Ch. 31..40

Chapter 31 "Slap your daughter's face. You could stop when I say so. If you're reluctant to slap her or if you did not slap hard enough, then I would ask two big and rough men to each slap her a hundred times with the soles of their shoes."

Jade was stunned. "Madam Ford, what...what did you say?"

Selene was even more frightened that she ended up going limp and fell on the floor with her face covered in tears.

Grace did not intend to repeat herself at all only asked Jade, "Would you do it, or do I find someone else to do it for you?"

"Me! I'll do it. I'll do it!" Jade crawled and came to the front of Selene. She raised her hand and gave Selene a big slap.

"Mom..." Selene cried as she looked at her mother.

"It's better than two men slapping you with the soles of their shoes" Jade raised her hand and gave another slap. The slap landed on Selene's right cheek.

Jade slapped extremely hard.

It was as if she was afraid Grace would not be satisfied.

Selene let out suppressed wails while she was being slapped, but she did not dare to beg for mercy.

Jade continued slapping until both of her hands were swollen, and she was panting heavily from exhaustion. On the other hand, Selene's face was already swollen like two big balloons, and both of her cheeks turned into the color of pig's liver.

Selene looked just like a fat pig.

Sabrina had no sympathy for her at all.

Grace only called a halt when she started ti feel tired as she laid on the bed. "Stop slapping.

Take your daughter with you and get lost!"

Jade supported her daughter, who had been beaten silly by the arm, then scrambled and crawled to leave.

After they had left the hospital door, Jade said with great indignation, "Sabrina! I'll make you pay back this debt twice over!"

Selene cried and looked at Jadde, "Mom..."

Selene's speech was slurred as if there were two big balls of cotton in her cheeks. "Master Sebastian personally...My face has been beaten like this by you...How could I go to the Ford family with Master Sebastian?" Selene sobbed.

Meanwhile, in the hospital ward, Grace was holding Sabrina's hand and said, "Sabbie, you're good to me, and I knew that well. I also want to let you know, although I am in the hospital and dying soon, I still have some power.

"A family banquet would be held at the old Ford Residence in two days. When the time comes, you and Sebastian should attend together."

Sabrina was speechless.

"The Ford family was going to hold a family banquet?"

She had no idea about it.

Sebastian would not divulge matters like this to an outsider like her.

However, even if there were a Ford family banquet, the person Sebastian would be bringing should be Selene and not her.

When Sabrina wanted to decline, she heard Grace speak again. "I knew you would definitely not like occasions like these, but I would like for you to go. My life's wish was to be accepted by the Ford family, but I still couldn't enter the Ford family's door even when I'm already in this state. I wanted you to visit on my behalf, is that alright, Sabbie?"

Sabrina suddenly burst into tears. "Alright...Alright, Mom. Alright, I would go on your behalf. I would take a picture of the whole Ford family to show you, alright?"

Grace nodded in satisfaction. "You're truly my good daughter-in-law."

"Mom, you should rest earlier. I have to go back now. Any later, and the hospital would throw people out." Sabrina got up and said goodbye to Grace.

Sabrina had just left the hospital when Sebastian, on another end, immediately received a call from Kingston. "Master Sebastian, not long after Mrs. and Miss Lynn left Madam Ford's ward, Sabrina also came out."

"Okay," Sebastian replied briefly, then continued to ask, "The test result from Sabrina's bag, have you verified it?"

"I've verified..." Kingston took a brief pause, then said, "Sabrina is pregnant."

Chapter 32 Kingston could not see Sebastian's expression, but no voice was heard after a long time.

"Master Sebastian, Master Sebastian?" Kinston called out.

On the other end, Sebastian's voice was extremely frosty. "I see."

Kingston said, "Young Master Sebastian, do you have any other orders?"

"I'll be busy these few days. The day after tomorrow, make sure you pick up Selene and wait for me outside the old Ford Residence." Sebastian wanted to use Selene to ward off the bevy of beauties Old Master had invited on his behalf.

"Noted, Young Master Sebastian. I'll hang up now," Kingston courteously said.

"There's more," Sebastian suddenly called out to Kingston.

"Follow her." Sebastian's tone had a tinge of anger.

Kingston said, "Follow who?" As soon as he uttered the words, he smacked himself on his head and said, "Noted, Young Master Sebastian. I'll immediately follow Miss Scott!"

After he hung up, Kingston drove along behind Sabrina to follow her. However, Sabrina's tracks were very simple. After she had left Grace's hospital ward, Sabrina first went to a bakery and bought two big buns. She ate the buns while she waited for the bus. After the bus arrived, she got on and went straight to Sebastian's residence.

Kingston only left after waited for Sabrina to go into the elevator.

Sabrina wanted to notify Sebastian that Grace had slapped Selene today. She sat and waited in the living room for a long time, but Senastian still did not return. Saabrina did not dare to open the door to Sebastian's room again.

After she waited for a long while, Sabrina called Sebastian, but the phone was off on the other end.

Therefore, she went to bed by herself.

The next day, she first went to the hospital to visit Grace like usual, then she went to the construction site to do odd jobs.

The work on the construction was dirty and tiresome. Although Sabrina had been used to enduring hardships since young, she could not help but felt strained, especially now that she was pregnant. She had to be cautious with the baby in her belly every time she moved bricks or dirt.

After a whole morning of work, she was so tired that she had no appetite to eat.

However, she still had to eat even without appetite. Otherwise, she would have less energy to work in the afternoon.

When she was sitting at the construction site and having lunch, Nigel came.

Sabrina did not feel too surprised.

There were too many noblemen in this world who had nothing to do. On the other hand, Sabrina was just a pregnant lady who had to work on the construction site to survive.

Nigel did not interfere with Sabrina's work, but only inspected all corners in a stern manner.

After an hour of inspection, Nigel came to the front of Sabrina and said, "Take a break. Those big men also took a break after being exhausted by work."

Sabrina smiled and sat down to take a break.

When she got off work at night., Nigel still had not finished his inspection work. Sabrina packed up and waited for the bus at the roadside. However, after she waited for more than an hour, not a single bus that was returning to the city came to the station.

She would not be able to visit Grace at the hospital in time if the bus came any later.

Sabrina became increasingly anxious.

Nigel was looking at all that in his car from afar, but he only smiled without making a move.

The Conor Group developed the rea; estate projects in the surroundings here. With a phone call from Nigel, the bus driver from the other side would change direction at an earlier stop to return to the city.

There were very few passengers who took the bus from here anyway, and sometimes there would not even be a passenger for several days.

Sabrina did not know that no matter how much longer she waited, it would be difficult to board the bus today.

Chapter 33 Nigel's car came inconspicuously to the front of Sabrina, "Sabrina, get in. I happened to be going back, I'll give you a ride?"

Sabrina looked at her dirt-covered self, shook her head, and smiled. "No, I'll just wait for the bus."

"It's already so late. There shouldn't be any buses anymore, or maybe the bus just broke down somewhere, so you wouldn't be able to leave unless you call a cab," Nigel kindly said.

To call a cab?

She was almost completely broke.

"Just get in." Nigel personally opened the door for Sabrina got in without any more hesitation.

"Where to?" Nigel gently asked.

"Harmony Hospital," Sabrina said two brief and simple words, then did not speak anymore.

Nigel looked at Sabrina a few times throughout the whole journey. She quietly stared out the window and did not initiate any conversation with Nigel until she got out of the car.

However, Nigel was not anxious at all.

The more prolonged and unceasingly pestered the game was, the more it was worth looking forward to.

The car stopped. When it was time to get out of the car, Nigel took the lead to open the car door for Sabrina. Sabrina was tired from the long day, and her legs were a little numb as she had been sitting in the car for a long time. When she got off the car, she stumbled and accidentally stepped on Nigel's sparkling leather shoes.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Sabrina was frightened and quickly took out a tissue from her bag, then squatted to wipe Nigel's shoes personally.

Nigel stood in front of the car and looked downwards at the woman who was wiping his shoes. It was as if the woman was kneeling at his feet and was submissively kissing his feet.

He enjoyed it very much.

Sabrina happened to raise her gaze and looked at Nigel as well. "Master Nigel, your shoes have been wiped. Do you think it looks alright?"

"Very good!" Nigel complimented as he looked condescendingly down at her.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the road, Sebastian's car came out of the hospital. Sebastian had clearly seen the whole situation through the tinted window where Sabrina squatted at Nigel's feet to wipe his shoe.

Sebastian's car drove further away, and it disappeared out of sight.

He had been too busy these days. He had taken over the Ford group, so there were many things on hand that he needed to deal with. The most difficult thing to handle was that many corporate groups wanted to unite with him through marriage.

However, Sebastian hated the idea that marriage was for the sake of forming business connections.

Sebastian had almost finished with most of the company matters. Sebastian has to spend all his energy dealing with the old man and woman at the old residence in the next two days. He also had to deal with the ladies from the noble and wealthy families that they had invited.

The following afternoon, which was also the time for the old Ford Residence banquet, Sebastian drove to the old residence after he had finished some business at the company. The evening dress that he specially prepared for Selene was at the back seat of the car.

This dress was expedited and customized from Zoshington, and tailored to Selene's temperament and height. Sebastian wanted Selene to outshine everyone present in beauty, so all the other girls would give up.

The car was stopped at an intersection not far from the residence. Sebastian took out his phone and called Kingston. "Hey, have you arrived?"

Kingston immediately replied, "Five minutes more, Young Master Sebastian."

Kingston arrived five minutes later. The car stopped. Sebastian waited by the door for Selene to get out of the car. However, Selene wrapped herself tightly with a veil and a hat.

"What happened to you?" Sebastian asked unhappily, "Why are you wearing a veil?"

At this critical moment, what was the point of being pretentious?

Sebastian lifted his wrist to pull Selene's veil away. Selene looked at Sebastian without knowing if she should cry or laugh. "Young...Young Master Sebastian, I...I, I had already iced it for two or three days, but...there's still finger markings left on my face, I..."

Sebastian said offhandedly, "You're so ugly!"

Chapter 34 "Master Sebastian..." Selene wanted to cry but did not dare to, which made her face look even uglier. "I knew you don't like me, and I'm the one who was reaching above my station for you. I would not appear in front of you again."

Selene turned around and left.

Sebastian unexpectedly grabbed her arm.

He was feeling more disgusted by Selene.

However, there was a sense of responsibility. Selene once saved his life with her body, so that made him swallow all the disgust and try his best to soften his tone instead. "How did your face become like that?"

Selene had two rows of tears streamed down in grievance and shook her head.

"Speak!" Sebastian said impatiently.

"My...My mom slapped me," Selene said honestly.

"Mm?"

Selene tremblingly said, "Your...Your mother sent someone to get my mother and me over. She said she wanted to...to avenge her daughter-in-law, so she asked my mom to...slap my face. If my mom didn't slap me, then your mother would...ask two men to hit my face with the soles of their shoes, a hundred times each."

Sebastian was speechless.

Over the years, his mother had been plotted against several times when she was in the Ford family. This forced his mother, who was initially gentle and weak, to learn a few tactics to protect him. Sebastian knew very well in his heart that his mother could do such a thing when Selene described the incident.

"Young Master Sebastian, you...Don't blame your mother. In her mother, Sabrina was her rightful daughter-in-law, and I...was nothing. Your mother did not know that I saved you with my own body."

"Besides, to the Ford family, a woman's body is really nothing worthy."

"Therefore, it's alright, Young Master Sebastian."

"From now on, I would disappear from your mother and you, and also Sabrina, no, I would disappear from Young Mistress Ford." Selene said in a pitiful manner.

After she finished her sentence, she automatically broke away from Sebastian's grip.

However, Sebastian's grip got tighter. He was still looking at Selene with a cold gaze, and then said to Kingston, "Take her to Doctor Hahn, and give her the best medicine, then send her home."

Selene looked at Sebastian with surprise, "Young Master Sebastian, you...don't blame me?"

"Go home and rest well. I would see you after I'm finished with things on this end." Sebastian patiently gave Selene the best comfort.

Selene hid her face and nodded, "Thank you, Young Master Sebastian. I'll get going now."

Selene was resentful and she knew that she had lost the opportunity to meet his parents and make a name for herself in front of other socialites today. The only thing she could do was to cry and complain to Sebastian.

When she got into Kingston's car, Selene sat alone in the back and swore in her heart, 'I must make her pay twice over! I must let Sabrina die a horrible death!' Suddenly, a figure flashed past the outside of the car window.

The figure looked especially like Sabrina.

There was a small group of five-to-six people. They were all wearing servers' uniforms and were walking together towards the old Ford Residence. The tallest among them with the most eye- catching appearance was Sabrina.

The other servers were all chatting and laughing and were very excited.

"To be the server at the private reception by the Ford family, I guess I'll get a lot of tips today.

Hehe."

"Are you here as a server just for the tips?"

"If not, what else could it be?"

"To fish for a rich partner? There would be plenty of young men from rich families who would attend receptions held at luxurious mansions like this. If you picked one and successfully became his girlfriend, then you would be the rich wife in a wealthy family in the future."

The group of female servers was all chattering, but Sabrina was the only one who was silent.

"Hey, you! You're so tall and pretty. Were you a server before? I guess you must be here to catch a rich guy, right?" asked one of the servers as she tugged on Sabrina.

Chapter 35 Sabrina pulled her hand back and answered robotically, "I only wanted to earn some extra money."

"Tsk, what are you pretending about?!" The server snickered and flung Sabrina's hand away.

Sabrina staggered and fell.

Sabrina looked up and saw Sebastian standing not far away.

Sebastian was looking right at her and had an expressionless face, but Sabrina could sense that he was not happy.

Very unhappy.

She slowed down her pace and fell behind the group of servers, then quietly came to Sebastian.

She was about to explain something, but Sebastian pinched her chin.

Sabrina shivered in fear.

Sebastian immediately put a hand behind her back to hold her, and without warning, he bent over and kissed Sabrina.

His kiss had a tinge of madness and indulgence but was also mixed with some playfulness and punishment.

Selene felt extremely humiliated. She struggled for a while before breaking free and then quickly ran away.

Two cars stopped not far away.

Nigel said to Zayn in the car, "This chick had been giving me the cold shoulder for a few days, and I thought she was not even enlightened yet. I didn't expect that she had such great ambitions, and had her eyes on my cousin? She even thought of pretending to be an external server, then came here to seduce my cousin."

Zayn laughed and scolded Nigel, "She was initially Sebastian's woman. You truly had ideas for her. Didn't you see Sebastian kissing her just now? Nigel, how could you not be afraid that Sebastian might kill you? It's fine if you're dead, but you must first pay up the bet we had made earlier."

Nigel casually rubbed his chin. "The bet? We don't even know who might win yet! This self- restrained chick seemed like my cousin's woman on a superficial level, but she had no relations to him at all. You didn't even know my cousin well. You only knew that he was vicious, but you don't know how vicious he could get. He was the type of man that could be vicious, sinsiter, and heartless."

"Sebastian kissed the chick in broad daylight, but it wasn't because he had great feelings for her.

It was to punish her for coming without an invitation. Since she dared to come here, Sebastian wanted to draw the jealousy-filled fury from all the girls who came today onto this chick and let her bear that burden alone."

"You meant that your grandpa and grandma held today's family banquet to select a partner for Sebastian. However, Sebastian didn't want to pick any girl from the list, so he used the self- restrained chick as a shield? Let the other girls hate on the self-restrained chick?" Zayn had dan expression that indicated sudden realization.

Nigel curled his lips and smiled. "You've finally became smart."

Zayn was speechless.

On the other end, Sabrina, who Sebastian had forcibly kissed, quickly ran into the Ford Residence. She then hid in a corner with tears of shame and anger streaming down her face.

She could not figure it out. Why would Sebastian forcibly kiss her in broad daylight?

She did not wish to stay for even a minute more. She only wanted to take a few photos for Grace as fast as she could, then quickly sneak off.

After she wiped her tears away, Sabrina opened her bag as she wanted to take out the camera that she wanted to take out the camera that she had rented, but she could not find it no matter how.

Where was the camera?

A camera would cost more than $1,000 USD. How could she afford to pay if she had lost it?

She anxiously turned out all the things in the bag but still did not see the camera.

"Were you looking for your pregnancy test result? Sebastian, who was behind her, asked with an incredibly cold tone.

Chapter 36 Sebastian was holding her pregnancy test result in his hands. It was also the test result from her first pregnancy check-up. She had kept it in her bag, but when she was kidnapped by Selene later on, Selene took the sheet out.

She was rescued by Sebastian after, and she thought she had lost the test result.

She never expected it to be in Sebastian's hands.

"You...Why would you have my pregnancy test result?" Sabrina's cheeks instantly burned up as she felt humiliated from having her utmost private matters pried open by others.

She was already humiliated enough in front of Sebastian today.

He forcibly kissed her in broad daylight.

He was also holding and waving her pregnancy test results in front of her. Sabrina felt like she wanted to find a crack on the floor and bury herself in it.

She was a little afraid of him.

She had seen with her own eyes how he dealt with those hooligans that once kidnapped her.

"Please...Please return...my...my pregnancy test result." Sabrina fluttered her curled eyelashes to hide the panic she had in her heart.

"Whose?" he pinched her chin which forcefully lifted her and asked.

"This...has...has nothing to do with Mr. Ford, right?" she said with a slurred speech.

The humiliation and helplessness from that night were something she could never forget for the rest of her life.

The child in her belly was the result and continuation of that humiliation.

However, she greedily wanted to keep the child.

It was because she had been too lonely living in this world.

The baby in her belly was her only companion.

Nevertheless, how could an unmarried woman, who did not even know who the father of the child in her belly was, tell the world that she was pregnant?

This was her privacy.

"Ho?" The man sneered. "Nothing to do with me?"

Sabrina forcefully defended herself and said, "Haven't you always known about it? I was a delinquent girl and was imprisoned in my sophomore year. I misbehaved, so it's normal to be pregnant with a child, but I am not obligated to inform you, Mr. Ford."

"I have already testified to your misbehavior!" said the man with contempt.

Before he saw the pregnancy test, Sebastian had almost believed that she was the good girl his mother had spoken about. However, it was also today that Kingston told him how this woman was so lowly that she squatted to wipe Nigel's shoes to please him.

How cheap she must be!

How shameless!

"How dared you say it so lightly!" The man switched to his right hand and strangled her neck.

"First, you conceived a b*stard with another man, and then you curry favor with my mother so that my mother would love you and couldn't leave you. After that, you let me marry you. Later on, you saw the opportunity to come to the old Ford Residence. Was it because you wanted to publicize this pregnancy test when all the guests, Old Master and Old Madam are present?"

Sabrina was speechless.

"You went to the length to be able to come to the old residence. You had my mother call Selene over and give her a severe beating. Selene could not attend this banquet with me, and it was so you could tell the public you're pregnant, did I not get it right?"

"A woman such as you! You were unexpectedly cunning, and I was almost cheated by you a few days ago!"

Sabrina had no words to defend herself at this moment.

She was having difficulty in breathing and only wished that Sebastian would quickly let her go.

Fortunately, Sebastian soon released her neck, but he tore up the test result he had in his hands instead.

Chapter 37 "I don't care whose b*stard you're carrying in your belly! Since you had the guts to come here, then you must bear the consequences of being here. If you wished to make public the news that you're pregnant with my child to let the entire Ford family accept you, there's no way!" The man turned around and left after saying that.

Sabrina was so frightened that she squatted on the ground, and her tears could not be stopped for a long time.

She only regained her senses when someone called her phone.

Her phone was an old model from two years ago before she was imprisoned. The screen has long been broken and cracked, so it could not take photos at all. Hence, that was the reason she purposely rented a camera.

However, the camera could not be found, but Sebastian found out she was pregnant.

Sabrina picked up the call with an agitated feeling. "Hello?"

"Sabrina, where are you? I had told you not to slack off. Everybody is here to be servers. Why are you hiding away? Come out this instant. The guests are all here, so you had to keep serving wine and fruit platters." It was the head server who called her.

"I'll be right over." Sabrina hurriedly wiped her tears and returned to the banquet.

The Ford family has mainly invited socialites from both South City and Kidon City to the banquet today. The main purpose was to select a partner for Sebastian.

All these girls were fancily dressed to compete with each other in terms of beauty which dazzled onlookers. However, Sebastian, who was the host of the day, only held a glass of red wine and stood at the railing on the third floor. He was alone, looking down at the large main hall.

Sebastian had no interest in all those flamboyantly-dressed ladies.

He did not agree with forming business alliances through marriage at all or letting Old Master Ford choose a partner for him.z It was because the old man pleaded with him, so he could not refuse and had to show respect for the old man.

All the ladies in the living room were so jealous of each other, but still exchanged pleasantries on the surface. They would whisper to each other from time to time.

"I heard that the Young Master Sebastian had dallied with a female server in broad daylight?"

"Directly hugged and kissed."

"The server was too lucky, right?"

"What? The female server was the one who rushed forward to please Master Sebastian."

"So, Master Sebastian hugged and kissed her?"

"Yes! According to my understanding of Young Master Sebastian, he could do such a thing. He had no special meaning when he kissed this girl. He only kept a cold expression when he kissed the girl that came on to him. After the kiss, he kept aloof from the girl.

"Was it the female server who had wishful ideas and wanted to reach above her station?"

"She made such a scene, and Master Sebastian kissed her in public. How could all the socialites like us who came for a blind date let Master Sebastian select us? Wouldn't that mean that we knew Master Sebastian dallied with a woman in public, but we didn't mind it at all?"

"What kind of person would that make us?"

"It's that server's fault!"

"Which server was that? Is she still around?"

"she is, I saw it myself. It's an external hire that had a particularly outstanding appearance. Did she think she could seduce Master Sebastian only because she looked outstanding? She doesn't even know how she would die!"

"Let's go have a look." There were already some socialites walking towards Sabrina.

The women released all their resentment and bitterness on Sabrina after seeing that Sebastian did not appear.

Someone tapped on Sabrina from the back. Sabrina turned around and bumped into the wine glass the other party was holding.

The wine glass shattered on the ground.

"What are you doing? Tonly wanted to take a glass of red wine from you, why are you so nervous? The red wine is spilled all over my shoe now. Quickly, wipe it!" The bejeweled woman shouted arrogantly.

"I'm... I'm sorry." Sabrina squatted and reached out to wipe the woman's shoes.

However, the woman raised her foot to step on Sabrina's hand.

Chapter 38 Sebastian was watching with a cold gaze from the third-floor railing but did not make any move.

He held the glass of wine, turned around, and left.

However, before the woman's foot landed on Sabrina's hand, she was already stopped by another man in a suit.

The man lightly reprimanded the woman, "Mindy, you were too reckless! How could you step on a server's hand at the Ford family's banquet?"

"Cousin! This d*mn server caused me to come here for nothing. She initiated to please Young Master Sebastian, and he kissed her in public. If I rushed over to talk to Sebastian after that incident, wouldn't I be humiliated? It was all caused by this woman!" Mindy stomped her feet in anger.

The man laughed irritably. "You are putting the cart before the horse! Master Sebastian kissed her, and that showed she had caught his eyes. What's the use of you being angry at her?"

Mindy said, "...Cousin!"

"If it's up to me, I think you shouldn't have come today. There are so many women desperately fighting to become the Young Mistress of the Ford family. How confident are you at winning?" The man asked in reply.

Mindy stomped her leg, turned around, and left in anger.

The man reached out a hand to pull Sabrina. "I'm so sorry, my cousin went too far. I apologize to you on her behalf."

Sabrina plainly raised her head and said, "It's fine."

She understood the purpose of Sebastian kissing her.

Sebastian was troubled by not being able to get rid of these women's entanglement. After he kissed her in public, she became the public enemy to all the other women present.

A server without any background, among these powerful and famous socialites, could only be at the mercy of others.

However, it did not matter.

She could endure it.

It was not like she had not endured it before in prison.

Sabrina did not look to see who that man was. She lowered her gaze slightly and only wanted to carry the trays.

"Wait!" The man called out to her instead.

"Is there anything else, Sir?" Sabrina asked coldly.

The voice of the man was warm and gentle. "Miss, you looked very much like a relative of mine. May I know your last name?" "Scott," Sabrina replied briefly.

The man did not let Sabrina's indifferent attitude discourage him from talking to her. He continued to introduce himself, "My last name is Shaw, SHAW, Shaw. My name is Marcus Shaw. Miss, could we get acquainted?"

Sabrina surveyed the man with her eyes.

The man was well-dressed and had elegant features. He looked like a well-cultivated young man from a wealthy family. The man was at least 180 meters tall, and the well-tailored navy-blue suit brought out the elegance and attractive qualities in him.

Sabrina also felt that this man looked familiar for a brief moment.

It seemed that she might have seen him somewhere.

However, she had never met this man before.

"Miss...," Marcus called out.

Sabrina regained her senses.

She did not know where the courage came from, and perhaps it was out of desperation. However, she suddenly opened her mouth and asked, "Mr. Shaw, could... you lend me $2,000 USD?"

After the incident where Sebastian tore up her pregnancy test result, Sabrina did not think Sebastian would let it go.

No matter what Sebastian did it did not matter to Sabrina.

The worst-case scenario was not signing the contract with her and not paying her the commission. 2 The immediate emergency was that Sabrina had to return a camera's worth of money to the owner from whom she rented the camera

Chapter 39 Marcus was stunned by her openness to borrowing money.

After a moment, he only said, "I don't have any cash on me. Could you leave your phone number with me? After the banquet ends, I would go get it for you."

Sabrina nodded. "Mm, thank you."

She then gave her number to a stranger she just met and only had a brief exchange.

"Marcus!" A man nearby called out to Marcus.

Marcus turned his head and saw Nigel.

Marcus held a glass of wine and came to Nigel, "Master Nigel, what have you been up to lately?"

Nigel gave Marcus a friendly punch. "Master Shaw, this is a banquet held by my grandpa to select a fiancée for my cousin, Sebastian. All the girls who attended the banquet today are socialites from South City and Kidon City. Why don't you take the opportunity to pick one among them for yourself?"

Marcus shook his head with a smile.

Nigel smiled again. "Your cousin, Mindy, was also interested in Sebastian?"

Marcus sighed and smiled. "Since Sebastian successfully took over the whole Ford group, how many women in South City would not want to marry him?"

Nigel laughed. "That's true,"

The two of them walked away with their wine glasses in hand. They chatted while they walked further, and found a place to sit when they arrived at the edge of the hall. Nigel pretended to be casual as he searched for Sabrina's figure.

However, there was no sign of Sabrina among the guests.

Sabrina was blocked by three socialites in the bathroom at that moment.

The three women locked the bathroom door. One of them yanked on Sabrina's hair while the other two poked at her nose and cursed.

"Who did you think you were? You dared to initiate a conversation with Master Sebastian?"

"Did you think you could be the Young Mistress to Young Master Sebastian after he forcibly kissed you in broad daylight? You were truly having a foolish dream and asking for the moon!"

"You wished to marry into a wealthy family only because you had some good looks? Do you believe that I would cut your face up now with a knife?" One of the women was going to pull out the eyebrow razor that she always carried with her.

"Forget it. This is the Ford Residence. Don't cause any trouble or else we wouldn't be able to bear the consequences when the time comes. Hey! Server! You listen up. Forget that Young Master Sebastian forcibly kissed you in public for a moment, even if he stripped your clothes and had his way with you in public, he would not take another look at you! Do you understand?")

Sabrina looked blankly at the three women and asked, "When are you going to let me return?"

"Get lost!" The woman who was grabbing her hair suddenly released her grip.

Sabrina escaped from the bathroom in a hurry.

When she arrived at the back-kitchen, the few servers were washing up the wine glasses that the guests used. The head server could not help but continuously scold her after seeing Sabrina was late.

"Sabrina, what's the matter with you? We were paid by the headcount today! You had been running away from your responsibilities and had not done any work. You only had your heart in picking up a rich guy. Don't tell me you wanted us to share your workload? Girls, stop washing. Let Sabrina finish washing all the remaining glasses and the used utensils by herself!" The servers were all jealous of Sabrina. @

"How could she be the one that Sebastian kissed?"

"That was too d*mn lucky!"

"So what if you were kissed? After he kissed you, did he not just forget about you on the spot?"

"You, on the other hand, still had to wash the dishes in the back- kitchen!"

All the female servers watched Sabrina as she worked alone.

Sabrina was busy until all the guests dispersed. It was after ten o'clock at night and she placed all the utensils in order and handed them to the housekeeper of the Ford family. She dragged her tired body on and left the Lord residence.

The moment she walked out the door, a car came up behind her. When the car drove past her, the person in the car continued to drive on without taking a look at her.

Sabrina recognized that it was Sebastian's license plate. 2)

When Sebastian's car left, another car stopped beside Sabrina, and Nigel poked his head out of the car window. "Miss, you had lost. everything and gained nothing in return today, right?"

Chapter 40 Suzi didn’t speak.

From the first time Joan contacted her, she could see that Joan treated her like a game for rich people to have fun and arrange for help.

Suzi can’t afford to play, but she can’t afford to offend Joan either. She barely smiled at Joan and continued to move forward.

“Get in the car!” Joan put an arm idle on the window, and smiled: “Don’t be afraid, I don’t eat you, even if I have the guilty heart, I don’t have the guts. Otherwise, my fourth brother Can chop me into meat sauce.” Suzi glanced at Joan.

Joan stopped the car, got out of the car, and opened the door: “If you walk down like this, the lights are blazing, maybe you meet a man worse than me. What will you do then?” Suzi hesitated. Then get in the car.

Joan closed the car door, started off suddenly, and then took a sharp turn. Suzi fell on Joan with an instability.

Joan raised her arm and circled her.

“Mr. Ling, please let me get out of the car!” Suzi suddenly broke free.

However, Joan just gave her a hug, hugged her firmly, and he let go. His arms are very strong, making Suzi feel a touch of warmth.

He chuckled slightly: “Sit firmly, don’t knock, and tie the strap on.” Suzi bit his lower lip: “Thank you.” “Seeing that you don’t speak or speak, you look like a country girl. I didn’t see that you have such a big ambition to come to my cousin’s c0ncub!ne selection feast? Is it possible that you still want to really become the Fu family?

Grandma?” Joan, who drove the car steadily, asked Suzi with interest. Suzi did not answer.

She knew that no matter how she answered, it was a pale explanation.

She and Joan are not familiar with each other. What is the purpose of her coming here? It has nothing to do with Joan.

Therefore, she did not explain. Just think deeply and look forward.

Joan didn’t mind, and asked again: “Thinking of Young Master Shu, right?” Suzi raised his eyes and glanced at Joan. She was very conspicuous. She was right by Joan. She was indeed thinking about the man named Darius.

Will Darius lend her two thousand yuan?

They just said a word, why should they lend her?

If there is no money, how can she compensate others for the camera money?

“Don’t look at your poor sourness, but your eyes are very poisonous. You know that you can’t cling to my fourth cousin, and you want to cling to Master Shu? However, although the position of power of the Shu family is far less than that of the Fu family, the Shu family is rigorous. The Patriarch of the Shu family would never allow Darius to spend a lot of time outside.” Suzi: “Uh…” Joan glanced at her in the rearview mirror. I felt like being caught by a cat.

I like her big ambitious thief, but she is forbidden from bathing and cold, and she is shabby, dazed and confused.

Joan felt that the game was getting more and more fun. After a light cough, he asked, “Where should I take you?” Only then did Suzi come back to his senses: “Mr. Ling, where you can take a bus up front, let me get down.” “Aren’t you hungry?” Joan asked again. Suzi shook his head: “I’m not hungry.” “But I’m hungry.” Suzi: “?” Joan’s sloppy tone: “There are a lot of drinks and food at the banquet, but I didn’t care about it. I patronized looking for beautiful women. After the dinner, I wanted my grandma to fill me with a bowl of egg noodles before leaving. I’m not afraid that you will meet a big bad wolf on the road alone and drive to see you off, so I’m hungry.” Suzi squeezed his finger: “I haven’t paid… yet.”