard Niamh saying flatly, “Retribution?”
She muttered that word with a smile. Then, she looked up coldly to look straight at Naomi who was feeling pleased about herself.
“Do you know what’s true retribution? Naomi, true retribution is when you tried to drug me and destroy my reputation but you stewed in your own juice and drank the drugged wine. That’s how you became the female lead of the private room who went viral on the internet!”
“…”
What?
Naomi was shocked.
The grin on Lana’s face disappeared slowly.
She looked at Niamh’s eyes in disbelief as they became sharper and brighter.
At this moment, her sharp eyes were directly on Lana’s face.
“Retribution is when a heinous and demented witch like you knelt in front of me like a coward after you threatened me with my family’s safety so that I’ll kneel and apologize to you!”
“…”
Lana valued her reputation the most. There were so many people from the upper-class here along with media journalists. If someone uploaded this online and her friends from F Country saw it, she would be completely destroyed.
“Eveline, what are you bullsh*tting about? When did I kneel in front of you? Don’t try to ruin my reputation!”
Niamh smiled softly and pressed down on a mini remote in her hand. “Then, let’s all see what Miss Johnson will look like when she kneels and apologize.”
After Niamh said that, the lights dimmed. The scene of Lana kneeling and apologizing to Niamh appeared on the LED screen in front of everyone.
Even though Lana was reluctant at that moment, she did say ‘Eveline, I’m sorry.’
When Naomi saw this, she was stunned. “Lana, w-why did you…”
“Eveline!” Lana exploded. “Eveline, you took a video of me!”
Niamh turned on the lights and smiled. “Of course. I did it by using the hidden camera on my brooch. I captured your sorry face when you apologized to me,” she admitted magnanimously. “This is Miss Lana Johnson who struts around tyrannizing everyone, but from the looks of it now, she’s nothing.”
“You…” Lana was seething.
She lifted her hand to slap Niamh when Niamh took a glass of red wine from the table and splashed it straight onto her face.
Lana froze immediately, her hand also freezing in mid-air.
Looking at Niamh’s cold eyes, she suddenly realized something.
“Eveline, you’re not blind?”
“I won’t be blind even when you are.” Niamh scoffed. “You’ll never win against me even if I can’t see anything in the future, let alone when I can see everything now.”
“What?”
Lana glared at Naomi angrily.
Naomi’s eyes darted around the place as she murmured, “I-It’s true that I got the news saying that Eveline is blind…”
Niamh smirked when she heard that. “You thought I was blind and that’s why you brought your friend here to cause trouble for me?” she asked Lana who was fuming right now with a smile on her face.
Lana’s face was so dark that it looked like a piece of coal. Then, she heard Niamh say, “Lana, did you think you were going to watch me make a fool of myself today? Let me tell you the truth. You lost the moment you stepped into this place because I knew that a heinous woman like you wouldn’t give up a chance to hit me when I’m down. That’s why I’ve been waiting for you.”
“…”
After she heard that, a raging fire was burning in Lana’s chest and she almost exploded right where she stood.
She came here to cause trouble for Niamh today, but now, she became the butt of the joke instead.
If the video of her kneeling and apologizing to Niamh was spread to F Country, her prestige and reputation as the powerful Miss Johnson would be utterly destroyed.
How would she be able to endure this?
Lana felt a raging fire in her heart, and she reached out to strangle Niamh. However, the moment she reached out her hand, she felt a strong grip holding her wrist.
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