Chapter 299
Zayn’s eyes suddenly darkened like a cloud skimming across a pond. With a mocking chuckle, he lit a cigarette and began to smoke.
Tim was surprised to see lan. Ian’s arrogant expression had yet to fade. It remained frozen in a way that made him look utterly ridiculous.
“Mr. N–Nightin-”
“What are you mumbling about?”
Mandy expected Tim to scold Willow sharply, but his sudden meekness infuriated her.
She jabbed a finger toward Willow and yelled, “You brazen hussy, and you fatherless cripple! How dare you cross my precious son? This is your last chance. Kneel and apologize to my son, or you’ll deeply regret it!”
As more parents arrived to pick up their children, many of them, driven by a sense of justice, found the arrogance displayed by Mandy and Tim hard to tolerate.
Even though they were indignant, actually confronting Mandy and Tim seemed daunting. The duo’s attire. signaled their wealth, dissuading anyone from risking offense.
“Who do you think you’re telling to kneel?”
lan’s soft–spoken question held an undercurrent of authority, leaving those around him tense and almost breathless.
Mandy looked up at lan. She was quick to notice his air of high status. Confident that neither Willow nor
Aaron could know someone of his stature, she felt emboldened.
Her voice rose dramatically as she yelled, “Obviously, I’m telling the hussy who temps men and the cripple to kneel! So what if she’s attractive? She can’t even maintain her own marriage after having a dumb child who waddles like a penguin!”
“Yeah, you dumb, fatherless cripple!”
With Mandy backing him up, Harlan puffed himself up, taunting Aaron with a stick–out tongue.
lan’s sudden presence made Tím slightly nervous, but years in the business world had honed his ability to regain composure quickly. He knew that lan had a favorable view of Willow, but he also knew that even the strongest reputations could be shattered.
He took a deep breath and bravely met lan’s gaze.
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