Chapter 1230


    Lte''s unfriendly reply hurt Amelia since she was so concerned and worried about Amelia.


    Anyone would have felt the same way as Amelia did.


    However, Amelia, as a mother, chose to put that aside and not argue with her daughter. "That''s


    good. I was so worried about you. I heard from the caregiver that you were screaming and


    smashing things in the room. On top of that, your room door was locked. I was so afraid that


    something had happened to you, and I immediately rushed over. I''m relieved that you are fine."


    Amelia smiled as she patted her chest. However, Lte just nced at her without saying a word.


    "Amelia, what exactly happened that made you act like that? Did someone bully you? You should


    tell me about it. I''ll help you out," Amelia asked again.


    Hearing that, Lte scoffed, as if she had heard the biggest joke. "You''ll help me out? How are


    you going to do that? Toby and that woman, Sonia, are the ones who pissed me off! Do you dare to


    confront them?" Lte looked at her mother with disdain, as if she was looking at a useless


    person. Amelia was lost for words after hearing that and merely kept quiet as words got stuck in her


    throat.


    "Don''t simply make promises if you can''t keep them." Lte pushed her away and stood up.


    "I didn''t know it was both of them." Amelia looked at her dejectedly. If it was someone else, Amelia


    could have been able to help her. Lte couldn''t be bothered to reply to her and started kicking at


    the mess on the ground. Noticing that she was doing that while barefooted, Amelia immediately


    tried to stop her. "Lte, what are you doing? Don''t get yourself hurt."


    "You don''t have to care about me. I''ll take care of my own matters," Lte replied impatiently.


    "How can I not care about you when I''m your mother? I know you''re mad at me and your father for


    not being able to help you out, but we can lend an ear when you''re feeling down. Please tell me


    what actually happened earlier. What have they done to make you so furious? Even though I won''t


    be much help, I can convey it to your Grandpa, and he will find a way around it." Amelia pulled her


    to the side of the bed, and both of them sat on it.


    Lte, who was struggling to get up, suddenly stopped after hearing Amelia''s words. Seeing that,


    Amelia knew that she had said the right thing. She let go of Lte''s arms andforted her,


    saying, "Tell me about it, Lte. Don''t keep everything to yourself, as it won''t be good for your


    mental health." With that, Lte turned to look at her and nodded before finally revealing the


    reason she was throwing a fit. Amelia sighed after finding out that Toby went to work with Sonia''s


    lipstick mark on his cheek.


    Amelia could now understand why Lte was so furious about it, as she knew how much Lte


    loved Toby. She would be mad too if she saw the man whom she loved being kissed by another


    woman. On top of that, the lipstick mark was left on his face for everyone to see. She couldn''t stand


    how Sonia snatched Toby from Lte and even left her lipstick mark on his face for Lte to see.


    She felt sorry for Lte as she looked at her and, at the same time, felt strong dislike and disgust


    toward Sonia for hurting her daughter.


    "Sonia must have been the one who forced Toby into it," Lte suddenly blurted as she gritted her


    teeth.


    "What?" Amelia was confused by her words.


    The next moment, Lte leaned in closer to her and spoke as her face contorted with anger. "I


    was saying that Sonia purposely left the lipstick mark on Toby''s face and forced him to go out in


    public with it and show it to me. I embarrassed her two days ago and revealed my feelings toward


    Toby in front of her, and now, she is getting back at me using this way as she tries to tell me that


    Toby belonged to her. She was the one who paid the paparazzi to take these pictures and post


    them online. What a b*tch!"


    "Is that really so?" Amelia asked cautiously.


    Hearing that, Lte grimaced and uttered, "Then what do you think it is? She hadn''t done


    something like this before, and she''s doing it now after I had embarrassed her. She is purposely


    coming at me."


    Although Lte''s rationale seemed off, Amelia chose to believe in her words. "She''s indeed a


    vicious woman." She then clenched her fists and chided, "Even though we had embarrassed her


    before, we were victims of cyberbullying too, as ourpany''s share price had dropped because of


    her, and it hasn''t recovered. It''s a price that we had to pay, but she still thinks that it wasn''t enough


    and used such nasty tactics toe at us. She is so petty."


    "Not only she''s petty, she even stepped on Toby''s dignity," Lte fumed, gritting her teeth non-


    stop.


    "You''re right. She''s having her way with him because she has a hold on him. If she had lost it, Toby


    would definitely give her a taste of her own medicine." Amelia felt the same way too.


    "I wasn''t talking about this." Lte looked at her with bloodshot eyes. "I was saying that doesn''t


    she know that given Toby''s status, he should maintain his reputation at all times? How could she let


    him walk around in public with the lipstick mark on his face? She''s doing it just to ruin the image that


    he had been building all this while. She had also made him into aughingstock. It''s obvious that


    she doesn''t love him! She is just after his money!" Lte was so furious that her body trembled as


    she spoke, and her face blushed red.


    Noticing that, Amelia immediately patted her back to calm her down. "You''re right. That woman sure


    is conniving."


    "Oh, right!" Lte suddenly recalled something and stared at her mother with her bloodshot eyes.


    "Didn''t you say that you''ll try to get your hands on the invitation for the banquet?"


    "Yeah." Amelia nodded.


    "Did you manage to get it?"


    "Of course, the man whom your Grandpa had saved back then happens to have the invitation. He


    willingly gave us the card, no questions asked."


    "That''s great! Sonia had done so many nasty things toward Toby that I''ll make sure to get Toby back


    from her tonight. I''ll get rid of the information that she had been holding against him and make sure


    that she paid for everything that she had done." As she spoke, she got to her feet and eximed,


    "I''ll go look for Grandpa and have him move the n forward instead of waiting till my banquet."


    She couldn''t wait any longer. With that, she dashed out of the room barefoot while ignoring her


    mother''s words. Amelia couldn''t do anything about it and put on a pair of slippers she found on the


    other side of the bed and followed behind her.


    Not only was Lte worked up about the trending news, Anya, who was lying in a private hospital


    ward, was triggered by it as well. However,pared to the hysterical Lte, Anya''s reaction


    toward it was rtively calmer. However, the grimace and her fierce re showed how triggered


    she was by it.


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    How could Toby walk in public with that thing on his face? Doesn''t he feel embarrassed? Anya bit


    her bottom lip as she tried to figure it out while staring at Toby''s picture from the tablet. However, the


    way she perceived the situation was different from Lte''s. She didn''t think that Toby was


    threatened. She knew very well what kind of person he was. No one could force him into doing


    something that he refused to do. Even if that person had a hold on him, he would get that person


    killed to prevent that person from threatening him again. Thus, it seemed to her that he had done it


    willingly.