Chapter 393



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Joel’s expression suddenly became very horrible. He said anxiously, “Tanya, I can explain.”

“Save that for your daughter, Mr. Smith – our relationship is not at the point where you need to explain anything to me! Goodbye.”

Tanya turned and walked back into the garden in anger.

Fury and panic surged in Joel as he looked at her from behind.

He turned around and got into his car.

“To the company, Mr. Smith?” the chauffeur asked.

Joel was practically grinding his teeth in fury as he said, “To Hillary’s house!”

He pulled out his phone and looked at his own Facebook. However, he didn’t see Hillary’s post – this meant the post had been hidden from him!

He reached out to the chauffeur and said, “Give me your phone.”

His chauffeur also had Hillary as a friend on Facebook.

He took a look after the chauffeur handed him his phone. Sure enough, he found the post.

Hillary could hardly have been stealthier.

The two arrived at Hillary’s residence. When Hillary learned that Joel was there to look for her, she cheerfully descended the stairs. The moment she came downstairs, however, she saw a furious Joel.

Hillary sheepishly asked him, “Joel, what’s wrong?”

“Can you explain that Facebook post of yours!”

Joel shoved the chauffeur’s phone in front of her face.

Hillary froze at the sight of the post.

She bit her lip, forced a smile and replied, “Isn’t that a normal Facebook post, Joel? What’s wrong?”

Joel angrily demanded, “Did you follow us to the restaurant?”

Hillary looked down. “I… it’s just that I missed Mia so much, so I followed the two of you. Let me explain, Joel… I didn’t intend anything else by posting. I just didn’t want other people to know that I didn’t even get to celebrate my daughter’s birthday with her…. They’ll look at me funny if they ever find out…”

Those words of hers couldn’t have been more pretentious.

Even the chauffeur thought it was understandable that she would do that.

Unfortunately, it was Joel she was up against.

Joel didn’t accept her nonsense at all. He took a step forward and held her chin. “So, do you want to have cake with your daughter on her birthday?”

Hillary nodded. “Yes.”

“Okay.”

She took the container with the cake that Tanya had refused. He opened it, took out the cake and smashed it into Hillary’s face. He said coldly, “Then you taste it good!”.

Hillary: “!!!”

She took a step back and wiped the pie off her face with her hands. She raised her head and looked at Joel in disbelief. “Joel, you…”

She couldn’t bring herself to say the rest of what she wanted to say, however, because the look on Joel’s face was simply too frightening.

The way he looked as if he wanted to kill her made her unable to utter a single word.

Joel’s icy voice rang out, “Don’t you dare do any tricks from now on, or else!”.

Hillary wanted to speak, but added, “You should thank your lucky stars you’re Mia’s mother. Otherwise, you would have died a long time ago.”

Her words stunned Hillary.

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Since they had made plans to go to the amusement park the next day, Nora woke up a little late. She stretched and went downstairs.

In the afternoon, Nora gave Lily the drink that had been left over from Victor at the arena the day before and told her to go to a lab and check if there were any unidentified chemicals in it. Nora also instructed her to personally do the test.

Since Lily had returned to the States to help her, she had been terribly busy. She left immediately after collecting the leftover drink and receiving Nora’s instructions.

Nora, however, went back to sleep after that.

What was she going to do? The date at the amusement park would take up her whole day, which meant that the next day she would have to get up early. Therefore, he had to catch up on the next day’s sleep in advance.

When he woke up again, it was already dark.

He got up, got dressed and went down to the parking lot. She was about to go to the car when Quentin appeared behind her and said, “Why don’t you come with me today in my car, Nora?”.

Nora: “?”

She looked at him.

Quentin said, “If you go with me, I can show you how intimidating I am in the arena. That way you’ll have special privileges.”

Nora had always enjoyed special privileges from the very moment she was number 028. She had no idea what it was like for ordinary people.

However, since Quentin was inviting her to go with him so enthusiastically, Nora thought about it for a while and simply replied, “Okay, then.”

This way, she wouldn’t have to drive either.

She could even take a nap on the way.

She carried a bag in her hand. Inside was the red dress and silver mask she usually wore.

However, it was only after getting into the car that she realized that sleeping in the car was an overindulgent idea, because Quentin couldn’t stop talking while they were on the road.

“Why don’t I introduce you to Big Sister later, do you also admire Big Sister very much? I can even ask her to give you an autograph.”

Nora: “?”

She said lazily, “Can you even get one for yourself?”.

“Of course. I’ve already participated in several encounters with her, so I’m sure she’ll show me that courtesy. Besides, Big Sister holds me in high esteem. She has even recognized me as her younger brother.”

Nora: “?”

When had she recognized him as a younger brother?

As she hesitated, Quentin spoke again. “Are you jealous? To be honest, what she values in me is my ability. You know I’m third in the New York martial arts circle, right? Other than Big Sister and Big Brother, I’m the strongest one here!”

“…”

“Do you want to take a picture with Big Sister afterwards? If so, you can leave that to me too!”

The corners of Nora’s lips twitched. “I’m fine.”

“Are you embarrassed? There’s nothing shameful about chasing idols. Besides, Big Sister isn’t that perfect.”

Nora: “?”

Was he starting to badmouth her?

As she thought about it, Quentin said, “She really doesn’t have a good eye for people. Her husband isn’t that good. He just seems like a useless pretty boy.”

Nora: “…”

“But nobody’s perfect, after all. Given Big Sister’s status, it’s understandable even if looks are the only thing she takes into account when choosing a husband. It’s not so bad to have a gigolo, either.”

“…”

“However, I intend to persuade Big Sister to give him up.”

The corners of Nora’s lips twitched as she said, “That’s impossible.”

“Why not, my words carry a lot of weight with Big Sister. If I tell her to break up with him, I’m sure she’ll consider it. After all, we’re big shots in the martial arts circle…”

Quentin continued chatting all the way until they reached the arena.

Quentin was about to get out of the car when he noticed that Nora hadn’t moved. The man, confused, asked, “Aren’t you going to get out of the car?”

“Oh, I have to change.”

Quentin was about to tease her for being vain and changing when there was no need to, when Nora pulled a red dress and a familiar looking silver mask out of her purse.

Quentin: “…”

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