“Get up.”
Daniel went to help Naya.
Naya wept, and tears rolled down her face. Now, she was leaning her head against Daniel’s chest.
“Dan, I really don’t want to live anymore. Why did you save me? Just let me die…”
“Don’t say such negative things. Get up first,” Daniel persuaded and gently pushed Naya’s head away from his shoulders.
However, Naya did not seem willing to be pushed away.
This was such an eyesore for Ava, so she walked over, grabbed Naya, and threw the confused Naya on the bed.
“Are you done? Naya, do you really think you’re a movie star and everyone will fall for your act?”
Creak!
The door of the ward was pushed open again, and Naya’s mother angrily ran over to Ava.
“What are you doing in my daughter’s ward, you vixen? How dare you come to trigger Naya?! Why are you soevil?? 5
Ava glanced at Naya’s mother indifferently. “You know best in your own heart who’s the evil one.” “You…”
“Stop stammering. The truth will never be buried.” Ava knew she would not be able to get anything from Naya, so she stopped wasting her time. However, before she left, she glanced at Daniel profoundly before turning around to leave.
After Ava left, Daniel turned around without hesitation too.
When Naya saw this, a spark of jealousy appeared in her eyes.
When Naya’s mother saw how unhappy her precious daughter was, she angrily turned around and barged out.
When she was outside the ward, she saw Daniel calling out to Ava. Ava stopped walking. The two of them were facing each other, and it seemed that they were affectionate. They were about to say something. Naya’s mother clenched her fist tightly and quickly charged to where Ava was standing.
Ava heard hurried footsteps approaching her. When she lifted her eyes to look over, she received a heavy slap across her face before she could even see Naya’s mother clearly.
Naya’s mother appeared too suddenly, so Ava did not have time to react. Daniel could not stop Naya’s mother in time as well, so Ava was slapped across the face.
The people who saw this were starting to crowd around them while discussing among themselves. “Mrs. Mendez, how could you hit Ava?” Daniel was subconsciously dissatisfied when he saw Ava’s dazed look, so he questioned Naya’s mother.
Naya’s mother pointed at Ava angrily, cursing without caring about her image at all. “Dan, you’re my son-in-law. Why are you defending this vixen at this time? This vixen almost killed your wife! Not only are you not accompanying your wife, but you even came out to talk to her. How do you have the heart to face Naya?” 1
Naya’s mother’s screams surprised the onlookers. “What? Is this woman a mistress?”
“She does look like a mistress with that face of hers.” “This man is also a scumbag. He doesn’t care about his wife and is getting himself entangled with his mistress in public. It’s no wonder that the wife’s mother slapped this vixen. If I were her, I would hit her too. I’d even hit the scumbag!”
When Naya’s mother saw that everyone was on her side and was all scolding Ava, she was elated.
It was not that Ava could not hear what the people around her were saying, but she just held her swollen cheek and remained silent without any reaction. However, Daniel could not keep his cool. He raised his eyebrows and faced Naya’s mother with dissatisfaction. “Mrs. Mendez, do you know the reason why I call you Mrs. Mendez? Your daughter and I are not at all—”
“Daniel, you and my daughter have already set a wedding date, and you two are getting married next week. Don’t you recognize me as your mother-in- law? Daniel, this is not how a decent human being behaves—”
“You’re right, Dan is not a decent human being…”
Ava said suddenly.
Naya’s mother was stunned for a moment. She inexplicably felt panic rising in her chest when she saw Ava walking toward her with a cold expression. A look of crisis shot out from her eyes frigidly. Suddenly, she heard Ava speak again.
“One shouldn’t be gentle and friendly with everyone like Dan. One should treat a slanderous shrew like you like this.” |
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Naya’s mother did not understand what Ava was trying to convey, and while she was still in a daze, Ava suddenly raised her hand. When Naya’s mother was least expecting it, Ava slapped her across the face without any mercy.
The sound of the slap was particularly loud, even louder than the slap that Naya’s mother gave Ava just now.
“Gosh…”
The people around them were shocked, and even Daniel was beyond surprised.
Naya had been hiding behind her ward door as she watched this. At first, she was thrilled when she saw people criticizing Ava. However, when she saw Ava slapping her mother, her jaw dropped.
Naya’s mother was also so shocked that her mouth was open wide. She clutched her painful cheek and lifted her head abruptly to glare at Ava dazedly, “H- How dare you slap me?”
“Yeah, I did slap you. Why wouldn’t I dare to do so?” Ava replied calmly, her eyes cold. “You didn’t hesitate when you slapped me. If that’s the case, why should I hesitate to slap you? I’m not related to you in any way, so I don’t need to indulge you.”
“You…”
“You’re a mother, yet you don’t even know how to be a decent human being yourself. It’s no wonder that the daughter you educated is also such a shrew.”
“..’ Naya’s mother did not expect Ava to scold her. At this moment, she felt her cheek hurting even more. “ Ava, w-what nonsense are you talking about? Stop slandering my daughter!”
“Perhaps the onlookers here can’t be sure whether I’m slandering her or not, but you and your daughter Naya know best in your hearts. Danny dated me first, while the pestering vixen is your daughter. Just because you’re loud and managed to attract onlookers doesn’t mean you’ re right. Again, justice will prevail. The truth might not be out now, but it’ll never be buried forever.”
Ava directly turned around after speaking. Those onlookers glanced at Ava and consciously stepped out of her way to let Ava pass by. They seemed shocked by Ava’s words and actions just now.
Naya’s mother clearly felt that she had the upper hand just a moment ago, but now, it seemed that she had become the clown.
However, what happened next surprised Naya’s mother. Someone had filmed a video of Ava slapping Naya’s mother, and it was posted on the internet. Since the video only contained the part where Ava slapped Naya’s mother and nothing else, Ava also become the target of abuse by many keyboard warriors following Niamh.
They were all scolding Ava for bullying Naya and her mother, which was outrageous.
After seeing this, Niamh realized that Ava wanted to expose Naya’s true colors, so she went to the hospital to look for Naya. She was trying to trigger Naya to reveal her true colors and then film Naya’s hideous nature. However, Naya seemed to be very vigilant this time and never once removed her hypocritical mask. Hence, Ava had wasted her time on this trip.
What made Niamh and Ava even more surprised was that after Ava went to Naya’s ward, the entire encounter was also filmed.
Only then did Niamh and Ava understand why Naya behaved like that at the time. It turned out that she had already made preparations.
After Raegan saw this on the internet, she immediately took down the trending searches. Although she was fast, the incident had spread widely. Ava was not surprised that she was being cyberbullied by netizens.
While criticizing Ava, the netizens would also comfort and encourage Naya.
At the same time, Naya posted something at this time. She uploaded a photo of herself in the ward while attached to the IV drip to prove that she was indeed hospitalized. Furthermore, she even wrote a caption that made Niamh and Ava feel that she was extremely two-faced.
She asked all netizens to stop attacking Ava and said that she did not want to see her loved ones bothered by this matter. Finally, she thanked the netizens. Great. The netizens immediately thought that Daniel was distressed by Ava being cyberbullied. Asa result, the netizens wrote even harsher words about Ava. Some people even deliberately went to the apartment where Ava lived before to throw rotten eggs and splash red paint on her door. Things were getting worse and worse now. |
Raegan was worried about Ava’s safety, so she called Niamh. Niamh was worried as well and had been with Ava this whole time.
Ava knew Naya wanted to completely destroy her, but she did not want Niamh to worry about her too much. Hence, she pretended to be very at ease.
Since there was something at the company that Ava needed to take care of, she purposely avoided working hours and asked Niamh to send her to the lobby of her company.
Niamh told Ava to wait for her to park the car so the two of them could go up together. Ava knew Niamh was worried about her, so she waited at the door and did not go anywhere. However, a figure slowly approached her from the side under the gray and foggy night sky.
Ava also heard footsteps approaching. When she was about to look back, a strong arm suddenly stretched out and grabbed her shoulders.
Ava wanted to dodge, but the man held her even harder and pulled her to the side.
Just as Ava was about to break free, something seemed to pass by her side from the corners of her eyes.
Crash!
The sound of something shattering could be heard from beside her.
Ava froze for a moment.
“Are you okay?” A familiar and concerned voice entered her ears at this time.
Ava snapped back to her senses and raised her eyes. In her doubtful gaze, Tom’s extremely handsome face was reflected in her pupils.
“Mr. Lowe?” Ava was very surprised. “I-I’m fine.” Ava spoke incoherently as she had yet to recover from what had just happened.
She turned her head to look in the direction where the sound of the shatter came from, only to find that a flowerpot had fallen to the ground less than a meter away from her.
In other words, a flower pot had fallen to where she was standing just now. Coincidentally. Tom saw it, so he rushed over to pull her away.
Ava looked at the broken flower pot with a silent sigh of relief. Then, she turned to face Tom. “Mr. Lowe, thank you.”
Tom had already let go of his arms in a very gentlemanly manner. He also glanced at the flowerpot, but his face was a little serious.
“It’s good that you’re fine. I’ll ask someone to find out how the flowerpot fell. If it was done deliberately, I’ll definitely avenge you.”
Ava was curious when she heard what Tom said.
It would make sense if someone had accidentally pushed the flowerpot. How could it have been done deliberately? Did someone want to kill her with a flowerpot?
Tom walked toward the building, but he did not forget to ask Ava, “Why are you standing at the entrance of the company at this late hour?”
Ava quickly came back to her senses and followed behind Tom. “There’s a problem with the design draft for a project and it’s the deadline tomorrow. I have to settle this design draft tonight in case the client is unhappy with the company.”
After Tom heard that, a deep smile appeared on his handsome face. “It’s my honor to have such a considerate employee like you in the company. I think I have to give you a salary increment this year.” “Thank you, Mr. Lowe. I’m just doing my duty.”
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