Chapter 17
One of the melookers, Irene Dison, had recently divorced her husband her ause he had cheated on her. Her resentment extended to all homewrebars the blocked Jessica’s path and rebuked her, “A young woman like you could’ve chosen to do anything, with your life! Why did you choose to be a homewrecker and ruin someone eler’s marriage, you filthy seductress?”
Confronted by a stranger who was insulting her, Jessica didn’t back down the retorted, “Hey, old lady. With looks like yours, I bet you can’t seduce anyone even if you wanted to. How dare you call me a seductress? Let me guess. You just weren’t enough to make him stay, huh?”
“Hah! At least I’m still better than someone like you who got kicked out of the house barely dressed!” Irene spat out.
She was so furious that she lunged at Jessica to slap her. Instantly, the situation descended into chaos.
Irene lived nearby, and soon, she gathered a group of her friends to teach the shameless jessica a lesson. Seeing this, the other onlookers also called for everyone to come and watch the spectacle. A massive crowd had gathered in no time,
The commotion was so loud that it could even be heard inside the villa, but Samuel didn’t seem to hear anything. He was immersed in his thoughts.
No matter how aggressive and sharp–tongued Jessica was, she couldn’t win against so many people, she nearly cried in anger. Covering her face, she tried to flee from the crowd, but she was nearly molested by a pervert who tried to seize this opportunity to take advantage of her.
“Get away! Don’t touch me!” Jessica screamed,
Seeing that she couldn’t count on the heartless Samuel, she decided to seek help from the men in the crowd. She was so used to leeching off others that it didn’t occur to her she could get out of this situation herself.
Jessica firmly believed that all the women in the crowd were jealous of her, so she had to rest her hopes on the perverted men instead. Allowing her tears to pool in her eyes, she put on a pitiful expression and screamed, “If any one of you is willing to help me, I’ll sleep with you. I promise you…”
Some of the men were already harboring indecent desires. Blinded by their lust, they immediately began taking their jackets off and coming forward to help Jessica. However, the moment they took their first step, their friends quickly stopped them.
“You should just enjoy the show. Don’t tell me you actually dare to sleep with such a promiscuous woman. If a young woman like her is willingly making an offer like that, that means she doesn’t care about her reputation at all. I bet you she’s slept with countless men,”
“That’s right. Maybe she got dumped by her sugar daddy because she caught some kind of disease,”
“Do you think she’s doing this because she has some kind of misguided vendetta against men? We should report this to the police at once…”
Once someone suggested that possibility, everyone stepped away to keep their distance, including the ones who wanted to take advantage of Jessica just moments ago. Even Irene, who’d brawled with Jessica earlier, hurriedly dusted her hands as if to get the dirt off.
Jessica had always relied on her physical charms to get her way. It had always been something she was proud of. Thus, she finally realized just how humiliating it was when everyone started avoiding her like the plague.
Meanwhile, the gates to Samuel’s villa remained firmly shut. There was no sign of them opening up anytime soon,
Jessica had no choice but to cover herself with her arms and dash off in a panic, Alas, she ran into a stray dog that began barking ferociously at her. Terrified, she fled into the nearest alley. However, when the dog saw her running away from him, it happily gave chase,
She dared not stop, of course. She kept sprinting to avoid the dog, choosing to squeeze into narrow alleyways. By the time she finally stopped hearing the sound of a dog barking, she had no clue where she was anymore.
Her clothes and phone had been left back at the villa, so she couldn’t even call anyone for help. She didn’t know her way around either.
Jessica was in a deserted location with nothing but a few abandoned houses so dilapidated that even the homeless wouldn’t enter them. Gripped with fear, she huddled up timidly. While leaving this dangerous–looking area, she kept shouting, “Help! Anyone?”
All she heard was the wind blowing against her.
That night, Jessica ended up walking back most of the way. She was still roaming around half–naked when she finally encountered a decent person who called the police for her. If not for that, she would’ve had to walk around that deserted area till morning.
However, that was only the beginning of her comeuppance.
The notice that she had been fired from her job arrived at her residence before she did. Following that, she went viral online as well. From that moment onward, her reputation was completely destroyed. She could no longer hold her head up in public.
Meanwhile, Samuel was a man of his word. After chasing Jessica out, he forgot all about her. He sat on the couch till morning, when Luke came and reported to him, “Mr. Porter, someone claims to have seen Mrs. Porter boarding a plane at the airport.”
Samuel was dumbfounded. “I checked the names of all the people who took a flight that day. Her name wasn’t on the list.”
“Oh? Well, maybe the man got it wrong. Perhaps he saw someone who looked like Mrs. Porter. I guess that’s a dead end. I’ll find some other way to
“Hang on. Come here,” Samuel said. “We have to follow up on every lead. Did the man say which flight he saw Emily taking?”
“It’s most likely the one headed for Verusa.”
“Book me a ticket to Verusa at once!” Samuel said.
Instantly, he seemed reenergized. He grabbed his passport and left the house without even changing his clothes.
