Filed to story: My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Novel by Anastasia Marie
“Pah!”
A crisp slapping sound rang out.
Due to how abrupt it was, Grace had no time to react. It was not until she felt a burning sensation on her face that she realized what had happened.
“You must be that vamp!” the other party said hatefully. “I
hadn’t been expecting you to ask Brian to bring you to a place like this for dinner. You’re just a third-rate celebrity. Do you really think you’ll be able to secure the position of being. his girlfriend? Let me tell you, it won’t be long before you’re dumped by him!”
Grace looked up. Surprisingly, she recognized who the person. who had slapped her was!
Emily had originally been a second-tier actress who often played some supporting roles. However, after getting together with Brian, she had become famous with his support.
Some had previously wondered if Emily would be Brian’s last girlfriend. After all, Emily had been the one to stand by Brian’s side the longest.
However, unexpectedly, Emily had ultimately ended up as just another ex-girlfriend.
“You’ve mistaken me for someone else!” Grace said.
“I’m not mistaken. You came here with Brian tonight, didn’t you?” Emily looked at the woman in front of her jealously. She felt that the woman in front of her couldn’t be compared to herself. Even her clothes were incomparably shabby. “How long do you think you can stay with Brian? If he dumped me today, he could also dump you tomorrow!”
Grace looked at her coldly. “It’s none of my business whether he wants you or not, but the relationship between me and him is not like you think, so please apologize to me!”
She suddenly did not want to endure it anymore. She had had to endure everything when she had been facing Jason, and she was having to endure everything now she was facing Brian. However, now that she was encountering this unexpected misfortune, she did not want to suffer the slap in vain.
Even if she was now on the lowest rung of society, and even if prison had worn away all of her sharpness and edges, it did not mean that she could be beaten and scolded as others pleased.
If she was how she had been back then…
“Apologize? You want me to apologize to a shameless vamp who hooks up with another person’s boyfriend? Dream on! Don’t think that Brian is yours. He won’t touch you at all. You’re just someone who can be replaced at any time!” Emily said jealously.
At this time, she didn’t look as gentle and quiet as she had ordinarily on TV and in the news. She looked like a shrew swearing on the street.
At this moment, some people who were going in and out of the washroom also stopped to watch the scene.
Some of them had already recognized that one of the women. was the popular star, Emily.
However, those who could come to this restaurant for a meal were not ordinary citizens. No one took out their phone to take videos or photos.
“You’re not going to apologize?” Grace asked.
“Do you need me to say it multiple times? How can I apologize to someone like you, you…”
Before Emily could finish her words, Grace suddenly raised her hand and slapped her on the cheek.
“Pah!”
The crisp sound rang out again.
It was just this time, the one who was being beaten and the one carrying out the beating had been reversed.
Emily covered her face with her hands and her expression was one of disbelief. “You… you hit me?”
“Since you can hit me, why can’t I hit you back?” Grace retorted. Even if she had to take responsibility, Emily wouldn’t end up any better.
“Who do you think you are? You’re just a third-rate celebrity. What right do you have to hit me?” Emily was going crazy with anger.
Although Grace was not the “celebrity” as she was called by the other party–
“What about you? You’re just a small-time celebrity yourself,
and if it weren’t for Brian, do you think you’d be what you are today? You ran over here in such a fluster today only because you broke up with Brian and you’re afraid that you’ll lose everything. Everything you have was built on this man’s willingness to help you. Do you really think that you’re a more noble person than me?”
Grace’s words alone made Emily’s face redden, not to mention that she was being watched by onlookers. Emily felt that she was falling deeper and deeper into a pit, and she absolutely hated the person in front of her. She raised her hand and was about to slap her in the face again.
But, this time, her hand was grabbed by someone from behind.
Emily was shocked. Then, a voice came from behind her, “What are you doing, Emily?”
Emily’s body froze. She slowly turned around and saw a handsome but cold face. A pair of sharp eyes were looking at her, filled with impatience.
Emily suddenly shivered and a chill ran down her spine. She knew that whenever this impatience flashed across Brian’s eyes, it represented his utmost displeasure.
“Brian, I just heard that you were here, and I… I wanted to see you…” Emily’s voice trailed off.
“You were looking for me?” Brian’s eyes glanced at Grace’s red cheek. “Was it her who hit you?” he asked Grace, completely ignoring the side of Emily’s face that was also red.
“I hit her back,” Grace replied.
“Is it enough to just hit her back once?” He asked In tone as if he was just casually talking about an ordinary thing.
Grace and Emily were both stunned by his words. Grace seemed to be thinking about what he had said, but Emily seemed to have come to an understanding. Her face immediately turned pale and her body began to tremble.
“Why don’t you hit her a few more times so that you can vent your anger? After all, she was the one who provoked you today and she should pay the price for it, shouldn’t she?” Brian said. There was no expression on his cold face.
“Brian, I… I won’t do this again. Please forgive me just this once,” Emily said, begging forgiveness in a hurry. Her pretty face was full of panic.
She was afraid that her fans would be shocked if they were to see her like this.
At this time, the staff of the restaurant also rushed over after noticing the commotion. After seeing that one of the people involved was Brian, they quickly dispersed the surrounding onlookers.
After all, scandals about Brian, the Crown Prince of the entertainment industry, was not something just anyone could witness!
And so, after a while, there was no one left around the three of them.
However, no matter how much Emily pleaded with Brian, he would not even look at her once. It was as if she was nothing in his eyes.
It wasn’t until this moment that Grace finally understood what the people on the internet meant when they talked about how cold-blooded Brian was when he broke up with his ex-girlfriends.
Back then, the gossip news had gone all-in when talking about how much Brian doted on Emily. If Emily had wanted to become the leading actress in a film, then she would get the role. If Emily hadn’t liked the director for a film she was starring in, then he would replace the director. If Emily wanted her birthday banquet to be held at the most luxurious hotel in Emerald City, he would reserve the entire hotel…
With such attention and care from him, it was no wonder that everyone thought that Emily would marry into his powerful family.
However, who would have thought that it would turn out like this in the blink of an eye?
Even though Emily was begging him like this, there was no sign of pity on his face. No, it could be said that there was no emotion in his eyes at all.
Whether it was towards Emily or her!
Although it seemed that he was trying to help by teaching Emily a lesson, the way he looked at her was indifferent and distant.
It was as if no one could really get close to this man. Even if they just got close to him temporarily, they would never be able to break through the barricade around his heart.