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Betty’s wrongdoing.”
The more she spoke, the more he lowered his head because each word went straight to his heart.
“But I’m telling you now. I don’t need it.” Her look grew icier. “I lent a helping hand because I could. It was out of moral value. No matter how much I hate Betty, I wouldn’t attack her by claiming the moral high ground. An act of kindness will lose its meaning when it attracts attention and judgment.”
“Ms. Alyssa, it’s my fault. I thought that.”
“It’s useless to explain yourself now.” She grabbed her phone with an expressionless face. “I’m calling Jonah to take you back. I don’t vibe with your working style.”
“No! Ms. Alyssa!” All colors drained from Sean’s face as he grasped her wrist. “Please, punish me as you wish! I can clean the toilets at the hotel or wash dishes in the kitchen! What about deducting my pay?”
He pleaded, “I only have one wish¨Cplease let me stay by you.”
Frowning, she felt the pain in her wrist from his strong grasp. The passion in his eyes came as a shock to her.
Sean came from a family of attorneys. His father was a judge, and his mother was a famous attorney. His two older brothers held important jobs in the judiciary.
The Lynch family might not be of wealth, but they were respectable in Belbanks. As the youngest,
Sean received an excellent education and grew up well¨Cloved.
However, he was willing to humble himself for her and the Taylor Group. He could have had a brighter future, but he would rather serve as her secretary.
At the thought, she was touched and sighed. “This is your last chance. I won’t go easy on you if you ever do it again.”
“Thank you! Thank you, Ms. Alyssa! I will not act on my own anymore!” His eyes glistened with tears of joy.
“Tsk! Look where your hand’s going.” She looked down and smirked. He realized that he was holding her wrist. Heart pumping wildly, he withdrew his hand as he blushed. Her scent seemed to linger in his palm.
“Um, Ms. Alyssa, how about your trending topic…”
“I’ll tell Axel to deal with that. Come with me.” She tapped on the blazer hanging on the clothes stand. He got the hint and helped put the blazer on her.
“Let’s meet with Betty Walsh.”
Betty was distressed when she learned that she trended online again.
“Mom! What do I do?” Fuming, she called up Sophia Kirkman to complain about it. “I’m trending online for once, only to have that country bumpkin haunt me! She’s deliberately making trouble!
“Are you dumb? Do you not know the reason you’re trending? How could you be proud of that?” Sophia berated Betty,
Betty rubbed her forehead. She wasn’t dumb¨Cjust momentarily distracted when Allison Burton trended along with her.
“S¨CSo, what do I do? The scandal is bad for me. Now that everyone knows Allison Burton saved the girl, I can’t fight back against public opinion. Am I really going to be crushed by that country bumpkin?”
“I’ve talked to your dad on your behalf. He says that you should never clarify or apologize in any way. Just keep quiet about it!” Sophia said in a low voice.
She continued, “Jeremy will settle this for you anyway. He won’t allow any threat to the Walsh Group. Just keep a low profile and ride this out. Don’t do anything st* pid in public. Got it?”
Betty felt better after being comforted by Sophia. She hung up and continued shopping at the luxury store she owned with the two girlfriends she met at the bar last time.
At the same time, a Rolls¨CRoyce rolled to a stop in front of the luxury store, EV Concepts. Alyssa emerged from the car, dressed in a luxurious tailored blue suit. With Sean behind her, she marched right into the store.
Her presence immediately attracted the attention of the staff. They marveled at her beauty and sass.
“How are you, miss? Is there anything I can do for you?” A female employee approached Alyssa with excitement. She was blinded by Alyssa’s beauty to notice Sean’s handsomeness.
“I want to meet your boss, Betty Walsh. I do not need anyone else to attend to me.” Alyssa went straight to the point.
“Well…”
“I know she’s upstairs. She’ll regret making me wait.”
“M¨CMay I have your name?”
Alyssa was as dazzling as ever, even when she smirked. “Just tell her it’s Ms. Burton.”
The employee dashed upstairs to notify Betty. Betty was taken aback when she heard that a beauty named Ms. Burton had arrived and requested a meeting. She felt the urge to throw things around to release her anger, but she remembered that the items in the store were expensive
Just when she was at a loss, one of her girlfriends spoke up with indignation, “Betty, I’m pretty
“Right! Now that she has shown up, you cannot let this slip! This is the perfect chance to get back at her!”
“We’ll get your reputation back and teach her a lesson! Come on! Let’s meet her!”
After they fanned the fire, Betty was increasingly furious and rushed downstairs with her two girlfriends.
“Allison Burton, you shameless divorcee! The audacity to ask to see me!”
Meanwhile, Allison sat drinking tea with her legs crossed. Her slender legs were attractive, even when they were hidden underneath her ironed pants. She sipped the tea leisurely as though she was at home.
“Ms. Betty, is this how you do business? Aren’t you afraid of hurting your reputation by mistreating your customer?”
“You’re no guest¨Cjust a gold digger who threw herself at Silas to get a share of our family inheritance!” Betty poked her expensive acrylic nails in Allison’s face. 2
The store was empty except for the employees, who exchanged looks at Betty’s outburst. They found it hard to believe Betty’s accusation because Allison appeared wealthy and well¨Cgroomed.
“Fine. I’ll get to the point. I’m not here to shop. The stuff in this store is cheap and not to my taste.” Allison flashed a calm smile. She didn’t bother to feel enraged at Betty, who was shallow and dumb.
Betty had wanted to fire back but quietened when she saw the costly Ragnarok brooch on Allison’s chest.
“The goal of my visit is simple.” Allison placed the cup on the table without so much as giving Betty a look. “Please host a press conference and publicly apologize to my hotel employee, who was humiliated and hospitalized all because of you.”
“You heard her? This bitch wanted me to apologize to that hotel employee … Betty cackled. “Did you hit your head or something?”
When Betty threw her head back laughing, her two plastic girlfriends were laughing hysterically as well.
“Why couldn’t Betty complain as a hotel guest? Her necklace was broken. And she received crappy service.”
“That’s right! How dare you ask for an apology? Do you own the hotel? There’s no end to this.”
Sean squinted at the ladies. He believed the two dumb women would frantically take back their words when they found out that Alyssa owned all the KS Grand Hotel branches in the country.
“Aren’t you worried that this incident might ruin the image of Walsh Group that Jeremy has carefully maintained? You might bring shame to the company. “Alyssa carelessly stared at Betty.
“Hmph! Don’t you dare threaten me. I’m not the president of the company. Why would I care?” Unbothered, Betty rolled her eyes.
Betty continued, “It’s Jeremy’s job as the president to take on the risks and handle any scandals. What else would he do in that role? He should have something to show after Dad made him the president!”
The store employees were dumbfounded by Betty’s remark. Alyssa couldn’t help but chuckle. The Walsh family appeared loving, but they secretly took advantage of each other and hatched their plans.
Betty had always looked down on Jeremy. To Sophia and Betty, Jeremy was nothing but a tool to clean up their mess. They might yield to him on the surface, but they secretly viewed him in disdain.
Alyssa had seen through the tricks of the Walsh family when she first married Jeremy. She wouldn’t have tolerated living with the Walsh’s that was all show had she not hopelessly fallen in love with Jeremy.
“Ms. Betty, you should at least think of your image, if not the company’s.”
“Stop threatening me! Allison Burton, I’m not afraid of you, even if you have Mr. Jonah’s backing. Us Walsh’s are not pushovers!”
Betty put her hand on her waist like a bitch. “Where’s security? Kick this country bumpkin out! She has lowered the class of our store!”
Two security guards approached Alyssa and wanted to drag her away. However, she remained motionless. Sean fumed and kicked the two guards away. It was an easy task because he had a black belt in Taekwondo.
Betty yelped in fear, but the store employees blushed at Sean’s heroic act. They wanted his number because they thought he was too cool.
“Since you’re stubborn, I have no choice but to negotiate with you.”
Alyssa took her phone and gestured at Betty to come over. “Come here. I’ll show you some good stuff.”
Unwilling to display her fear, Betty bit the bullet and approached Alyssa, who had a chilling grin on her face.
When Betty saw the phone screen, her eyes widened in shock, anger, and shame.
Alyssa calmly scrolled through the gallery to show Betty more photos.
“What went wrong? I asked those two to delete the photos. Did they … Betty wondered.