Chapter 432 Don't Bully Barbara

When Barbara heard that, her face changed. She looked down, thinking, 'Yeah, my chest is pretty small.'

Her face turned bright red, and she tightened her bathrobe, crossing her arms like she was trying to hide something.

Pouting and fuming, she snapped, "Ryder, you perv!"

Ryder barely lifted an eyelid and replied coolly, "Just calling it like I see it. If you don't wanna hear it, you don't have to. No one's making you listen."

Barbara was left speechless for a moment.

Then, she deflated like a popped balloon.

With teary eyes, she sighed, "Ryder, do you really hate me that much?"

"What?" Ryder was a bit taken aback, not really getting what Barbara was on about.

Barbara pouted, looking all hurt, "I know you've never liked me. I get it—my figure's not great, I've got a bad temper, my background's nothing special. You're amazing, so of course you'd hate me."

And then she started crying!

Ryder was totally confused!

He wondered if Barbara had gotten tipsy from the beer at the Mexican place tonight.

The last time she drank, she lost a bet to him at a bar, got drunk after one drink, and even tried to jump into the river.

Because of that, they got kidnapped and almost died!

So Ryder sighed. "You've had too much to drink. Go back to your room and rest!"

Barbara shook her head, wiping her tears and choking out, "If you hate me, just say it. I can handle it! No one's ever liked me since I was a kid!"

Hearing this, Ryder smiled bitterly. "We argue a lot, but I don't hate you. You're kind-hearted. Why would I hate you?"

Barbara's eyes lit up. "Really?"

Ryder nodded.

Barbara started giggling, her eyes turning into little crescents.

But as she laughed, tears started flowing again, and her body twitched now and then.

"I'm sorry," she whispered.

"Why are you apologizing again?" Ryder felt super frustrated, thinking women's emotions were really unpredictable!

Barbara wiped her tears messily. "It's nothing, I just..."

Just then, the study door suddenly swung open!

It was Sarah!

Fresh out of the shower and in her pajamas, Sarah saw Barbara wiping away tears in the study.

She was stunned for a moment and quickly asked, "Barbara, what's wrong?"

Sarah's sudden appearance caught Barbara off guard.

"I'm fine! I'm going to bed!" Barbara's eyes showed a hint of avoidance, and she quickly left the study.

As the sound of footsteps echoed, Barbara went downstairs.

Sarah frowned, looking puzzled.

Suddenly, her gaze shifted to Ryder, her eyes flashing like she was trying to see right through him!

Ryder nervously swallowed, thinking, 'Did Sarah find out something? No way! I just teased Barbara a bit, didn't do anything else!'

Sarah stared at Ryder for about ten seconds before finally asking, "Did you just bully Barbara behind my back?"

"No way! How could I..."

Before he could finish, Sarah cut him off, "Ryder, I need to be serious with you. When Barbara first came to Houston, she might've been a bit rude, but she's still young and naive. She's had a rough life without much family warmth. It's pretty sad. So, even if just for my sake, could you please not bully her?"

Seeing Sarah's serious expression, Ryder couldn't help but twitch his eyes.

He thought, 'Barbara's such a troublemaker, it's a miracle if she doesn't mess with me. How would I even get the chance to bully her?'

But since Sarah had said so, Ryder had to agree, "Okay! I get it!"

"Don't act impatient!" Sarah pouted seriously. "From now on, treat Barbara like family. If I catch you bullying her again, we're done talking!"

Seeing Sarah's serious yet cute demeanor, Ryder felt a surge of desire!

He couldn't help but stand up and wrap his arms around Sarah's slender waist.

He gently sniffed Sarah's hair and softly said, "Honey, remember what we didn't finish in the basement? The moonlight's beautiful tonight. Should we continue?"

When Sarah heard this, her face immediately turned red!

She knew what Ryder was talking about and shyly hit his chest. "All you think about is hooking up with me. Can't you think of something else?"

Ryder whispered in Sarah's ear, "Your beauty has me utterly captivated, so I always have dirty thoughts about you!"

Although this was teasing, if it were before, Sarah would have been angry.

But now, as her relationship with Ryder grew closer, this compliment made her very happy.

She responded shyly, "But you can only kiss me, nothing else!"

"Okay!"

At the Johnson family gate!

Two days later, a row of black Audi cars was neatly parked at the gate of the Johnson Mansion, more than a dozen in total!

These Audi cars' license plates indicated they were from New York City!

From these cars emerged over forty burly men dressed mainly in white. Each one was broad-shouldered and muscular, with tattoos on their exposed arms, looking very intimidating.

Leading this group was a middle-aged man with several scars on his face and a cobra tattoo on his bald head.

Jasper Gray's triangular eyes gleamed with a cold light, as if anyone he stared at would have a piece of flesh torn off!

These men stood in three rows, tightly surrounding the gate!

Lawrence, seeing so many people suddenly appear at the gate, thought it was some enemy of the Johnson family coming for revenge!

He quickly went inside to report to Heather!

When Heather heard this news, her face turned pale.

With her seventieth birthday just around the corner, being sought for revenge would be a huge loss!

While everyone in the Johnson family was on edge, Tyler walked out of his room, a hint of smugness on his otherwise calm face, and said, "Don't worry, they're from the Young family and they're here to deal with Ryder!"

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