Filed to story: My Husband Regrets Divorcing Me (Audrey & Cornell)
Luciana became defensive of Katie. She angrily pointed her index finger at Audrey’s face. “Katie is my son’s fiancee and had been accepted by the Clement family. The child in her womb belongs to Clement family. Wedding arrangements have been made. Tell me, who are you to meddle in our family affairs?”
Audrey had become completely indifferent to Luciana. She had completely erased every ounce of affection she once had for Luciana after Luciana slapped her the last time they met.
“Had your ‘daughter-in-law’ not been in my way, would I be having this conversation?” Audrey retorted with her eyebrows raised. She scoffed. “She started it first. Normally, I don’t interfere in people’s ‘family affairs’.”
Audrey made her stance clear. She wouldn’t involve herself in people’s lives unless they provoked her first. If anyone chose to annoy her, she certainly wouldn’t hesitate to face the person head on.
Luciana, infuriated, tried to slap Audrey. However, her hand was caught while it was still in the air.
With a stern look, Audrey warned, “Mrs. Clement, I am not someone you could slap at will. The next time you try this, I’ll be sure to give you the dose of disrespect you deserve.”
Luciana tried to free her hand, but Audrey’s grip was firm. She forcefully dropped it and added, “I’ll make sure to return the slap the same way it came. Try me!”
Luciana was momentarily taken aback by Audrey’s ice-cold demeanor.
Audrey had grown so much confidence since their last encounter five years ago. Audrey was nothing close to the country bumpkin she had been familiar with, now exuding a presence reminiscent of Luciana’s own in her younger days.
Luciana’s gaze darkened as she reflected on the past. feeling her thoughts had become too extreme nowadays. She used to be an easy-going person.
Seeing Luciana didn’t respond to Audrey’s words, Katie became frustrated. She dramatically held Luciana’s hand and leaned forward.
“Luciana! Are you hurt?”
“No, I’m fine,” Luciana answered as she shook her head.
Kattie said tearfully in concern, “Luciana, please don’t get worked up with her, at least for my sake. Remember what the fortune-teller said.”
At Katie’s words, Luciana’s eyes bulged in shock. Yes! The fortune-teller had said Audrey would bring life-threatening danger to Cornell.
It seemed the speculations had been eerily accurate. Cornell had several terrible near-death experiences which were all linked to Audrey. She couldn’t afford to permit anything to happen to Cornell anymore!
Luciana threw herself to the ground, screaming at the top of her voice, “She hit me! Oh! She hit me!”
Audrey was puzzled by Luciana’s immature antics.
Luciana continued amid sobs, “All I ever did was ask you to stay away from my son. Do you want to kill me? How could you push me to the ground?”
Audrey was shocked by Luciana’s blatant lies! Not minding her stature in the society, Luciana seemed to have abandoned all semblance of dignity.
Katie, on the other hand, had a mask and bangs on. This made it difficult for people to recognize her. That way, people focused their gaze at Luciana and Audrey.
Nobody recognized Luciana as a wealthy matron because of her lack of appearance in social activities.
However, someone noticed Audrey and took a picture of her at the scene. Audrey had been to a few press conferences.
Luciana carried on with her lies, “Why do you meddle in my son’s life? Why are you causing my daughter-in-law distress? Are you even human?”
Oblivious to the truth onlookers pitied Luciana and supported her while blaming Audrey. ‘Why would a proper young woman choose to be a home wrecker?’
“Seducing a married man, challenging his wife and assaulting his mother? That is actually appalling!”
“Young lady, engaging in adultery is nothing to be proud about. It won’t end well for you.”
“To think that she has a decent job, what else does she want? Is she not the owner of Crescent?”
“Yes! She’s the one. She even won an award and claimed to make her mom proud. Yet, she wants to kill someone else’s mother.”
“Go ahead! Record this so the world can see it. There might be more to this story!”
The agitated crowd had gathered, including some staff from the store.
They all cursed angrily.
Audrey tried to defend herself. “I’m not a mistress. All she said are lies. Please don’t spread rumours.”
Unfortunately, Audrey’s voice was drowned by the noisy crowd. No one paid attention to her. They judged her as though they were more righteous.
Some even tried to push Audrey as they shouted angrily.
Audrey struggled to maintain her balance, barely standing upright.
Katie happily watched the bedraggled look on Audrey’s face, triumphantly smirking her lips. How dared Audrey challenge her?
Right then, a commanding voice thundered from the back of the crowd.
“Back off!”
Victor swept violently through the crowd and came to Audrey’s defense.
Victor hid her safely behind him.
Victor had been waiting downstairs for Audrey. She came to check out what had delayed Audrey and found that scene on arrival.
Victor was maddened when a man gave Audrey an unwelcomed push.
Claiming justice at that point was a facade. The man clearly had bad intentions toward Audrey.
Victor forcefully twisted the man’s wrist, and the man fell to the ground, writhing in pain. His cries restored silence to the atmosphere.
Audrey was utterly distressed. Her hair was disheveled, and even had a button removed from her cloth.
Katie decided to let the situation stop here, not wanting to spark Cornell’s displeasure. She helped Luciana up. “Luciana, let her go. I’m fine. Don’t get worked up over me.”
Katie tried to shift the blame to Luciana, knowing that Cornell wouldn’t find fault with her.
Luciana was so eager to leave. After all, show time was over.
Stirring Cornell to anger would do no good. She had better end it there and avoid more troubles.
Just as Luciana and Katie attempted to leave, they heard a loud voice.
“Stop!” Audrey shouted coldly at them, “Who said you could leave?”
Katie stopped in her tracks and glanced at Audrey, her voice sounding genuine. “Miss Foster, I’m only trying to help. You’re well-known around here. Aren’t you worried about what people will think of your studio?”
Katie’s statement painted Audrey as arrogant and unreasonable, unwilling to back down even though Katie was offering her a way out.
“There she is, the mistress, acting all superior!”
“Shameless!”
“She’s ruining our values!”
Ignoring the harsh words from the onlookers, Audrey said with a hint of amusement, “Miss Glyn, did you cause problems for me with Mr. Clement’s knowledge?”
Katie’s eyes darted about guiltily. “Does he need to know? I’m pregnant with his baby, so my opinion will represent his in the future.”
“You think you can represent him?” Audrey took out her phone, turned off the Bluetooth, and put it on speaker. “Mr. Clement, did you hear that?”
Katie and Luciana were stunned. When had Audrey called Cornell? They hadn’t noticed at all! So, everything they had said just now was heard by Cornell.
Before Katie and Luciana could gather their thoughts, Cornell’s clear voice came from the phone. “Where are you? I’m coming right now.”
Audrey asked plainly, “I just want to confirm one thing. Is she telling the truth?”
Audrey wanted to hear it straight from Cornell, rather than guess and worry.
Cornell answered quickly and decisively, “Audrey, I have no connection to that child. I’ll be there soon.”
“There’s no need. I can handle this.” Audrey ended the call.
“Why did you call Cornell?”
“Do you not remember, Miss Glyn? When I was married to Mr. Clement, you claimed to be his fianc?e over the phone,” Audrey remarked evenly.
The bystanders were shocked. So, it turned out Audrey was actually the wife! And the pregnant Katie had been provoking Audrey during the latter’s marriage. So, basically, Katie’s interference ended Audrey’s marriage. What an unexpected turn of events!
One onlooker cleverly commented, “It’s like the thief yelling ‘stop thief’!”
Other onlookers burst into laughter.
Katie’s face lost all color.
With a snort, Audrey said, “Considering your past actions, I had to check the facts with the person involved.”
Furious and embarrassed, Katie snapped, “What game are you playing, trying to cause trouble between me and Cornell!”
Audrey mockingly replied, “Miss Glyn, I thought you were just a bit scheming. I didn’t realize you were so well-versed in deceit.”
Audrey’s gaze fell on Katie’s belly and smiled, commenting, “Only you know how this child came about.”