Jessica moved so quickly that everyone was caught off guard. Rebecca was stunned, as was Ethan. He instinctively tugged Rebecca away from Jessica's line of fire. Though he'd moved as quickly as possible, the dagger still slashed him on the arm. The guests screamed and scrambled away. There were also people who lunged forward—Daniel and Sam. Jessica had just brandished the dagger for another attack when they tried to stop her. Daniel was closer to her, so he got to her and grabbed her wrist before Sam could. "Jessi, calm down!" he growled.However, she'd lost her mind so thoroughly that she couldn't be restrained. Amidst the chaos, she swung the dagger again and sliced Daniel's palm. As the blood spattered on the floor, Jessica stopped and stared at his wound in disbelief. The dagger fell to the floor with a clatter, and the chaos died down. Ethan, who had been shielding Rebecca, relaxed and loosened his grip on her. Sam hurried to her and asked in concern, "Are you okay?"Rebecca nod
"Dan …" Jessica hurried after him. She couldn't care less about Rebecca calling the cops; she only regretted the dagger missing Rebecca and injuring Daniel instead. "Mr. and Mrs. Brown, you already know how you've failed to educate your daughter. Are you going to continue standing around and letting her do what she wants?" Daniel heard Jessica's footsteps stop abruptly. He shot Benjamin and Karen a cold look. Then, without bothering whether they'd understood him, he ran after Rebecca when he saw she was almost out of the villa.Jessica wanted to follow him when Karen grabbed her, looking furious. "Jessi, haven't you caused enough trouble tonight?" she snarled. Benjamin glared at her, hating her for being such a disappointment.He couldn't bring himself to look at his disgraceful wife and daughter any longer. He turned to the remaining guests and said ingratiatingly, "My apologies for the disturbance, esteemed guests. I failed to raise my daughter right and allowed her to embarrass
Jessica had a point. Though there wouldn't be any public announcements for arrests made, it was hard to guarantee word about this wouldn't get out. Jessica could be considered an A-lister; someone was bound to recognize her if she were to be arrested. Though they'd threatened the guests to keep their mouths shut, they couldn't possibly threaten the police. Karen was panicking on the inside but still patted Jessica's hand in consolation. "Don't worry about that. I'll handle everything, so all you need to do now is go along with the police. I'll get you out tomorrow, okay?"Jessica thought she was going to beg Daniel for help. After all, he was the only person in Riverwood capable of getting her out of there. She wept and tightened her grip on Karen's arm. "What if Dan refuses to help? He has to be mad at me because of what happened tonight. Who knows whether he'll still marry me in the future?" She wanted to die at the thought of Daniel refusing to marry her.The police car stopped at
"It's no trouble. After you, Mr. Winston." Sam wasn't a petty man. Although Sam had only invited Daniel along out of courtesy, Daniel wouldn't reject the offer since it was already made. Sam opened the backseat door for Daniel to get into the car. As he did, he glanced at Daniel's palm. He could still see traces of blood seeping out. From that, he knew that the wound was quite deep. For a moment, he didn't know if he should feel happy about Daniel's misery or not.But Sam didn't take an extra look. Once Daniel took a seat, he closed the door and headed to the driver's seat. After getting into the car, Rebecca closed her eyes. She seemed to have fallen asleep. Daniel and Sam didn't talk either. Thus, the car ride proceeded in silence. Half an hour later, the three arrived at the hospital.When the car stopped, Rebecca opened her eyes and got out before anyone could wake her. It seemed that she hadn't been sleeping during the trip at all. After Sam parked the car and
Seeing Rebecca's reaction, Ethan became anxious. He was afraid that she would cry, so he quickly comforted her. "I'm really fine. You can look if you don't believe me."As he spoke, Ethan reached his hand out from under the coat. His wound had been bandaged in a thin layer of gauze, but Ethan could still move it. It was obvious that the wound wasn't too bad. It was just that his cut-up shirt had lots of bloodstains on it. It made it look a bit horrifying.Penny helped Ethan out too. "The wound wasn't very deep, just a bit wide. The doctor said it'll be fine in two days as long as it doesn't get wet. There won't even be a scar." She said all this quickly and smoothly. It was only after she did that she recalled Rebecca's own injuries. Feeling that she'd done something wrong, her expression turned guilty.But it seemed that she was overthinking. The three didn't seem to mind her words at all.Sam even joked, "Don't you move. If you do, there might be an even bigger injury."
"You don't get it?" As Sam stared at Penny, who looked thoroughly confused, his eyes became tinted with mirth. "If you drive, I won't be the one sending you home."Penny was at a loss for words. She suddenly couldn't find anything to say in answer to him. Sam, however, seemed proud of himself. "Any more questions?" he asked.Penny shook her head. "N-no." She'd been turned around by Sam's logic, and now her brain was in a bit of a mess. Based on the logic, there wasn't much issue with this arrangement. She didn't want to trouble Sam, so Sam wouldn't be the one to send her home if she drove. She would be sending him home instead!That was it. Penny managed to convince herself of this, even if she still felt like there was something wrong with the logic.Sam didn't give her more time to think about it. Seeing how confused she was, he only laughed. "Since there's no problem, go ahead and drive.""Oh, alright." Penny couldn't figure it out, so she nodded and assented. Then, she unloc
Ethan raised an eyebrow. He didn't ask about the supposed gift, putting it aside for the moment. The anger on his face had dissipated a lot. He couldn't help but say, "You sent your company's talent home? Are you sure you didn't use Ms. Lowe as a driver? Ethan, Becca said that's not how people pursue someone they like. You …""Who said I'm pursuing her?" Sam immediately refuted. He twisted the bottle cap open and glugged down some water. "I think you and Rebecca have too much free time, speculating about nothing from the sidelines.""Yes, alright. You're not pursuing her at all." Ethan snickered. Sam put down his bottle of water and said, "You don't believe me, do you, punk? You dare tease me!""Of course not. By the way, didn't you say you received a huge gift? What is it?"Sam gave up on the previous topic and switched to this one. He smiled once this matter was brought up. He splayed lazily on the couch. "It's nothing much. Just that my company's talent recorded clearer video
Rebecca had heard the news from Ryan since not many in the wealthy circles knew about this. Ryan said that Daniel had left after receiving a call early in the morning. Even without putting the phone on speaker, the sounds of crying could be heard through the line. Just listening to it caused a headache to come on.Now, though, Ryan's tone was calm. He didn't sound like he felt bad for his friend at all. Conversely, he seemed to be quite happy about it."I really don't know why Daniel still bothers with that woman. It's bad enough that he was so blind in the past. Why is he still going to see her after yesterday? Don't you think he's being an idiot?"Ryan didn't much like the Brown family, so he didn't go to the banquet last night. But their circles were only so big, so the news of what happened had already spread everywhere. It was just that everyone was smart and talked about it quietly. They were not like Jessica, who was dumb enough to sell the news to the media.At the mome