Chapter 551

“Oh Eileen, don’t be angry yet; just let her take a look, otherwise she won’t give up,” Kimberly said apologetically to the woman.

The woman hummed, and a coquettish smile appeared on her face as she looked past Reynaldo. “Oh, for your sake, I’ll let it slide and take a little more time. But my time is very valuable, so Ms. Palmer better make sure Mr. Humphrey compensates me for it.”

A coldness flashed quickly in Kimberly’s eyes, but she smiled weakly and said, “That’s natural. You are so busy and still made a special trip for this. I originally felt guilty about it.”

Kimberly said, looking at me, “Ms. Duffy, how do you want to confront her? Please hurry, Eileen is very busy.”

I stared deeply at the woman named Eileen; she definitely wouldn’t be Kimberly’s so-called friend. Otherwise, how could she directly address Kimberly as Ms. Palmer and speak so formally? And the woman would occasionally flirt with Reynaldo, giving him suggestive looks. Kimberly was most disgusted when someone tried to steal Reynaldo from her. So how could she be friends with a woman who was trying to seduce Reynaldo?

So there was only one explanation: the woman who spoke to me in the morning was not the same woman. This woman was probably someone she had asked to come at the last minute, and she deliberately found a woman with the same figure, back, clothes, and hair as the one in the morning. So, the only explanation for her doing this is that the woman this morning was indeed the mistress seducing my dad. That means, the mistress who seduced my dad was hired by her!

Thinking of my father’s cruelty, thinking of my mother’s haggard appearance as she washed her face with tears all day, a surge of sorrow and indignation rushed to my chest. I don’t care how she tries to harm me, but she should never have thought of targeting my family.

I turned around and raised my hand to slap Kimberly’s face.

With a loud smack, Kimberly’s face was slapped to the side by me. And the sudden slap also stunned everyone.

“Esmeralda!” It was Reynaldo who first came to his senses and growled at me.

Kimberly also quickly covered her face, looking at me in shock and innocence, “Ms. Duffy, why did you hit me?”

“Why I hit you, you should know in your heart,” I said coldly.

Kimberly immediately shook her head innocently, “I don’t understand what Ms. Duffy means.” Following that, she looked at Reynaldo with tears in her eyes, her choked voice pitiful and innocent, “Reynaldo, what’s wrong with Ms. Duffy? I’ve already called my friend to confront her as she requested; why did she still hit me?” She said, her tears falling down like beads on a broken string. It was really a sight to behold.

Reynaldo looked at me with a cold gleam in his eyes, surrounded by a chilling aura. “You had better give me a reasonable explanation.”

I faced his cold gaze and said, “The reason is, she hired someone to seduce my dad, trying to harm my parents.”

“I didn’t!” Kimberly denied urgently, looking truly innocent with tears in her eyes.

I sneered in my heart. Her talent is really wasted if she doesn’t become an actress.

Reynaldo stared at me intently and asked, “Is there any evidence?”

Evidence? I laughed. Don’t say there is no evidence; even if there is evidence, will he believe it?

“Ms. Duffy…” Kimberly looked at me with tears in her eyes, “Eileen is already here. Is she really the woman who seduced your dad? At least give me an answer. You suddenly slapped me and accused me of hiring someone to seduce your dad—what does that mean?”