Chapter 805
“How dare you hit me? I’m Betty Beckett. You…” Betty curled into a ball from the pain and drenched in
sweat. She rolled around like a burrito and moaned, but her voice gradually faded.
She was surprised by Angelina’s strength, which didn’t seem typical for a woman,
Angelina scoffed. “So what? I can hit you as long as you’re not Ms. Lauren.”
She chuckled and stretched her neck. Then, she cast an icy glare at Betty. “Your life, to me, is as
worthless as those rats in the corner.”
Betty was incensed and humiliated upon hearing that. She got up from the floor with gritted teeth and
resolved to fight Angelina with every ounce of her energy.
However, before she could even stand, Angelina kicked her again with greater force.
Yelping, Betty splatted on the ground, feeling excruciating pain throughout her body. Tears, snot, and
dust.
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Angelina, devoid of remorse for hitting a woman, was about to deliver a second kick when Landon’s
voice
came through the earpiece, “That’s enough, Angie. You’re too hard on her. If you kick her once more, I
bet
you’ll cripple her.”
Angelina drew back her leg and replied, “Yes.”
Betty’s soul almost departed her body from the pain. She vaguely heard the ruthless Angelina talking to
someone through the earpiece. However, she couldn’t make out the conversation.
Angelina mused, “Do you plan to leave her alone?”
“You don’t have to go hard on her. Just give her a few slaps to teach her a lesson,” Landon instructed
nonchalantly.
Simultaneously, in his black Rolls-Royce, Landon watched the warehouse scene unfold on a screen.
The pitiful sight of Betty brought him cathartic satisfaction and amusement.
No. That wasn’t enough. The thought of what Betty had done to Lauren enraged him. How he wished
he
could crush Betty and avenge Lauren for all the past bullying.
Still, he had to show some respect to Betty, as she was a Beckett. Before he got into power at the
Harper Group, he wouldn’t want to jeopardize his position by creating trouble.
He wasn’t worried about any trouble per se. He was only worried about Lauren’s safety. He feared that
he
At the thought of his promise to wed Lauren and the challenges ahead of them, he felt a burden on his
chest. He let out a heavy sigh, and his warm breath tickled Lauren’s ear while she slept in his arms.
She moaned softly and opened her eyes drowsily, her gentle and adorable doe eyes meeting his.
“Did I wake you up, hmm?” he wondered aloud.
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He stared down at her and brushed his lips against her reddened ears. He loved her so much. Each
hug or kiss made him crave more of her.
“Mmm… No. I just happened to wake up,” Lauren muttered.
Though a late bloomer, after experiencing intimacy with Landon, she seemed to have matured from a
young girl into a woman, as if her soul and body had awakened.
She heard his deep breathing and felt his kisses traveling southward, with a desire to explore further.
At the thought of his promise to wed Lauren and the challenges ahead of them, he felt a burden on his
chest. He let out a heavy sigh, and his warm breath tickled Lauren’s ear while she slept in his arms.
She moaned softly and opened her eyes drowsily, her gentle and adorable doe eyes meeting his.
“Did I wake you up, hmm?” he wondered aloud.
He stared down at her and brushed his lips against her reddened ears. He loved her so much. Each
hug or kiss made him crave more of her.
“Mmm… No. I just happened to wake up,” Lauren muttered.
Though a late bloomer, after experiencing intimacy with Landon, she seemed to have matured from a
young girl into a woman, as if her soul and body had awakened.
She heard his deep breathing and felt his kisses traveling southward, with a desire to explore further.