SWNOVELS Chapter 23
Chapter 23
Nonetheless, Tina’s sneaky departure still drew some attention, with Pearl asking suspiciously, “Mother, do you see that
attendant? She looks just like Tina from the back!”
Ellen rolled her eyes without even a glance. “Why would she work as an attendant here? She would never have been able to
afford to pay us a million dollars if she didn’t have a patron!”
“That’s true...” Pearl agreed that she must be seeing things then.
“Right now, the only thing you have to worry about is how to find Tina,” Ellen said as she patted Pearl’s hand. “You’re smart and
come from a good family-all Tina would amount to is getting a patron in Mr. Langford’s assistant. On the other hand, you just
might reach Samuel Langford himself and become Mrs. Langford!”
Thrilled, Pearl started imagining herself as the daughter-in-law of the most powerful family i n Freesia. “Don’t worry, Mother! I’ll
definitely trample Tina beneath my feet!’
Meanwhile, after excusing herself, Tina was just as expected scolded by her manager, who tasked her with cleaning the
washroom as punishment.
He just didn’t know that Tina couldn’t ask for more-at that moment, she couldn’t afford to run into the Lynds, since they were
definitely going to harass her again!
As she picked up a bucket and went to work, she soon felt soreness from her back while mopping the floor and convulsions from
her stomach, leaving her with the urge to vomit.
Clutching her stomach in pain, Tina, who was under the impression that she only had flesh wounds, remembered that she had
also been kicked in the stomach the previous night.
She couldn’t have suffered internal injury, could she?
“Amazing! It really is you, Tina!” Pearl exclaimed as she suddenly appeared behind her.“! You’re a hotel attendant now? You
weren’t dumped, were you?”
Tina didn’t expect Pearl to find her when she was hiding there, but retorted impatiently regardless, “What does that have to do
with you?”
“You ingrate! What are you talking about?! You’re a Lynd!”
Pearl snapped, and was about to poke Tina’s head with her index finger when Tina firmly slapped her away. “I’ve paid you the
money your family demanded. There’s nothing between u s now!”
“Nothing between us?! Hah! Dream on!”
Pearl’s eves darted away, and she suddenly knocked over the bucket beside Tina and shrieked, “Ouch! No, please! Stop!”
Tina’s manager promptly rushed to the scene, and was scared witless by the sight before him.
“Oh my gosh! What happened, Miss Lynd?!”
“The attendants in your hotel must be blind!” Pearl cried even as she pointed at her own skirt. “Don’t you know how much my
clothes are worth?! Now you’ve really done it-I can’t show m y face in public anymore!”
The manager was absolutely furious and snapped at Tina, “What the hell are you doing?! Apologize to Miss Lynd right now!”
“I didn’t do it!” Tina was furious as well, even as her stomach pains worsened.
Pearl had always blamed Tina for things she never did since they were children, and more frustratingly, everyone else believed
Pearl’s lies!
“What are you talking about?! Are you saying that I was trying to embarrass you, a hotel attendant?!” Pearl laughed icily.
Seeing that Tina was not caving to apologize, the manager raised her hand, positioning herself for a slap in her rage. “Still trying
to argue?! You really need some discipline!”
Tina clenched her jaw and closed her eyes stubbornly. There’s no way she would bow down to Pearl
However...
“Stop!” someone bellowed from a distance just then
The manager immediately recognized the person. “Aren’t you... Mr. Sandy Shaw?”.
Sandy Shaw?
Tina opened her eyes to look, and it was indeed the man himself.
But why was he there? Did that mean that Samuel was there too?!
Beside her, Pearl was absolutely delighted. Heavens, that was effortless! She was looking for Tina just to hook up with that
assistant, and he had really shown up!
There were bodyguards following Sandy, and when they saw the scene before them, they promptly ran up to form a protective
formation around Tina.
At the same time, Sandy asked coldly, “What’s all this?”
Tina’s manager didn’t expect Tina to know such an important man, and was naturally petrified. “Well....”