Anthony gave her a disdainful look and gritted his teeth. “Please watch your behavior!”
He had enough of her drama and just wished to get out of here. He looked around and tried to see where I was.
As soon as he saw me standing in the lobby, he heaved a sigh of relief and shoved Rachael aside.
He walked toward me and said in a deep voice, “Why didn’t you wait for me at the entrance?”
“I met an old friend and had a chat with him earlier.” I did not tell him it was Jackson.
Anthony raised his brows. He grabbed my hand and walked me out of the hotel.
Of course, Rachel would not let us off so easily. She gave us a sullen glare and sneered, “Anthony, take a good look at me? Am I not as pretty as her? How about my body? I have everything she has, and I can do everything that she can’t!”
She became so agitated that she instantly pulled her dress down, baring it all for Anthony. She pulled his hand and it on her breast. “Touch me, Anthony. I can do a better job than her on bed!”
Her move had instantly caught everyone’s attention.
Anthony’s expression turned even more grim. He swung his hand so hard that Rachel fell onto the ground.
Rachel staggered and knocked her head against the corner of a table.
Perhaps that was a wake-up call for her. She raised her head and looked at Anthony before taking a glance at the people around her.
The moment she realized she was half-naked, she instantly pulled up her dress and covered herself.
Despite regaining her consciousness for just a short while, she was still quite drunk. All of a sudden, she started laughing.
Tears welled up in her eyes, but she continued laughing while gazing into Anthony’s eyes.
She pointed her finger at me and accused, “What have you done to seduce this man, Sienna Stanhope?”
Rachel then stared at Anthony. “And you. Why are you so obsessed with her? Don’t you know there’s something between her and Marcus?” she scoffed, “We might not come across her scandals in the news, but you should know what kind of woman she is! You’re okay with that? Don’t you care how filthy she is?”
Before I could react, Anthony was already standing in front of Rachel and strangling her.
Rachel’s face instantly turned red as she could hardly breathe.
Anthony’s eyes darkened. “It looks like you’re tired of living.”
Anthony exerted more pressure on her neck.
The crowd was struck dumb by what they saw. Some of them gasped, and some mumbled behind their back.
Rachel had definitely stroke Anthony the wrong way, and he was ready to get rid of her.
Upon seeing people taking pictures with their phones, I ran toward him and brushed his hand off Rachel. “Calm down, Anthony. Let’s go home.”
It would be disastrous for him if this incident made headlines.
No matter how capable a man was, his reputation would shatter in no time if the world knew he acted violently toward a woman.
For years, Anthony had survived all sorts of conspiracies in the corporate world. It was not worth tarnishing his reputation just because of a woman.
He retracted his hand, took out a few banknotes, and stuffed them into her busty chest. He smirked and said, “Here are some tips for you. Thanks for your offer, but I don’t simply lay my hands on women like you. The tips I gave should be enough for you to call yourself a cab.”
The way Anthony humiliated her must have hurt her more deeply than the physical pain he caused earlier.
The color drained out of Rachel’s face instantly.
By openly equating her to prostitutes, Anthony had completely trampled her ego and pride.
She looked fixedly at Anthony and let her tears rolled down her cheeks.
Indifferent to her tears, he put his wallet in his pocket, held my hand, and walked away.
As I trailed after him, a heart-wrenching wail came from behind. I glanced back and saw several people gathered around Rachel.
Even in an upscale nightclub, there would be all sorts of people hanging around, including shady characters.
With Rachel’s good looks and her revealing clothes, I was afraid that she might be in danger.
When we reached the exit, I stopped in my tracks.
Puzzled, Anthony turned around and looked at me. He did not look angry anymore. “What’s the matter?” he asked.
I pondered for a while before voicing out my concern. “Anthony, she needs someone to send her home.”
He frowned at my words. “Sienna, she doesn’t deserve your sympathy.”
I could understand why he was angry with Rachel. It was because her harsh words had crossed the line and struck his nerve.
And I was where his threshold lay; he was enraged with her because of her disrespect for me.
Seeing that he was about to leave, I stopped him and said, “I don’t sympathize with her predicament, but Anthony, she’s a staff of the Featherstone Corporation whom you had complimented during the annual general meeting. If anything happens to her, it might affect the company as well. We can find someone to bring her back just to make sure she is safe.”
Do I pity her? Maybe.
I did not know much about Rachel at first. If I had not heard what Isabelle had told me before, I probably would not care about her safety tonight.
But now that I had known what happened to her, I could not help but pity her. Besides, it was normal for her to be attracted to Anthony since he was such an outstanding person.
Life is still long; there would be more women who are going to be attracted to him. Besides, I’m sure that Anthony knows better than me in handling the women who fancy him.
After a long moment of silence, he let out a sigh and eventually complied. He called a bell boy over and gave out some instructions. Then, he turned to me and asked, “Are you happy now?”
I nodded with a smile and held his hand. “Yes. Let’s go home.”
When we were both seated in the car, Anthony did not start the car first. Instead, he turned towards me and locked his eyes on mine. “Sienna, it seems as if you bear no animosity towards her.”
“Huh, who?” I asked, perplexed.
“Rachel.”
I paused for a while and replied, “Hmm, actually, there is animosity between Rachel and me. It’s just that I know that you love me, and you care about me. So, I don’t really mind other women admiring you because I know that you will come back to me eventually.”
He looked at me meaningfully. “You really trust me so much?”
I nodded, holding his gaze. “Anthony, we are in our thirties now. That’s about one-third of our lives. We’ve gone through many things, and we have certainly learned our life lessons. For me, I have learned to take notice of what’s more important in life.”
He went silent for a long time before starting the car and drove home. We did not speak for the rest of the ride.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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