Filed to story: My Husband Regrets Divorcing Me (Audrey & Cornell)
Probably the best thing to do was hit Jocelyn until she was convinced.
While watching this scene, Cecilia felt like she was about to explode in anger.
She regretted that she had a plaster cast on her leg today for her pitiful acting. Now, it was too difficult for her to move.
If she could only move freely, she would have torn Audrey apart herself.
Jocelyn was her maid. How dare Audrey beat her maid right in front of her!
At this time, Kyle arrived.
As soon as he got out of the car, he was stunned when he saw the scene. He hesitated for a moment. But he tried to summon up the courage to speak to Cecilia.
“Miss Murray, Mr. Clement asked me to pick you up.”
“Fuck off!” Cecilia shouted disgustedly.
“Tell Cornell to come here in person. I want him to see with his own eyes what this bitch has done.”
Upon hearing this, Jocelyn burst into tears, echoing Cecilia’s words.
“Ouch! Ouch! It hurts so much. How can you beat me like this, Miss Warburton? My head and face hurt a lot.”
Audrey didn’t give a shit about Cecilia’s and Jocelyn’s acts. She turned around and was about to leave.
But then she saw Cornell walking in their direction.
A hint of bitterness surged in her heart. He really came. Sure enough, he was still worried about Cecilia.
As soon as Cecilia saw Cornell approaching, she wheeled her wheelchair excitedly toward him. She couldn’t wait to slander Audrey in front of him.
Cecilia stopped in front of Cornell and complained between tears.
Of course, Jocelyn cooperated with Cecilia, whining in Cornell’s direction.
In the eyes of other people, they looked miserable.
On the other hand, Audrey stood stubbornly without showing even the slightest sign of weakness. She didn’t even lower her head.
Other people would think she was the bully who oppressed others.
Cornell approached them and asked indifferently, “What is going on here?”
“Mr. Clement, I just arrived. I didn’t see everything,” Kyle quickly answered, assuming Cornell was talking to him.
Suddenly, Jocelyn knelt on the floor with a plop and crawled toward Cornell. Her face was already red and swollen. She complained tearfully, “Mr. Clement, Miss Warburton approached us, and she called my lady a mistress. She said that my lady shamelessly seduced you and even wanted to expose my lady to verbal abuse on the Internet. I tried to reason with her, but she hit me like this. It doesn’t matter, though she hurts me this hard. But she slandered my lady.
You have to uphold justice for my lady.”
“So, what did you say to her?” Cornell asked indifferently.
“What? Well…”
Jocelyn was stunned. She obviously didn’t expect Cornell’s question.
Shouldn’t Cornell care about Cecilia first? He should have scolded Audrey, right? Why did he care about what she said to Audrey?
“I… Nothing… I said nothing…” Jocelyn stammered.
Cornell pulled a long face and asked again, “What did you say to her?
Answer me.”
His gaze made Jocelyn shiver. She didn’t dare to say another word.
Cecilia sensed it might go against her, so she hastened to step in.
She said softly, “Cornell, Jocelyn is just defending me. I don’t think it’s a big deal, and I don’t blame Audrey either. After all, Audrey was being impulsive just now.”
She knew that at this time, she had to be tolerant. In this case, Cornell would think Audrey was unreasonable.
“I’m not talking to you,” Cornell scolded Cecilia abruptly. Cecilia was so shocked that her face turned deathly pale at once.
Cornell’s face was expressionless, but it was inexplicably terrifying.
Cecilia bit her lower lip, feeling embarrassed. She didn’t dare to say anything more.
Then Cornell turned to Jocelyn and looked at her with unfathomable eyes.
“Tell me. What exactly did you say to her? Make sure you don’t miss a word.”
“I…” Jocelyn struggled to find the right words. She glanced at Cecilia, asking for help.
Just now, she deliberately belittled Audrey. How could she retell it to Cornell?
At this moment, they had the upper hand. But once the truth was revealed, the situation would be changed.
However, Cornell didn’t intend to let Jocelyn go. He kept pressing her.
He pulled off his tie and said casually, “Jocelyn, if my memory serves me correctly, you have a son who works in the Clement Group, right?”
At her age, Jocelyn was already sophisticated enough to tell that there was a hint of threat in Cornell’s words.
She valued her son so much that she immediately retold what she said to Audrey just now, not daring to miss a word.
Cornell’s eyes darkened after hearing everything. He nodded.
“Very well.”
Very well? What did Cornell mean by that?
Jocelyn and Cecilia exchanged a puzzled glance, but neither dared to say a word. They could not fathom what Cornell was trying to say.
At last, Cornell broke the silence.
“One slap for each word. Kyle, do it exactly as I said. Don’t skip a single word.”
“Cornell!” Cecilia cried out, her voice tinged with fear.
She was shocked. She never imagined Cornell would go to such lengths to defend Audrey. To her, harming Jocelyn was like a slap in her own face.
If she let Cornell beat Jocelyn, standing as Cornell’s equal would be off the table from here on out. Therefore, she would not allow it to happen. Absolutely not!
Suddenly, with a resounding thud, Jocelyn fell to her knees in front of Cornell and implored, “Mr. Clement, I know I was wrong. I had no right to bully Miss Warburton. Please, I’m begging you, forgive me.”
“I don’t think you get it.” Cornell stared at Jocelyn with a piercing gaze, which grew intense by the second, and continued, “Audrey is my wife. No one gets to mess with her.”
Though his voice sounded indifferent, it carried a lot of weight.
Cecilia’s expression shifted in an instant. She sensed that Cornell’s words were not just aimed at teaching Jocelyn a lesson. He was also firing a warning shot her way.
Damn it! This was all Audrey’s fault!
At this moment, Cecilia held back the fury and hatred in her eyes and tearfully said, “Cornell, Jocelyn has been like a mother to me. She’s been taking care of me since the day I was born. And she’s in her sixties now. A slap could be dangerous for her. Is that what you want? Could you please show some mercy?”
Cornell looked into Cecilia’s eyes, his own cold and unforgiving.
“Cecilia, maybe it’s time for you to change your maid. Keeping her around could tarnish the Murray family’s name.”
A look of shock, disbelief, and confusion flashed across Cecilia’s face. She never thought Cornell, who had always fulfilled her every need, would ignore her plead and say something so callous.
Did he not care about her anymore?
Cornell averted his eyes and took Audrey’s hand. Noticing Audrey’s reddened palm, he frowned and asked with concern, “Didn’t I tell you to Leave everything to me? Does it hurt?”
Caught off guard, Audrey was stunned for a few seconds and then shook her head in response.
“I’m fine. It doesn’t hurt.”
Cornell cradled her hand with one hand and caressed her head with the other.
“Let’s go home.”
“Alright,” Audrey meekly responded.
There was a single strand of hair resting around her neck. With a gentle motion, Cornell brushed away the stray hair, and, hand in hand, they walked away.
The sound of a slap echoed sharply as Jocelyn struck her own face, all under Kyle’s watchful eye. She had to hit herself hard to meet Cornell’s stipulation. She did not dare to skimp on the force, not with her son’s future at stake.
As Cornell and Audrey disappeared into the distance, a feeling Like a knife stabbing her heart gripped Cecilia. Still, she was confident.