Ch. 23: Mr. Edwards' Unraveled Life chapter 23

Chapter 23

Steven paused for a long moment, under the gaze of everyone, and then said quietly, "She’s not here; you don’t know her."

Everyone lost interest immediately.

"Oh, I thought it was Norah, but it turns out it’s not. We must have overthought it."

Norah hadn't thought it was her they were referring to.

Their relationship was more familiar now than before. It seemed everyone liked to speculate too much.

After that, the focus shifted away from her. Norah felt relieved and no longer needed to join their conversations.

At the class reunion, the men chatted among themselves and discussed work and business while holding their drinks.

Norah had a few glasses of wine. It had been a while since she last drank, so she soon felt dizzy and tipsy.

She vaguely heard someone mentioning her name.

"Out of all our junior high classmates, Norah is the best. She must be making a lot of money dealing with two big bosses."

"I don’t want to be the best. It would ruin my reputation. Haven’t you heard? Norah is a rich girl. Even if she comes from an ordinary family, how can she afford a Hermes bag? She’s probably the boss's mistress."

A few women whispered deliberately.

They had already judged Norah. She wore luxury brand clothes and carried a Hermes bag worth hundreds of thousands. If she were just a secretary, she wouldn’t have reached this level. They were simply guessing.

When Norah was in school, she didn't fit into their small groups.

She didn’t like gossiping and wasn’t interested in other people's affairs. They didn’t enjoy studying and had been in the workforce for a long time. They couldn’t relate to each other’s perspectives.

"Isn't Norah a secretary for Mr. Edwards of Edwards Group? Are they having an affair?"

"Look, Norah has been at Edwards Group for six or seven years without changing jobs. Mr. Edwards must have given her many benefits."

"I think she still wants to marry into a wealthy family!"

"Her?" One of the women sneered. "That’s impossible. The bar for wealthy families is high. How could she marry into one with such a lowly status? Mr. Edwards must have gotten nothing from her, so he turned to his old classmates. Now he’s eyeing Steven, but Steven already has someone he likes and isn’t interested in her. She’s just a joke."

They all laughed.

Norah tightened her grip on her wine glass but didn’t get angry.

"Yes, it's strange. My dad and Norah's parents live in the same community. I heard her dad owed a lot of money and later paid it back. Could Norah have used her body to settle the debt?"

"She seems serious on the surface, but she’s very loose underneath…"

Bang.

Under the influence of alcohol, Norah walked up to them and threw the wine in her glass at them.

"Ah—"

They yelled in shock.

Turning around, they saw Norah’s angry face and quickly stood up. Several classmates said with shared hostility, "Norah, are you crazy? We didn’t provoke you, yet you come here to splash us!"

"Stop talking!" Norah commanded.

One of the women, who had disliked Norah since junior high for being too self-important, sneered, "You’ve done shameful things and don’t want us to talk about it. Everyone knows you’re someone’s mistress. You don’t associate with us old classmates because you’re afraid we’ll expose your dirty deeds. What’s so great about you?"

Norah slapped her face.

"You dare hit me? I’ll kill you!"

The woman was furious and tried to attack Norah.

Norah didn’t move. She had drunk some wine and was too dizzy to react quickly.

But a figure stepped in front of her and stopped the woman from attacking.

To everyone’s surprise, the woman was thrown aside.

"Mr. Edwards…"

Everyone was shocked to see the man they had been discussing suddenly appear.

When Norah heard their surprised exclamations, she looked up and saw Kevin, who had a cold expression. He spoke in a chilling tone, "Who gave you the nerve to spread rumors here?"

Kevin’s presence naturally exuded authority and pressure.

The women, who had been so bold, now dared not speak and lowered their heads, trembling. They were scared. Despite their dislike for Norah, they had to humble themselves in front of Kevin and said, "Mr. Edwards, we were wrong. Please don’t take it personally."