Chapter 444

Immediately, she detected the warmth from the familiar gigantic palm of a man.

Ashlyn glared at Lucas because he had gotten in her way when she was about to wrap up her conversation with Mike.

“Lucas!”

“Allow me to shake your hand on Mike’s behalf. I’m sure Mike won’t mind at all, right, Mike?” Lucas smirked; he was up to no good in his mind.

Ha! How dare you try to shake another man’s hand, Ashlyn?

Damn it! You’re such a self-centered man, Lucas!

Ashlyn was aware Lucas had gotten jealous once again.

…

In the meantime, Sharon, who had been chased out of the venue by force, collapsed pathetically on the ground in front of the five-star hotel’s entrance.

She gritted her teeth wrathfully, looking at her injured palms that were bleeding.

Although she was greatly infuriated, she couldn’t vent her anger.

All of a sudden, a familiar voice could be heard coming from above, asking Sharon, “Miss, what’s wrong? Please allow me to help you up.”

Immediately, someone held on to her arms and assisted her in getting up.

Once Sharon brought herself up, she realized the ones behind her were the mother-and-daughter duo who had scolded X in front of everyone.

Mary was the one who helped Sharon up.

She recognized Sharon and rushed over to her aid the moment the latter was chased out of the hotel by Lucas’s personal bodyguards.

Mary was sporting a gentle smile that concealed her true colors. She was now behaving differently than when she scolded Ashlyn outside the junior ballroom. “Have you been chased out of the venue as well?”

“Y-You… Are you a close acquaintance of Ms. X?” Sharon pouted her lips once she felt the pain.

She reached for a pack of tissue and was about to wipe her wounds clean when Penelope handed her a piece of wet tissue in advance. “I used to be a nurse. Allow me to take care of your wound,” Penelope explained.

Ten minutes later, the three outcasts decided to head over to a nearby café.

“D-Does that mean Ms. X is Ashlyn? She’s the influencer everyone in town is talking about?” Sharon frowned and asked once again, “Why does she have a mask on?”

“I don’t know. Maybe she’s ashamed of herself? Oh, my. I can’t believe we share the same fate!”

Penelope exclaimed, pouting her lips.

“You have such a bright future ahead of you, but you’ve just been fired. Aren’t you going to do something about it? I mean, LX is the one leading the market in the industry!” Mary asked rhetorically with an aggrieved expression.

Sharon was equally dejected. “I don’t think there’s anything I can do about it, either, since I’m already fired.”

“Do you want to get your revenge?” Mary placed her hand on Sharon’s hand gently as she cast a tempting gaze at her.

“Of course!”

“Allow me to help you!”

Sharon wasn’t a fool, either. She got on her guard immediately and asked, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch. What exactly are you up to?”

“I want to get my revenge as well! As long as we work together, I’m sure we’ll be able to turn Ashlyn’s life upside down! Once we achieve our goal, you will achieve your prime in life as well! Your mother is in desperate need of cash to carry out the surgery, right? Here’s a million for you.” Mary was frank with Sharon and had no intention to keep Sharon in the dark.

“You…” Sharon was taken aback because Mary managed to get her hands on her background and details within such a short period.

“My dear, do you realize it’s an emergency that we’re talking about? It’s your mother’s life that’s at stake! I’m helping you. I will never try to harm you,” Mary asserted, smiling sincerely, behaving like a caring senior.

In the end, Sharon faltered because she was indeed in desperate need of cash due to her subpar family condition.

Lately, Sharon’s mother had been diagnosed with lung cancer. If she couldn’t gather the required sum to carry out the surgery as soon as possible, the cancerous cells could spread to the rest of her body.

To save her mother, she decided to push her luck and seduce wealthy men such as Lucas.

Sharon had also been working hard on her job, but she couldn’t gather the required sum no matter how hard she worked.

Unfortunately, she lost her job when she needed it the most. On one hand, she couldn’t figure out her next best course of action; on the other hand, her mother’s life was at stake.

In the end, Sharon looked at the card Mary handed over to her in hesitation; she was tempted by money.

Her eyes gleamed as she longed for the fortune that was within her reach. After all, she desperately needed cash.

Mary repeated herself once again. “Sharon, as long as you have this million, you can easily save your mother. I have faith in you and your talent. I’m sure you can easily outmatch Ashlyn.”

Mary affirmed again, “Trust me. I know you can do it. As long as we work together, we’ll definitely get our revenge. Money will no longer be your concern anymore.”