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This slap was delivered with full force, and Ruth’s face instantly turned crimson.
She instinctively covered her face, her mind buzzing and blank.
“Anne! What were you doing!”
When she realized it, Ruth’s anger flared up and she raised her hand, wanting to slap back.
But this slap did not land on Anne’s face, instead it was intercepted by Garrett’s outstretched hand.
Garrett grabbed her wrist, his tone filled with hidden anger. “Ruth, Anne didn’t provoke you, why did you hit her?”
Ruth suddenly withdrew her numb hand and trembled as she spoke, “Did I hit her? Garrett, ask these passersby who hit whom first!”
Upon hearing these words, Anne immediately wore a pitiful expression, with tears welling up in her
eyes.
“Garrett, it was you who said I was timid and encouraged me to find opportunities to build up my courage. That’s why I wanted to try confronting the CEO’s wife in public to test my bravery. Otherwise, I couldn’t find a suitable chance. But the wife was so fierce, I was really scared. Sob sob.”
After understanding the cause and effect, Garrett furrowed his brow and said, “How could you hit someone when I asked you to build up your courage?
It was Ruth who drove.
Anne sniffed and tears rolled down her cheeks like broken beads.
“Sorry, I was so foolish. You said the lady has a good temper, so I thought I could hit her and she wouldn’t get angry. I didn’t expect…”
As soon as she cried, Garrett’s heart melted, and he didn’t care about being angry anymore. He wiped away her tears while comforting her.
“Okay, no one blames you, stop crying, be good.”
Watching the scene in front of her, Ruth felt both angry and hurt, and finally couldn’t help but shout
loudly.
“Garrett, it was me who got beaten, why should you forgive me? Anne, what innocence are you pretending? Who would have thought of using beating as a method to build courage!”
Anne was so scared that she shivered, crying even more heartbreakingly, unable to catch her breath, almost passing out.
Garrett felt heartbroken and casually said, “She’s just a little girl. How strong could her slap be? D
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you really have to make such a big deal out of it? She’s feeling so guilty right now that she might faint from crying, Ruth. Let it go.”
After saying these words, he picked up Anne and left.
Ruth couldn’t believe her ears. She was completely shocked and felt as if she had fallen into an ice
cellar.
Finally, she didn’t know how she got home.
She kept telling herself not to cry, so she held back her tears all the way, and in the end, her entire
eye sockets turned red.
When the maid returned home, she was startled by the red marks on her face. She quickly asked what had happened and inquired if she had been bullied. She then proceeded to call Garrett, asking
him to come back and seek justice for her.
“No need.” she softly interjected.
All her pain, he had inflicted with his own hands.
Ruth sat by the window for an hour applying an ice pack. The redness and swelling on her face had just subsided a bit when she received a message from Anne.
“Madam, have you arrived home? I also arrived at the hospital. Garrett was so worried about me. I
just fainted, and he immediately booked the entire VIP ward and arranged for more than ten doctors
to examine me.”
“By the way, how is your injury? It’s all my fault for not being careful. It must be very painful, right? Why don’t you come to the hospital now? I’ll generously assign you a doctor to examine and see if it
will disfigure you.”
Ruth glanced at it and immediately forwarded it to Garrett.
He didn’t reply until dawn.
“Anne was also well–intentioned.”
Ruth laughed and tears came out.
The next second, she sent a voice message directly.
“How about marrying her right away? I’ll step aside and wish you both a hundred years of happiness.”
This time, Garrett replied instantly.
“Ruth, why are you speaking angrily again? I have told you many times that you are my only wife, and these people are just for fun. Don’t worry so much, okay? Rest early, I will come back to
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accompany you tomorrow.
Upon seeing this news, Ruth felt a sense of powerlessness, as if punching cotton.
She chuckled self–deprecatingly and didn’t want to talk to him about these boring nonsense anymore, so she turned off her phone.
