Natalie weed her with a bright smile as she walked over to Johanna, held her arm, and led her to
sit down from across Vera.
Noticing Johanna’s smile, Vera was a bit embarrassed and asked, “Mrs. White, how did you find the
time toe here?”
“I was just passing by,” Johanna said with a faint smile, nodding her head. “But I wasn’t expecting to
see Mrs. Harding lecturing my daughter.”
Vera could sense that Johanna hade to support Natalie.
Her expression darkened and she said, “Mrs. White, since you’ve seen it, I would like to ask you to
discipline your daughter. Tell her to stop meddling in other people’s family matters.”
Johanna remained calm when facing her usation and said, “My daughter has always been me to
discipline her. Besides, you don’t have the right to point fingers at my daughter.”
Vera sneered, “I’ve never seen a girl in our social circle who meddles in other people’s family affairs as
your daughter does.”
Despite Vera’s harsh words, Johanna didn’t lose her cool and replied, my daughter’s close friend, and
she was only helping a friend in need. How is that wrong?”
“You!” Words got stuck in Vera’s throat.
She did not expect Johanna to be as eloquent as Natalie, which put her at a loss for words.
Although Johanna was still wearing a gentle smile, her words were razor-sharp. “If Laney were my
friend, I would have already made her divorce Garrett. And Natalie was only helping them get a
temporary separation to calm down, which has already saved the Harding family’s face enough.”
“Johanna White! Don’t go too far!” Vera’s face turned red and livid from anger.
She did not expect Johanna to be so protective of her daughter whilepletely disregarding the most
basic etiquettes in their social circle.
Johanna smiled calmly and said, “Mrs. Harding, Natalie has already helped your family save face. She
has no ill intentions towards your family. It’s not her fault that she wants to protect her friend.”
Clenching her fists, Vera hissed, “Fine. I don’t want to argue with you here. I hope Laney can divorce
Garrett soon. She’s nothing but a troublemaker. As long as she gives the baby back to us, she can go
anywhere!”
Upon hearing that, Johanna’s smile gradually faded. “Mrs. Harding, Laney almost died giving birth to
her daughter. Not only did your family fail to protect her, but you also want to take her daughter away
from her? That’s absurd.”
Vera opened her mouth to argue, but Johanna cut her off coldly, “We’ve already saved you and Garrett
from embarrassment. Or else, this matter would not have been so easy for you.”
Vera’s face twisted in fury. She got up to confront them and made to shout, but she caught a glimpse of
somedies from their social circle entering the cafe.
Panicking, Vera recalled Leo’s warning. He had told her not to meet these women, but now it was too
late.
Thedies walked straight to them.
“Mrs. White, you’re here so early! We’re sorry to have kept you waiting,” one of them greeted Johanna
warmly.
“Oh, don’t worry about it. I just got here myself. Please, take a seat,” Johanna replied with a smile.
Natalie also greeted thedies courteously.
Vera stood frozen in ce, feeling embarrassed.
She finally understood why Johanna was there. She was nning to have high tea with thosedies.
After greeting them, the other women noticed Vera standing on the side awkwardly.
“Oh, Mrs. Harding. You’re here, too.”
The women greeted Vera with smiles. Vera forced a smile and stuttered, “Yes…”
These women had heard about the recent scandal in the Harding family and had assumed that Vera
would not show up for social events for a long time. So they were surprised to see her there.
Mrs. Lee, one of the member of the group, asked Vera curiously, “Mrs. Harding, were you also invited
by Mrs. White for the afternoon tea?”
The truth was that Johanna did not invite her at all and she had onlye to cause trouble for Natalie.
Vera was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole and bury herself in it.
Just moments ago, she had argued with Johanna and Natalie, so she knew that Johanna might not
take her side. In fact, she might even speak ill of her before these women, leaving her no chance of
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Unexpectedly, Vera saw Johanna nod her head and say, “Yes, I invited Mrs. Harding.” Vera was
surprised. She thought Johanna would use the chance to humiliate her. She did not expect her to show
kindness.
Johanna had booked a private room in the cafe in advance, so Vera and the otherdies followed her
inside.
The thought of the Harding family’s recent scandals, as well as Leo’s warning, ran through Vera’s mind,
and she became very uneasy.
Considering how much these women loved to gossip, they were definitely going to ask her for details
on the recent scandals and make fun of her whilst at it. This was especially true since they’d all been
invited by Johanna.
She had been very rude to Natalie earlier, so it was almost guaranteed that Natalie and Johanna were
going to take the opportunity to humiliate her.
Just as Vera had expected, as soon as the tea and desserts arrived, the wealthydies began to gossip
as they usually did, chatting away excitedly.
As the conversations progressed, Vera eventually became the topic of discussion.
The Harding family’s recent scandals were the most popr topic in their circle.
Mrs. Lee was the first to ask about it, “Mrs. Harding, we heard that your daughter-in-w had to run
away with her child because of you. Is that true?”
As soon as she ended her question, all the otherdies joined in and began chipping in their own
comments.
“I heard you made a scene at the hospital when you tried to take your granddaughter away,” one
remarked.
“Yeah, I also heard that your daughter-in-w went intobor prematurely because of the assistant that
you got for her. Is that true?” another asked.
Vera froze. Her face turned pale as they bombarded her with their questions.
It was so humiliating!