Chapter 62


    Chapter 62


    Gwendolyn hung her head low as she faced Mamie, her voice tinged with frustration, “This is the fourth


    time, Mamie. You teamed up with Scott at the alumni gathering to y me for a fool. On the first day of


    my internship, you stirred the pot, leaving me out in the cold. Then you had Scott cause a scene at the


    hospital, tarnishing my reputation. And now today…”


    “It’s actually five times.” Howard interjected with a dispassionate tone, “Don’t forget the post on the


    college forum she orchestrated.”


    His eyes were like shards of ice.


    Mamie felt as though she had plunged into an icy abyss, kneeling in a blinding white snowfield, falling


    into endless darkness.


    “Bitch,” Jeannie eximed, her face flushed with anger, “People like her should be behind bars.”


    “I’m so sorry, Mr. Chadwick. I’m sorry, so very sorry.”


    Mamie was groveling, her forehead nearly touching the ground, “Please, have mercy on


    me.”


    Howard looked at Gwendolyn, worried she might go soft. A person like Mamie wouldn’t learn her


    lesson. Given the chance, she’d onlye back with a vengeance.


    “Mamie. I won’t stoop to your level of revenge, but you must pay for your actions,” Gwendolyn stated


    calmly, “I will gather evidence and let thew deal with you.”


    “Gwendolyn. We were college roommates, how can you be so heartless?” Mamie’s cries were shrill


    with desperation, “You must have enjoyed watching me make a fool of myself.” “We could have


    coexisted peacefully, but it was you who kept trying to hurt me,” Gwendolyn replied.


    A sense of hopelessness washed over Mamie, as she resigned to her fate, “So what if you’ve got


    people backing you up? I bet you even had a hand in ruining Scott’s family business. I never imagined I


    wouldn’t be able to outy you, Gwendolyn.”


    “You’re being so unreasonable,” Jeannie interjected with disgust, “Always looking for a fight.


    Gwendolyn has no interest in your drama.”


    “Get out, and wait for the subpoena from the court.”


    Mamie’s heart seethed with rage as she stooped to pick up her belongings and stormed off, her eyes


    aze with fury.


    She was not willing to give up, but at that moment, all she could do was take her things


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    and leave.


    The corridor fell silent.


    Gwendolyn nced at Polly and the others, then gently ced her hand on Howard’s wheelchair, “Mr.


    Chadwick, let me take you back to your room.”


    Howard’e face was stern, and he didn’t respond.


    Instead, he spoke to Jeannie, “Please clear things up with the school. I’ll rmend that the Bayridge


    University forum implement a real–name policy. Cliff, take that middle–aged woman to the police


    station.”


    “Right away, sir.”


    “No problem, leave it to me. I’ll clear my sister–inw’s name.”


    Jeannie assured her, then handed a thermos to Gwendolyn, “Gwendolyn, please take good care of


    Howard, Mom made you some soup.”


    “Okay, got it.” Gwendolyn took the thermos carefully.


    “I’ll be off then, call me if you need anything. You shouldn’t have to put up with any trouble here at the


    hospital.”


    After Jeannie left her with a few words of caution, Gwendolyn held the thermos in one hand and


    reached out to push Howard’s wheelchair with the other. But Howard had already engaged the


    automatic drive, and the chair started moving forward, leaving Gwendolyn’s hand hanging in the air.


    She caught up quickly and squeezed into the elevator just before the doors closed.


    “Mr. Chadwick.” Her heart was pounding like a drum, “Are you upset with me?”


    Gwendolyn couldn’t fathom what might be bothering him,


    He lifted his gaze, his look cold and piercing, “Gwendolyn, would you really rather be ndered and


    bullied than tell them that you’re my wife?”