Simon frowned instantly. “North again? Did she bully you, Melinda?”Melinda sighed. “I won that spot in the design competition fair and square, but North insisted on fighting for it… It’s no big deal, but I’m worried about our relationship getting tense. Ugh.”“You’re too kind for your own good, Melinda!” Simon said angrily. “Don’t worry! I won’t let North bully you again!”Melinda put on a worried look and pretended to talk him out of it. However, she actually emboldened him. “Please don’t act rashly. North may like to bully me, but we’re still sisters. I’ll just endure it…”That made Simon even more eager to avenge his crush, so he ran backstage.Meanwhile, a triumphant smile flashed across Melinda’s face.…As the banquet began, the principal and directors made their speeches. Then, the students began chatting amongst themselves.Gerald changed out of his suit into a white coat and set off to look for North.North was reading a magazine in a corner when a waiter carrying a
“Are you sure that was just a glass of wine?”Everyone was confused. What did she mean?Melinda’s expression shifted slightly. Then, she smiled in resignation. “What are you talking about, North? Isn’t that a glass of wine? I know he ruined your jacket, but it’s not like you’re poor. Let’s not hold grudges for the sake of holding them, alright?”North laughed even more coldly.Seeing this, Melinda pretended to put on a generous attitude and said disapprovingly, “North, I may be your younger sister, but there are some things I need to tell you anyway.“It’s the school banquet today. What if you end up embarrassing the whole school because you made a scene? You’re already a grown woman, so you can’t mess around like you did when you were a child.”North gave her a barely noticeable smile.Melinda sure was smart.First, she bribed the waiter. Then, she criticized her from atop her moral high horse by asking why she was pursuing the matter when she did not even get hurt.With a sh
Everyone’s words wormed their way into Melinda’s ears. She went pale and started trembling.“Stop being so mean. This has nothing to do with Melinda!” At that moment, a man’s voice rang out angrily. Simon rushed over to shield Melinda. He shot North a disgusted glare.“Melinda has been with her lecturer the whole time, so she wouldn’t have had the chance to bribe a waiter into splashing acid on you! How could you be so vicious? How could your life be worth more than hers?!”Melinda secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Right, she had an alibi.North chuckled coldly. It looked like the acid splashing was not Melinda’s idea, but Simon’s.North nodded. “Fine. We’ll investigate this, then. We’ll check this waiter’s bank transactions, where the acid came from, and who he’s met with. There are security cameras everywhere on campus. It wouldn’t be hard to find out what happened.”“North…” Melinda wept. “It pains me to see that you almost got hurt, but you can’t go around accusing people
Due to Gerald’s orders, no one in the entire banquet hall came over to see what was going on.When Simon realized that a woman just hit him, he was enraged, “How dare you, North Myers?!”Bam! North landed another punch on him without the slightest change in her expression. “You must be joking, Mr. Simon. If you have the balls to try to disfigure me, why wouldn’t I have the balls to hit you?”“I’m the heir to Boyle Corporation!” Simon screamed. “If you offend me, then you’re dead meat!”Melinda interrupted them gently. “Don’t do this, North. Simon didn’t try to kill you. Can’t we talk about this…”“Shut up! If you keep talking, I’ll beat you up too!”By the end of the beating, Simon was not even shouting anymore. He was sore all over. How could a woman beat him up this hard?North loomed over him with a smile. “Mr. Simon, if calling the cops won’t fix this, I can always resort to the most primitive solutions. Do you understand?”“Just you wait, North! I’ll get you expelled!”
“I think it’s your son who deserved what he got,” North said coldly as she came in with slightly raised eyebrows.Triumph flashed in Mrs. Fields’ eyes when she looked at North. The Myers had bribed her to give Melinda the design competition’s candidacy, but North was unhappy with that.What right did she have to be unhappy? What kind of fuss could one student kick up?How was North even supposed to get out of this mess now that she had offended the Boyles?Mrs. Boyle shot to her feet with a twisted expression and stared at North. “You’re that b*tch?!”North scoffed. “Many of the students saw your son pay someone off to splash acid on me. Do you really think you’re in a position to yell at me?”“How dare you!”Mrs. Boyle thought that North deserved to be splashed with acid! Anyone who offended her son deserved to die.“You should be honored that my son was targeting you! You call her your student, Megan Fields? How dare she talk back to me?!”Megan Fields was Mrs. Fields’ full
Gerald casually read Boyle Corporation’s financial reports. A few moments later, Connor knocked on the door and entered. “Mr. Gerald, Mr. Boyle from Boyle Corporation wants to see you.”Gerald smiled. Usually, he did not need to meet unimportant people like him. However, he nodded in amusement. “Sure.”Mr. Boyle stumbled in. He fell to his knees with a thud the moment he saw Gerald. “Please spare us, Mr. Howard. Spare Boyle Corporation!”This morning, Boyle Corporation’s stocks got shorted, and all its stocks were sold off at incredibly low prices. All its supply chains were cut off, and Mr. Boyle had no idea what happened. He only found out Gerald had something to do with this after asking many different people for information.However, he also had no idea what he had done to offend him!As Mr. Boyle knelt on the floor, he heard nothing but silence above him. A while later, Gerald finally snorted.“Do you want to keep your company, Mr. Boyle?”Mr. Boyle shuddered. He was so s
Pete narrowed his eyes and scanned the other two women in the office. Megan was secretly overjoyed. North’s uncle was here?She had never heard of Henry Myers having a brother. That meant North’s uncle had to be some penniless relative who was not worth fearing.So, she started yelling immediately, “So, you’re North’s uncle? You seem like you’re up to no good, either. Your niece just got expelled, but if you ask her to bow to Mrs. Boyle, I just might…”“Mrs. Boyle?” Pete said with a coldness in his voice. It was as if saying her name alone disgusted him. “Who exactly do you want to drive out of Peacevale?”Mrs. Boyle was still angry, so she started yelling even more viciously, “Are you deaf? I mean your disgusting wh*re of a niece…”Before she could finish her sentence, she got a good look at Pete’s face.This man… He was… Everything she wanted to say got stuck in her throat as her face paled. Rage turned to fear as she stammered out, “You’re… You’re…”Pete Reuben?!North
Gerald stepped forward. His sharp gaze swept past Megan before he leaned in and asked North, “Are they bullying you?”The hand North had just used to slap Mrs. Boyle was still stinging, so she complained loudly. “Mrs. Boyle wanted to avenge Simon, so she said that the acid attack was just harmless fun. She forced me to apologize and drop out of university, too.”Gerald’s gaze turned frigid. Before he could say anything, however, he heard several male voices outside.“Mr. White, my sister excelled both in her academics and in her moral duties as a student of your university. The Harlows demand an explanation for this today.”As Mr. White pushed the door open, he shot Megan a disappointed look. Three men were following him.After Roque finished talking, Nicholas frowned. “North is the Shermans’ only daughter, Mr. White. Why is your lecturer calling her a wh*re?”Ivan went one step further and named Megan outright. “Just because North keeps a low profile, doesn’t mean she doesn’t