Distorted hatred


    Compared with their previous sexual encounters, Quentin was practically raping her. He was more rude


    and cruel than ever.


    When Vivian walked out his office, she could barely stand on her feet. Her legs were shaking and she


    was bleeding. There were traces of blood along her thighs, on her ankles and in her shoes. It was a


    shocking sight.


    Luckily no one was there to see her, because it was recess time.


    She walked out of thepany step by step with clenched fists.


    She would nevere back to work here. She would never see the monstrous Quentin again!


    Joey, after she had finished lunch in thepany cafeteria, decided to rush to Chance’s clinic to see


    her father during recess hours.


    Mr. Linderman had woken up, but he was still very weak. Mrs. Linderman had stayed at the hospital to


    look after him, but she was pulling a long face. She was the one who had pushed her husband down


    stairs, and now she was the mad one.


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    Mr. Linderman decided to ignore her. He had gotten used to her selfishness and meanness long ago.


    So even if he was wide awake, he thought he’d better close his eyes to avoid her.


    But deep down in his heart, he had started to think of Samantha like crazy, as he had done decades


    ago. He had been in love with her for his entire life since she was a teenage girl. Now they were both


    middle-aged, but she was still very beautiful.


    Joey thought her father was asleep when she found that his eyes were closed. She tried not to make a


    sound. But Mrs. Lindeman immediately dragged her out of the room and asked her the question she


    had intended to ask sincest night.


    “Who is the young man that you were withst night? What''s your rtionship with him?”


    Joey slightly lowered her head and answered honestly, “He’s my boyfriend and everything is…fine with


    us.”


    Although Mrs. Linderman was the one to me for her father’s severe ident and Joey was very


    mad at her, she knew her mother hadn’t done it on purpose. They were her parents after all. How could


    she resent her mother for long?


    Mrs. Linderman smiled sarcastically, “No wonder you agreed to sign the paper immediately when I


    asked you to break off your engagement with Ben yesterday. It turns out you had intended to do so


    long ago. It seemed that I was helping Vivian. But you’re the real one who has gotten the most out of


    it.”


    Joey looked up at her mother with sad eyes, “Mom, how could you say that? You’ve gone too far.”


    A mother should never have said those mean words to her child. She sounded more like Joey’s worst


    sworn enemy.


    Mrs. Linderman looked away from Joey’s eyes. She had really taken a hit when Samantha showed up


    yesterday. While she didn’t dare to do anything to Samantha, she could do whatever she wanted to


    Joey.


    “Where does he work? How is his family background?”


    Mrs. Linderman paused before she asked again. She didn’t n to fall out with Joey for the moment.


    Joey hesitated for a second and answered honestly, “He’s the mayor of this city. I guess his family is


    decent, but I’ve not visited his family yet, so I’m not quite sure.”


    “The mayor?”


    Mrs. Linderman almost fell down when she heard it. She was staring at Joey,pletely shocked and


    a little jealous and resentful.


    She had lived in the shadow of Samantha for decades. People had alwayspared her with


    Samantha, and soon drawn the conclusion that she was no match for Samantha, both physically and


    culturally.


    Therefore, when she had learnt that Vivian had stolen Joey’s finance Ben, she wasn’t mad at all.


    Instead, she was relieved and proud of her daughter’s aplishment. Maybe she couldn’t beat


    Samantha, but her daughter had beaten Samantha’s daughter.


    However, her short-lived moments of joy were now shattered by the news that Joey had found herself a


    new boyfriend who was way better than Ben both personally and socially. It was too much for her!


    Was it destined that she and her daughter would always be outshone by Samantha and her daughter?


    Mrs. Linderman became insanely jealous and resentful, because she thought it was so unfair.


    “Mom, what’s wrong with you? Are you feeling all right?”


    Joey was unaware that Mrs. Linderman was holding grudges against her. When Joey found her pale-


    faced, she thought her mother wasn’t feeling very well.


    Mrs. Linderman recollected herself and smiled sarcastically, “Don’t cry for the moon. Otherwise it will


    After saying that, she turned around to open the door, walked into the room and mmed the door,


    leaving Joey outside alone.


    Joey was confused.


    She wasn’t stupid, thus she knew Mrs. Linderman was implying that she shouldn''t expect miracles to


    happen to her, because when the clock struck midnight, everything would be back at square one.