Chapter 160 Mental Breakdown


    Sagging wearily and exhaustedly on the flush toilet, ra could not help shivering. She felt herself


    attacked by extreme coldness and thus she had been in cold sweats.


    What happened in the past shadowed her like a nightmare, preventing her from reaching out for any


    happiness. She knew that Horace''s love for her would be beaten down and torn up by reality soon.


    In the office, Sarah cried out angrily when she watched the interview video posted online, "Immoral!


    Immoral! How could they pry into and uncover other people''s privacy through public news in such an


    open and aboveboard way! They know nothing but bullshit! Immoral gossips!"


    ra was supposed to shoot a video and conduct an interview about the opening of a hotel. Darren


    now knew that something bad had happened, and he became anxious and worried when he could not


    contact her.


    When he entered the office, he found ra nowhere but that her phone was on her desk. Sarah told


    him that it was possible that ra had been crying in the restroom since she had been out of the office


    for a long time.


    Darren turned around and walked out of the office immediately.


    Stephanie cast a look behind Darren. Conjecture about the rtionship between these two people


    haunted her. Yet she still could not tell the reason why she would find their rtionship bizarre.


    Luis said to Stephanie, "Editor-in-chief cared so much about ra, doesn''t he? Well, our ''dear'' ra is


    indeed attractive. Why would I always ignore her in the past?"


    Sarah said, "Goodness! If I can win the love of either Horace or the Editor-in-chief, I would definitely be


    willing to suffer as much pain as ra."


    With a wry face, Stephanie slightly shook her head at Sarah and went on with her work.


    Darren stood outside the restroom, waiting for ra toe out.


    The memory of university life suddenly urred to him when he was waiting for her.


    At that time, ra was as innocent and pure as a flower, blooming brilliantly.


    He still remembered that she insisted on attending the long-distance runningpetition during the


    sports meeting, and after she had sprained her ankle, she still finished thepetition with strong


    perseverance no matter how he had persuaded her to quit the game.


    Worrying about her ankle, he, therefore, ran beside her throughout the whole race.


    In the end, when she finally made it and finished the race, she heavily fell to the ground. Darren lifted


    her up, pulled her into his arms, and carried her to the clinic as soon as possible.


    At that time, lying in his arms, that adorable ra always counted on him.


    Darren sighed slightly at this reminiscence. He knew that he could never have another chance to enjoy


    the same sunshine as he did during his youth when he was with her.


    Goodbye to youth.


    Yet, was it also time for him to say goodbye to ra?


    After a while, ra went out with red eyes.


    Darren immediately stepped forward and offered hisfort. He could notice nothing but coldness and


    shivering on her body when he tried to support her.


    "ra, I am so sorry."


    ra looked up at Darren and found that his eyes were so filled with pity for her.


    ra replied, "You don''t have to apologize."


    Actually, Darren was apologizing for Ashlee''s misbehavior. Yet he dared not tell her that the one who


    had set her up was exactly her biological sister, for he feared that she would be much infuriated and


    devastated.


    Had it not been for what Ashlee had done, ra would not have been drugged and then been raped. If


    nothing bad had happened, she could now be respected as Mrs. Kirnd, the wife of Solrace''s CEO,


    by the whole society.


    Darren said, "I am sorry that I don''t protect you well. Indeed, I don''t deserve your love. I am so sorry,


    ra."


    "It is none of your business," ra answered weakly, "Why are you here? Is there anything you want


    me to do?"


    Darren was there tofort her, and when he found her crying, he was convinced that what had


    happened must be terrible to her.


    Darren said, "Well, you are supposed to conduct an interview about the opening of W Hotel, aren''t


    you? If you don''t feel well now, I will ask somebody else to do this. How about a rest for today?"


    ra realized that he was there to offer herfort. She was so familiar with him that she could grasp


    the hidden intention behind his every word and movement. She looked at him with great gratitude.


    ra said, "Thank you, but I believe that I can do it. I am the one who should be in charge of this


    interview, so I''d better do it myself. If I take a rest, there will be more gossips and I hate that."


    "C…"


    ra walked away slowly with her head sank to her chest.


    Darren wanted to give her a hug to relieve her sadness. However, taking into ount that his hug


    would lead to more malicious gossips and greater pain to her, he did not even dare to raise his hands


    and he did nothing but watch her walking away in sympathy.


    ra left the office with Sarah after she tried to cover her red eyes with makeup.


    When she noticed the call from Horace, she hesitated for a second and decided to ignore it.


    Caught up in aplicated mood, she did not know how to face him again.


    No one dared to chat on their way to W Hotel, so the car was covered by a deadly quietness.


    When they arrived, they got off one by one.


    There were a lot of celebrities and reporters, and many of them recognized ra. Sneer with disgust


    and gaze with malice and despise were cast to her.


    Sarah said, "ra, ignore them! They don''t deserve our attention!"


    Luis alsoforted, "ra, remember to smile. Let them be angry at us! We have done nothing wrong,


    so we are not the ones to hide! Ugh, I believe that they must have done a lot of terrible things in


    secret."


    Sarah was afraid that what Luis had said would destroy ra''s mood again, so she hurriedly


    interrupted him, "Luis, keep quiet. We have to start our work now!"


    Realizing that ra turned pale at his words, Luis shut up immediately.


    ra walked towards the meeting hall at a weary pace.


    On her way to it, sneer and sarcasm continuously dashed into her ears and no one intended to lower


    their voice when they said those malice words.


    "How dare she turn up here? Shameless! I feel sorry for the Kirnd family!"


    "Look! Isn''t she the heroine of those hashtags? Well, indeed, bad tags! How indiscreet and shameless.


    I will definitelymit suicide if I were her."


    "That is ra Selman, the wife of Horace and he even named a fund after her. She is now notorious! I


    couldn''t imagine how many men she has slept with. My poor Horace."


    "She isn''t sexy at all. How could she be qualified to be a prostitute? I know that her mother is a whore,


    a mistress, and that she knows nothing but how to seduce and flirt with men."


    "It is said that she has had sex with countless men! How indiscreet!"


    Those stares and title-tattle cut deeply into ra''s heart and soul.


    She felt that there was a heavy stone preventing her from moving forward as she plodded. Their words


    hit her like whips with salt.


    She felt herself so useless since she could neither protect herself nor keep her mother from abuse and


    public malice.


    The opening ceremony began amid those abuses and despise towards her. All of a sudden, the


    atmosphere was livened by the music and apuse.


    Cheerful music and happyughter were hammering ra''s rattled mind. When the ceremony was


    over, she, alone, leaned against the wall and stared at the blue sky motionlessly. How wonderful it


    would be if she could fly away and escape instantly as a bird.


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    Tears ran down her face.


    More than ever, she missed Horace; more than ever, she wished that he could be with her at the


    moment.