Chapter 395 The Fall of a Star
“And who the hell do you think you are, laying a hand on my sister?”
The entire office fell silent.
Jinnie and her assistant stared at Lauren in shock.
Jinnie could barely find her voice. “Victor… did you say she’s your sister? She’s Lauren?”
Victor’s face was cold. “What else?”
Jinnie stumbled backward, her legs unsteady.
“No… no way. How can this be?”
She suddenly turned and glared at her assistant. “Didn’t you tell me she was some tramp trying to seduce Victor?”
The assistant was completely speechless.
Ever since the Mavis family’s little princess graduated from college and entered the research institute, she hadn’t been seen in public.
Who would’ve thought that this mysterious woman showing up out of nowhere was actually Lauren?
The assistant was pale as a ghost. Her eyes were filled with fear as she looked at Lauren, bowing and apologizing over and
over.
“I’m so sorry. I didn’t know you were Ms. Lauren. I didn’t mean it. Please forgive me.”
Lauren snorted. “So what you’re saying is, if I weren’t who I am, it’d be okay for you to bully me?”
The assistant shook her head. “Ms. Lauren, let me explain-”
“Explain what? How the two of you bribed someone to kidnap me?”
Victor’s face darkened. “So you’re the one behind my sister’s kidnapping?”
He lunged forward and grabbed Jinnie by the throat. “You dared to lay a hand on my sister? You must have a death wish.”
Jinnie choked, her face turning red as she struggled to breathe.
Lauren stepped in. “Victor, don’t kill her.”
Victor released his grip, but his voice was ice cold. “Talk. Why did you have my sister kidnapped?”
Jinnie was full of regret. “Victor, it was all a misunderstanding. I thought she was trying to seduce you, so I made a stupid mistake. If I had known she was your sister, not even with a hundred lives would I have dared to do something like that!”
Mr. Timely scoffed. “You didn’t even get your facts straight before hiring thugs to kidnap someone? You are absolutely not qualified to represent my company.”
He turned to Victor. “Son, I will never approve of someone like her becoming part of the Mavis family.”
Victor hadn’t been that interested in Jinnie to begin with.
With a sister as exceptional as Lauren, Victor didn’t want to drag her–or the family–down. That’s why he had always focused on his career and barely dated.
As for the rumors between him and Jinnie, they mostly came from Jinnie clinging to him.
She always acted sweet and obedient around him. Victor had been willing to give her a chance.
But they hadn’t even officially started dating before she went and had his sister kidnapped.
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Chapter 395 The Fall of a Star
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If Lauren hadn’t been so smart, Victor didn’t even want to imagine what might’ve happened to her at the hands of those men.
“Don’t worry, Dad. A woman like her was never even in my
Jinnie burst into tears. “Victor, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to…”
Victor shoved her away.
She turned to beg Lauren instead.
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Unfortunately, she’d chosen the wrong person to plead with.
consideration.”
Lauren had been reborn. In her past life, she was bullied too many times. In this one, she would never let herself be treated that way again.
She had no intention of playing the saint.
They were all adults. If you make a mistake, you deal with the consequences.
Lauren said calmly, “Call the police.”
“No-“Jinnie practically dropped to her knees.
But no one in the room had any sympathy for her.
In the end, Jinnie and her assistant were both taken away by the police.
The endorsement deal for the holographic headset was, of course, called off.
“Lauren, are you okay?” Mr. Timely and Victor both looked at her with concern.
Lauren smiled. “Dad, Victor, don’t worry. I’m fine.”
“Thank goodness. You scared us half to death.”
“It’s all thanks to Felix. If anything had happened to you, I don’t know what I would’ve done,” Mr. Timely said, his voice still trembling.
The more he looked at Felix, the more he liked him.
Felix might’ve had a cold personality and a ruthless way of dealing with outsiders.
But Mr. Timely had watched him grow up. He trusted Felix to protect his precious daughter.
Their little family sat together in the office, the atmosphere warm and happy. When the conversation turned to the holographic headset endorsement, Victor made a suggestion:
“Why not let Lauren be the face of the headset? There’s no one in the world more suitable.”
Mr. Timely nodded repeatedly. “Lauren, would you be willing?”
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