Chapter 1377 One Hundred Bees
Erica didn''t know whether to cry or tough at his words. It almost seemed like Matthew was scared of
his wife.
But there was no way that was true. Erica was afraid of him. How could the reverse be possible?
As soon as the bodyguard helped Noreen up from the floor, she heard Erica mollifying Matthew,
"Honey, don''t worry. I won''t run away anymore. I want to be with you forever!"
"Good girl! I''ll hold you to that. " The man lowered his head and gently kissed her forehead, which
made everyone jealous.
Then Matthew switched gears effortlessly, dropping into shop talk as if nothing had happened.
Leaning on her bodyguard, Noreen shot Chantel a vicious look before leaving. This woman was
responsible for her humiliation. If she hadn''t said anything, Erica wouldn''t have knocked Noreen to the
floor.
Erica noticed the look in her eyes. She knew that Noreen considered Chantel her enemy now.
As soon as Noreen left, the onlookers at the scene also dispersed. Erica excused herself, getting away
from Matthew for a moment. She said she needed to talk to Chantel. After a moment''s consultation, the
two girls left the hall together. They decided to follow Noreen. Not a bad idea. If she was stirring up
trouble, it would be better to know about now.
Their destination was a lounge. The door was not shut entirely, and Noreen''s voice drifted out. "Why
was Erica here? And how could Chantel Ye bully me like that? Find that bitch. I''ll make her pay for what
happened today!"
Then she stretched out the check and tore it to bits, as if she had done the same to Chantel and Erica.
"Yes, Miss Xia," a man said.
"Good news. You can stay put. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present Chantel!" Erica''s voice suddenly
came. She guessed right. She knew that this woman was nning something else. She just headed
that off at the pass.
She''d learned well from Camille and Phoebe. Shut them down immediately, or face more trouble in the
future. So Erica did just that.
Since she got Chantel in some hot water, she figured it was her job to get her out of it.
When she saw the two women at the door, Noreen shivered and asked, "Why are you following me?"
She was in the middle of smashing things in her room. Next up: amp that was thetest target of her
anger.
"Thought you were looking for Chantel. Well, here she is!" Erica leaned against the door and answered
Chantel pretended to be frightened and said, "Miss Xia, I didn''t mean for that to happen. Please forgive
me."
Seeing the fear on her face, Noreen felt better. But she forgot that Chantel was an actress, and a very
good one at that!
She also knew these two women came here for a reason. Ignoring Chantel, she asked Erica, "Come
on, I promise I''ll leave Mr. Huo alone. What more do you want?"
"What more do I want?" Erica turned and waved at the hidden bodyguards.
A few strong men were at her side in an instant. "Mrs. Huo!"
"Take Miss Xia away!" She wanted to make sure that from now on, Noreen Xia would be afraid
whenever she thought of her and Chantel.
"Yes, Mrs. Huo!"
While Noreen screamed, one of the bodyguards covered her mouth, and then one grabbed her arms,
the other grabbed her legs, and they took her out of the room.
When they passed Erica on the way out, the CEO''s wife deliberately pronounced her sentence.
"Considering that it is her first time, just lock her up with one hundred bees for a night. If it happens
again, lock her in a cage with a Tibetan Mastiff. And if she still hasn''t learned her lesson, then find a
wolf and do the same. She''ll stay under lock and key until she knows better."
Erica learned this from Colman. The boy had once locked Pike''s two goons in their neighbor''s bee
house for an entire day. When the two goons came out of the bee house, their faces were swollen like
a pig''s head.
''Bees, Tibetan Mastiffs, wolves...'' Noreen was so frightened that she felt dizzy. But her mouth was
covered entirely by one of the bodyguard''s hands, and she couldn''t beg for mercy.
"Yes, Mrs. Huo!" the bodyguards answered in unison.
Just like that, Noreen was quietly spirited away.
Silence returned to the corridor. Erica rubbed her hands together, removing the imaginary dust. "That''s
one woman down. Hopefully we won''t have to do this again!" She came back to spend time with her
husband and didn''t want to deal with all the women who were drooling over him. It was exhausting.
Chantel was a little worried. "Rika, I think we may have a problem. Noreen must have some serious
backing for her to get so popr that quickly. Is it really a good idea to punish her like that?"
She was afraid that Erica would be in some serious trouble after this.
Erica wasn''t worried. She was not afraid of her. "It doesn''t matter. She is powerful, so what? We''re not
entirely without resources. You have my brother, I have Matthew, and don''t forget that we have the
Violet Eagles too! What are you afraid of?"
''She''s right, '' Chantel thought.
Chantel was not good at throwing her weight around, but Erica was right, and not worried. So gradually
the anxiety in her heart faded.
The guests at the party were all bigwigs—rich, powerful, or both. A lot of them were in finance. A lot of
them had made a killing with their investments. And quite a few of them saw how Noreen was
humiliated, and they learned the price of messing with Mrs. Huo. They secretly discussed cutting ties
with Noreen, to make sure they didn''t identally piss off Erica.
Eighty percent of what Noreen lost would be transferred to Chantel. Chantel would have more work
waiting for her if she wanted it.
When they returned to the banquet hall, Erica and Chantel found Matthew.
Chantel didn''t want to see the guy at first, because she was afraid that he would get even with her for
hiding Erica and his kids'' whereabouts. And why wouldn''t he?
But Erica didn''t think he would be that petty. She wanted everyone to know that she and Chantel had
Matthew''s backing before Gifford and Chantel took their marriage public.
She was his wife and Chantel was his sister-inw. They were both family to Matthew.
Erica''s n was a sess. Everyone could see that Mrs. Huo was on good terms with Chantel.
Anyone who wanted to curry favor with the Huo family wouldn''t dare to neglect Chantel now.
Some of the stars, who were jealous of Chantel''s poprity and wanted to make trouble for her,
immediately nixed the idea. They didn''t want to anger Matthew or Mrs. Huo. And they would include
Chantel in their ns, if they had any.
Matthew was still talking about work with a group of his peers, and it took less than two minutes for
Erica''s eyes to ze over. She whispered to Chantel, "Let''s grab a bite to eat!"
"Okay!" Chantel didn''t like social engagements either, so the two women went to the dessert table.
Unfortunately, the world was full of fools. They thought if Matthew couldn''t see them, they''d have a
chance to mess with Erica.
For example, at this moment, a woman bent her elbow slightly.
She knocked over her ss of juice by ident, and the green kiwi fruit juice spilled all over the table,
spreading over the tablecloth, and dripping on anything underneath.
Standing next to the kiwi fruit juice, Erica and Chantel were eating the waffles on their tes, talking
andughing. They didn''t notice what the woman was doing.
When Chantel bent over tough wildly at one of Erica''s jokes, she happened to see the liquid flowing
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down from the table to the ground. Some of the liquid had already dripped onto Erica''s beautiful dress.
"Rika, be careful!"
Chantel pulled her away. Wearing high-heeled shoes, Erica took two quick steps back and almost fell.
If it weren''t for Chantel holding her up, she would have hit the floor.
Everyone in the crowd approached the two women to see what was happening. Only a woman in a
ck evening dress made a point of moving away. Chantel noticed her and called out, "You, stop!"