Chapter 48
Chapter 48
A disturbed and preupied Victoria gged down a cab and made her way to the Thatcher
Residence. Since there were many people attending Evelyn’s birthday, they all gossiped in murmurs
when they saw Victoria. “Isn’t that the culprit, Victoria, who got into jail because of her attempted
murder? Is she out of prison?”
“Damn! How did someone like her get in here? It gives me the chills to think that I’m now in the same
house with a murderer.”
“She is still the Thatcher Family’s daughter regardless, so how can she dress so indecently? She is
such a disgrace to her family.”
In the meantime, Victoria walked toward a corner and sat down despite their unforgiving and mean
gossip about her. The moment she sat down, a man in a ck suit who happened to be sitting there
stood up and walked away with a frown and unhappy look on his face. However, Victoria wasn’t really
bothered by the man’s reaction as she kept her eyes locked on the entrance in a stressful and
preupied manner.
After all, she was worried about Christian’s severe injury since he still hadn’t shown up. Christian has
always been ruthless and merciless. Now that I identally wounded him, I bet he is going to get back
at me to make me suffer terribly.
“Miss Coleman, Mrs. Thatcher would like to see you.” Just then, a maid walked up to her.
Victoria nodded, following the maid to Evelyn’s room as everyone else watched in surprise and
puzzlement.
“Here you are, Tori.” Evelyn was gorgeous and elegant, wearing a long purple dress while smiling with
crow’s feet showing on her face. Then, her eyes fell upon the scar that was barely covered by Victoria’s
fringe on her forehead. However, she quickly looked away as a sign of respect for the woman.
While Evelyn still treated Victoria the same way she did two years ago, thetter appeared somewhat
prudish and reserved. Soon, Victoria kept her head down and politely greeted Evelyn, “Greetings, Mrs.
Thatcher.”
“Where is your birthday wish for me this time? I haven’t heard that from you at all.” Evelyn pulled the
youngdy’s leg.
Nevertheless, Victoria only pursed her lips without saying a single word; she had been humbled by
what happened in the past two years that she no longer dared to joke with Evelyn.
“Ah, it looks like my girl has grown up.” Evelyn caressed Victoria’s hair and sighed before changing the
subject. “I have a dress for you. It was tailor-made based on your measurements two years ago, but I
wonder if it still fits you. Why don’t you try it on?”
The maid then brought the beige dress forward and gave it to Victoria, but thetter rejected it. “No
thanks, Mrs. Thatcher. I’m here just to visit my mom, and I’ll be gone in a while. I appreciate your
kindness.”
Victoria refused to ept Evelyn’s gift, thinking she should consider herself lucky to be invited to the
birthday feast. Deep down, she was worried that her stigmatized past would embarrass Evelyn since
everyone knew she was sentenced to jail two years ago.
However, Evelyn seized her hand and interrupted her, saying, “Hey, today is my birthday, so how could
youe here to visit your mom and go?”
“But I’m a mur—” Victoria licked her dried lips, feeling too embarrassed to continue her sentence.
“Who do you think you are?” Evelyn cut Victoria short and said, “You’re my favorite girl.” Without giving
Victoria a chance to turn her down, she turned her attention to the maid and said, “When Tori is done
trying on the dress, tell Willy and the others toe here and give her a makeover. She needs heavier
makeup, or it’s going to look like she doesn’t have any under the lights.”
Since she was unwilling to ruin the birthday feast, Victoria wanted to say something since she didn’t
know how to face her parents either. Nevertheless, Evelyn beat her to it and said, “There are a lot of
guests here tonight, Tori. I’m going to have to excuse myself now. If you need anything, just call Amy.”
She walked away after finishing her sentence.
Meanwhile, Victoria had her eyes fixed on the closed door with aplicated expression on her face.
When she was finally done with her makeover, it was already two hourster. At the same time, the
ce was crowded with more guests dressed in decent suits and fancy dresses as they raised their
sses andughed happily.
“Say, did Mrs. Thatcher tell Victoria to get a makeover because she couldn’t care less about her past?
Do you think she wants Victoria as her daughter-inw?”
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“No way! The Thatcher Family will never want a daughter-inw who’s been in jail before. Why would
they? Maybe she just thought Victoria’s current outfit would embarrass her too much.”
While Victoria weaved through the crowd, she overheard some of them talking about her. She then
paused in her tracks and shifted her gaze to the table at the corner, where she saw a man and a
woman. As the duo saw her approaching them, both of them stood up and winked at each other before
walking away.
After that, Victoria sat down and shifted her gaze across the crowd to search for signs of Christian, but
to no avail. Thus, she began to grow even more anxious, wondering why he still hadn’te back. Is
he not here yet because he is too injured to move?
“Victoria?” At that moment, Be approached Victoria in a wheelchair, sizing thetter up with a smile.
“I thought you would be here in your uniform. No wonder I wasn’t able to spot you because you got
yourself a fancy dress.” At the same time, Lucas was standing behind his sister, fixing his gaze upon
Victoria for a while before he was able to take his eyes off her.
While Victoria knitted her eyebrows silently and took a bite of the cake, Be bit her lips and offered her
word of advice. “Your dress must be tailor-made, right? You know what, Victoria? You should learn not
to bite more than you can chew; spending more than you can afford just to satisfy your desire is one of
the things that you shouldn’t be doing, considering your current situation.”
“Something I shouldn’t be doing? Like what? Bing a pet for the rich?” Victoria lost her appetite
after taking a bite of the cake, replying sarcastically to Be’s statement.
“I’m just giving you a word of advice because I want what’s good for you. That’s all it is.” Be felt
helpless. “You need to stop being so mean to me.”
Nevertheless, Victoria produced a piece of tissue paper and wiped her lips, whereupon she made her
way to another table. After all, she couldn’t tolerate Be’s presence, making it seem as though it would
pollute the air around her.
“Why do you have to be so mean? Be is trying to give you her word of advice.” Lucas walked up to
Victoria and stood in her way. “Or was Be right? That you’re mad?” Deep down, Lucas was unhappy
at the thought that Victoria slept with different men every night for money.
“I guess I don’t have to answer your question whether I’m mad, do I, Mr. Spritz? Furthermore…”
Victoria chuckled coldly and added, “What does that concern you even if I really do that for money?”
Why won’t this sibling duo leave me alone? Ew! They’re disgusting.
Lucas gulped speechlessly upon hearing that, thinking Victoria was right because he was in no position
to lecture her about that. However, Be raised her voice and did the job for her brother like she was
the right person to lecture Victoria. “You were my friend back then, so of course it concerns me. If
you’re in need of money, you can always let me know. There’s no need for you to sacrifice your body
for money.”
Although they were talking in a corner, the ce was still crowded with people, some of which were
drawn to their conversation. Therefore, they got closer out of curiosity to find out what they were talking
about. “Come on. She is still the daughter of the Coleman Family, after all. Do you really think she is
going to sacrifice her body for money? Nah, I don’t believe it.”
“She was disowned by the Coleman Family two years ago, so it’s still possible.”
“She can still work and make herself some money, can’t she?”
“Come on, are you kidding me? She didn’t even graduate from college. Perhaps she did, but it was a
two-bit institute. After all, what can a useless daughter like her do besides asking for money from her
rich family?”
Hearing those murmurs, Victoria clenched her fists, feeling blood gushing through every single vein in
her body. As she noticed the wine sses and vases on the table, she was tempted to smash Be’s
head with them. After all, the worst that could happen to her was getting thrown into prison once
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