Chapter <b>299</b>


    Zayn’s eyes suddenly darkened like a cloud skimming across a pond. With a mocking chuckle, he lit a cigarette and began to smoke.


    Tim was surprised to seen. Ian’s arrogant expression had yet to fade. It remained frozen in <b>a </b>way that made him look utterly ridiculous.


    “Mr. N–Nightin-”


    “What are you mumbling about?”


    Mandy expected Tim to scold Willow sharply, but his sudden meekness infuriated her.


    She jabbed a finger toward Willow and yelled, “You brazen hussy, and you fatherless cripple! How dare you cross my precious son? This is yourst chance. Kneel and apologize to my son, or you’ll deeply regret it!”


    As more parents arrived to pick up their children, many of them, driven by a sense of justice, found the arrogance disyed by Mandy and Tim hard to tolerate.


    Even though they were indignant, actually confronting Mandy and Tim seemed daunting. The duo’s attire. signaled their wealth, dissuading anyone from risking offense.


    “Who do you think you’re telling to kneel?”


    Mandy looked up atn. She was quick to notice his air of high status. Confident that neither Willow nor


    Aaron could know someone of his stature<b>, </b>she felt emboldened.


    Her voice rose dramatically as she yelled, “Obviously, I’m telling the hussy who temps men and the cripple to kneel! So what if she’s attractive? She can’t even maintain her own marriage after having a dumb child who waddles like a penguin!”


    “Yeah, you dumb, fatherless cripple!”


    With Mandy backing him up, Han puffed himself up, taunting Aaron with a stick–out tongue.


    “You’re a burden, you poor thing! Your mother is disgraceful, and you deserve to be left all alone! It’s pitiful how you’re unloved and fatherless. You really should be ashamed of yourself, you cripple-”


    “Who are you calling fatherless ?n cut in sharply, hismanding tone silencing Han and making the boy cower back into Mandy’s arms in fear.


    honed </b>his ability to <b>regain </bposure quickly. He knew thatn had a favorable view of Willow, but he also knew that even the strongest reputations could be shattered<b>.</b>


    As Tim thought about the possibility of tarnishingn’s impression of Willow, thereby shifting the Arena of Glory’s ambassador role to Skyler and reaping the benefits thetter had promised him, he felt a surge


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    excitement.


    He took a deep breath <b>and </b>bravely metn’s gaze.


    “Mr. Nightingale, Han is speaking about Willow’s son! You may not be aware but Willow’s personal life. is quite chaotic.


    “We can’t even be sure who the father of her child is. Our brand, Arena of Glory, can’t afford to associate


    with someone so mired in scandal as a brand ambassador!


    “And this cripple boy… clearly, he’s not been raised right! He wouldn’t have behaved so poorly toward Han if he had any manners. It’s <b>no </b>wonder his own father abandoned him.”


    Tim’s words cut deep, and though Willow knew Aaron’s biological father had left them, it didn’t change her view of her son. She still considered Aaron the most precious child in the world.


    “Darling, go on. Hit him back! This fatherless cripple dared to strike you. Give it back to him twice as hard! * barked, standing with her hands on her hips, her demeanor as fierce as ever.


    Mand


    Willow positioned herself in front of Aaron, preparing to defend him once again interrupted the escting argument.


    further, butn’s clear and crisp voice