But nche’s tone didn’t soften much.


    “You know your health condition. Why don’t you save some energy? No one asked her to protect


    anybody. As if we couldn’t even afford a bodyguard! She just wanted to show off and to Let everyone


    know how capable she was.”


    With his eyes closed, Griffin leaned back on the sofa to steady his breathing. After a long while, he


    opened his eyes and looked at his daughter, who was still sulking.


    “Do you remember the time when you were kidnapped? Think about how Debbie saved you.”


    Portia quieted down, her hands clenched into fists.


    “I didn’t ask her to save me. She made that decision on her own. Just Like what my mom said, she just


    wanted to show off.”


    That year, Debbie and Hayden were only friends. They hadn’t started dating yet. In an attempt to save


    Portia, she was beaten up so badly by a bunch of kidnappers that her Life hung by a thread. But those


    men were still not leaving her alone. When they were about to rape her, the police came and saved her,


    who was dying.


    Afterwards, Hayden scolded Portia for hanging out with punks.


    It was in the hospital that Hayden first told Debbie that he Liked her.


    Back then, he was still a nobody in the Gomez family. He hadn’t achieved anything yet, and every


    month, he depended on pocket money from his parents. The only thing he bought for Debbie that day


    was a rose, which Debbie dly epted, and that was how their rtionship had started.


    Hearing his daughter’s response, Griffin almost had a heart attack. He tried to contain his emotions.


    “Let go this time. If a wrong is avenged with another wrong, there would be no end to it,” he persuaded


    while watching nche dab Portia’s face with ice.


    If the matter got out of hand, he was afraid that Carlos would step in himself. Not the kind of trouble the


    old man would wish anyone in his family to get involved in. But given that Emmett had worked for


    Carlos for many years, that possibility wasn’t far-fetched. It was not likely that Carlos would turn a blind


    eye to Emmett’s trouble. If


    Portia angered Carlos because of a trifle between her and Debbie, nobody would be able to save her.


    As Portia was busy massaging her stinging face, she didn’t respond.


    However, silently, she had already made a decision in her heart.


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    ‘It’s impossible for me to let go of this. That bitch is getting more and more arrogant. This has toe


    to an end, no matter what it takes!”


    Back in Carlos’ vi, he watched Debbie fall asleep. Then he got out of bed and called Emmett.


    “What exactly happened this evening?”


    Emmett was just dozing off when the iing call from Carlos shook him wide awake. For the


    hundredth time, he thanked fate for his not having a girlfriend. Otherwise, his rtionship would be


    strained by such calls from Carlos in the dead of the night.


    Emmett shook his head to expel the thought from his mind and gave


    Carlos a blow-by-blow ount of what had happened at the entrance of the Alioth Building.


    “Cancel all the ads and activities she has gotten. Shut her out for some time and you give her a


    warning in person.”


    “Yes, Carlos.” Emmett had already foreseen how the drama would unfold against Portia. The Gomez


    family’s influence had grown rapidlytely.


    Many advertisingpanies tried to suck up to Hayden, by bringing in