Chapter 193
“Lies! Don’t listen to her words, everyone! My son knows many socialites. He has plenty of options to choose from.
“Why would he pick you to be his companion to the party? Quit flattering yourself. Why don’t you ask one of the socialites Matthew knows?”
Brenda yanked a woman to the front from behind her. “This is Yanice. She desperately wanted to be Matthew’s companion. And guess what? Her family is many times more prestigious than yours. If Matthew turned her down, what makes you think he’d say yes to you?”
Yanice was originally quite happy to be brought to the limelight. But when Brenda told
everyone how desperate she was, her face turned beet red. She hid behind Brenda, glaring at me silently.
I felt even angrier. Why glare at me? I wasn’t the one who told everyone that she was desperate. She should be glaring at Brenda instead. Why take it out on a nobody like me?
Urgh, all these people were beyond reasonable.
“Well, I feel rather sorry for Yanice now. You called her a desperate little girl in front of her mother. I wonder if she still wants to date Matthew? After all, you just humiliated her, no?”
Yanice’s mother blanched. She froze for a second before storming off.
Seeing how badly Brenda was handling the situation, Helen’s mother distanced herself to
save face.
Honestly, I couldn’t fathom why Matthew had such a petty mother. Facing a woman like this made me feel like I was being tried by God himself. I was surprised that Matthew grew up to be a gentleman, given that he was raised by a bitter woman.
Noticing her mistake way too late, Brenda was abashed and tried to claw at my face. “Bitch, you just made me look bad in front of my friend. I’ll never let Matthew date you. Do you hear me?”
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I swerved to the side swiftly to dodge her attack. She was barbaric, but I was a lady. I would protect myself without getting physical with her.
“Thank you, then. I feel bad for Matthew because he has a mother like you. Where was I? Oh, I didn’t want to tell everyone this because he’s my ex–classmate. We might run into each other in the future, and I don’t want to hurt his feelings.
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“We couldn’t be lovers, but we’re still friends. Yet you making a scene here has forced me to reveal everything. You know very well who’s trying very hard to ask the other out in this relationship. If you don’t know, call your son and ask him.
“Matthew and I have never dated each other. I’ve never received any gifts or favors from him. When he gave me flowers, I gave him back something more expensive.
“In other words, I don’t owe him or your family anything. You don’t have the right to make a scene here or frame me for something I didn’t do.
“I agreed to attend the birthday banquet because I wanted to be nice to my ex–classmate. You’ve jeopardized your son’s image by making a fool out of yourself here, but I won’t do the same because I will never do anything that might hurt my friend.
“Mrs. Loxley, let me tell you loud and clear. Matthew should feel ashamed to have a mother like you.”
“Ashamed? Bitch, you—”
Before Brenda could finish her sentence, several male students passed by and held her down. They warned her not to make a scene in public.
The crowd now knew the whole story. Brenda’s repeated insults at my modest background rubbed everyone the wrong way. Most people weren’t born rich, after all. They were ordinary people like me.
Using our social class to belittle us had made Brenda the number one enemy at the scene.