Chapter 1542 If I'm Not Shameless, I Can't Protect the Ones I Love
Cassie: [Just fight back and scare them. I'll take the heat.]
Joseph: [Babe, you're so fierce for Laura. What about my feelings?]
Cassie: [Good boy.]
Joseph: [You're the best.]
A minute later, Cassie posted on Facebook: [Seriously, anyone who messes with my best friend is asking for trouble. It's infuriating.]
Of course, she blocked everyone except Derek and Laura from seeing it.
Laura was munching on her food and scrolling through Facebook when she saw it and immediately commented: [Are you talking about me? Did Noah tell you that?]
Cassie replied instantly: [Fight back, I'll handle the fallout.]
Laura posted a crying emoji out of gratitude.
But right after she posted, Derek's comment popped up: [Who bullied Laura?]
Laura went silent.
She almost forgot Derek was friends with Cassie on Facebook.
Just as she finished thinking, her phone rang. It was Derek calling.
She hung up, but Derek called again. After a few times, it caught the attention of the others at the table.
Derek was relentless, so she had no choice but to take her phone outside. She answered and started to lose her temper, "Derek, do you know you're interrupting my meal?"
"Are you sure you're eating and not checking Facebook?" Derek said, "Who bullied you? What's going on?"
"It's my own business, I'm not telling you." Laura huffed, not realizing she was becoming more brazen in front of Derek.
"Oh, really? Then if you don't tell me, I'll just have to call your parents and tell them I've admired you for a long time, and now that you're being bullied, I can't stand it and need to stand up for you," Derek said, sounding incredibly melancholic.
Laura was completely helpless against his threat, "Derek, why are you so shameless now?"
Derek said leisurely, "I have no choice. If I'm not shameless, I can't get a girlfriend and protect the one I love."
"Shameless," Laura cursed, but her tone softened involuntarily, and even the corners of her mouth lifted a bit.
"Yes, I'm shameless," Derek also agreed.
Laura was completely exasperated, "I don't need your help. It's just a small matter, I can handle it."
"But you're definitely in a bad mood now. Can you tell me about it? Sharing might make you feel a bit better," Derek coaxed with a smile.
"No." Laura said and hung up.
Back at her seat, Derek sent a comforting emoji and transferred some money to her.
In the noisy banquet hall, surrounded by curious glances, Laura suddenly felt much better.
She knew very well that it was Derek who made her feel this way.
But she didn't accept the money.
After the banquet, Micah didn't leave immediately but chatted with a few business associates.
"Let's go upstairs and play cards with the ladies," said the wife of a wealthy businessman, linking arms with Isla.
Isla was thrilled. She'd been dying to get into the inner circle of these wealthy wives. She knew that after the Tarro family's bankruptcy and her affair with Benjamin, she wasn't exactly popular in Silverwood's elite scene.
She saw this as her big chance to make some connections.
The wealthy businessman's wife led Isla to a private room upstairs. Inside, there were no wealthy wives playing cards, just Laura sitting in a chair, smiling at Isla.
"Laura, I've brought Isla to you. I'll be going now." Mrs. Jude, who brought Isla, quickly left and closed the door.
Isla sensed something was off and tried to open the door, only to find it locked from the outside.
"Laura, what do you want from me?" Isla said, fumbling for her phone in her purse.
Laura wasn't about to let her off easy. In a few swift moves, she tossed Isla's purse and phone far away, then slapped Isla several times. "You like to gossip about me, huh? Come on, say all you want."
Isla tried to fight back but was no match for Laura. Laura pinned her down, delivering a one-sided beatdown.
"I really didn't want to cause you trouble because you're too weak," Laura said as she hit her. "But you just had to provoke me. I rarely come back to Silverwood, and you still had to show up in front of me. Just because you married a rich old man, you think you're something? Horizon Ventures Group means nothing to me."
"Let's see if Micah still thinks highly of you after today." Laura then started to tear Isla's clothes.
Isla was terrified and tried to struggle, but her head was buzzing from the slaps, and her face hurt terribly. She regretted it. She didn't expect Laura to be so crazy, daring to take revenge at a wedding.
Laura wasn't like this before. Even when Isla took Benjamin from her, Laura didn't dare do anything. Even after Laura married Michael, she didn't come back to Silverwood to cause trouble. Isla thought Laura was very weak.
That was why Isla dared to spread rumors about Laura at the banquet.
"Today, I'll settle both old and new scores," Laura sneered.
Laura knocked her out, stripped her, and threw her clothes on the bed. Laura then tidied herself up and left.
Half an hour later, reporters arrived and photographed the chairman of Horizon Ventures Group's new wife in bed with a hotel staff member. Micah saw the scene and fainted on the spot.
Laura found out about it in the afternoon and was a bit stunned. She called Noah, "Did they really have sex? I just said to take some suggestive photos."
Noah's tone was strange, "I don't know either. I just wanted to help you teach Isla a lesson."
"Sorry, Micah won't come after you, will he?" Laura felt guilty.
"They probably don't have the time. I just learned that Micah had some trouble years ago, but he used money to settle it. Lately, the testimony of a witness in prison was set free. Just now, after Micah woke up, he was taken away by the police," Noah said mysteriously, "Laura, was this your doing?"
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