Chapter 168


    Eleanor waspletely caught off guard when Joelle violently pped her.


    Her pale, delicate face instantly disyed five blood–red fingerprints, evidence of the impact. The


    desire to retaliate with a p welled up inside her, but shecked the strength to do so.


    The force of the p left her head buzzing, her heart racing, and made it difficult to catch her breath.


    Physically overpowered by Joelle, she mustered all her energy to prop herself up and fixed Joelle with


    a cold stare.


    “Ms. Valona, what is the meaning of this?” she questioned, her voice filled with a mix of indignation and


    determination,


    Joelle, nonchnt, shrugged off the severity of the situation. “No big deal, just wanted to show you that


    messing with me carries consequences!”


    In a haughty, undisciplined manner, Joelle raised her hand again, preparing to strike Eleanor’s face


    once more.


    Gritting her teeth, Eleanor took a step back and managed to dodge the iing p. Realizing the


    urgency of the situation, she swiftly reached for her phone in her pocket, but before she could unlock it,


    Sophie deftly snatched it away.


    Joelle’s p missed, and seeing Eleanor trying to grab her phone to call the police made her even


    angrier.


    Sophie took the phone away, giving Joelle a moment of relief, but seeing Eleanor still not backing


    down, Joelle raised her hand to p her again.


    Sophie quickly intervened: “Joelle, there are lots of people around, easy to attract attention.”


    They were at the entrance of a shopping mall, with an endless stream of peopleing and going.


    If caught on camera or filmed, it might affect her reputation within her social circle.


    Although she had strong PR skills to deal with negative public opinion, it was better not to cause


    trouble for the Laurence family if possible.


    With that thought, Joelle immediately withdrew her hand and signaled her bodyguard.


    One of the bodyguards quickly covered Eleanor’s mouth with a handkerchief and dragged her to the


    restroom.


    Eleanor was practically thrown into the restroom by the bodyguard, and before she could even try to


    escape, she was tightly controlled by the two guards.


    Joelle and Sophie walked gracefully into the restroom, looking down at Eleanor with arrogance.


    *Joelle, is she the one who showed disrespect to you at the hospital before?”


    “Yes, that’s her! She dared to provoke me, even thought of calling the police on me,pletely out of


    her freaking mind!”


    Hearing Joelle’s words, Sophie red fiercely at Eleanor.


    “Eleanor, I didn’t expect you to be so shortsighted, daring to be rude to Ms. Valona, are you tired of


    living a peaceful life?”


    “Do you know her?” Joelle asked Sophie.


    Sophie nodded, “She used to be an assistant in the Chairman’s office at the Ratliff Group, seducing


    many of Ratliff’s clients with her looks. Recently, she hooked up with Mr. Clowers, probably thinking


    he’d back her up, and that’s why she dared to be rude to you…”


    Upon hearing Sophie’s words, Joelle felt even more disgusted by Eleanor.


    What she hated most were women who seduced men to climb thedder.


    “Seems like you need a lesson. How dare you regard yourself as a hot stuff, even daring to seduce Mr.


    Clowers!”


    Joelle and Brenda Mallory were good friends, so of course, she knew who Brenda had been missing.


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    But she never thought Eleanor would have the guts to pursue Jason!


    Throughout the whole ordeal, Eleanor didn’t say a word, just gave them a cold, disdainful, and


    sympathetic look.


    She looked down on these so–called socialites, and at the same time felt sorry for them having high


    status but resorting to such low tactics.


    Eleanor’s disdainful gaze only enraged Joelle more.


    Waving her hand, one of the bodyguards immediately forced Eleanor’s head Into the toilet, while


    another one held down the flush button.


    The bodyguard pressed the button, and a massive amount of water filled the entire toilet bowl.


    Eleanor was already struggling to breathe, and the moment her face was pressed into the toilet, she


    felt suffocated.


    She wanted to gasp for air, but all she breathed in was water, which went straight into her lungs,


    causing her to cough violently,