Chapter 123

Cynthia immediately exploded. “Stop pretending to be pitiful! North, I’ll kill you!”

North turned her body to avoid her, and Cynthia pounced on thin air.

She crashed into the counter and was in such pain that she could not straighten her back. Her expression contorted. “I’ll get rid of you sooner or later!” Then, she yelped.

The store manager and the other customers looked over. They commented disdainfully, “This other woman is really going too far. Did you hear what that man called her? Ms. Bracken? She’s not the Bracken family’s heiress, is she?”

“Seducing a married man in public… This Bracken heiress is truly shameless.”

Cynthia’s face turned mottled as she regarded the customers who were pointing fingers at her. In a huff, she yelled, “And who do you think you are? I’m the Bracken family’s heiress, so you should all shut up! Shut up!”

North quietly pulled Gerald by the hand to exit the crowd. She did not bask in her victory.

Gerald looked at the piano North had bought. “You