The Woman From Hell

Matthew frowned and went forward to stop his mother.

Nancy grabbed his hand. "Look at this, Matthew. Look how abominable this woman is! She actually has the audacity to humiliate your mother in public. You need to show her..."

I grew irritable. Although I did not know who was right and who was wrong, Nancy looked no different from a clown at the moment. She had failed to respect everyone’s boundaries and was uneducated. It made m y jaw drop.

I looked at Matthew and said, "Mr. Zimmer, you're a clever man. If you don't want everyone here to keep staring at you like you're a joke, then please let us leave."

Matthew looked at me with a loaded gaze, but I did not evade and stared back at him.

After a very long time, he blandly replied, "Be my guest!"

The bystanders looked excited, clearly interested in the drama. Not wanting to be treated and stared at like a clown, I pulled Quinn aside and got ready to leave.

The four of us were standing in the already narrow path, and although Matthew had stepped aside, Nancy was still stood in the center, unmoving. We could only leave by tilting our bodies to the side.

Who could have guessed that just as I walked past her side, she would suddenly extend her right leg out to trip me?

As I was caught off guard, I lost my balance and found myself falling forward. I was shocked and quickly reached out to cover my belly... Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

I thought, 'It’s all over!'

Suddenly, someone grabbed my arm from behind and a force pulled me upright again. Immediately after that, my waist was held and I managed to regain my balance.

Standing beside me, Quinn was startled. She reached out to hold me. "You scared me to death! Are you okay?"

I was also frightened out of my wits. Sweat started seeping down my forehead and I spent a lot of time trying to calm myself down, shaking my head to try to clear my lingering fear. "I'm fine.”

After I calmed down, I finally realized that the hand o n my waist had not yet released its grasp. I felt embarrassed and shifted my body involuntarily.

Peering up at Matthew, I muttered, "Thank you!"

He quickly retracted his hand and imperceptibly

frowned a little, saying dully, "You're welcome."

After saying those words, he averted his gaze and looked at his mother, his voice a little cold. "Let's go!"

Quinn, who had been about to leave, immediately lost i t. She went up to Nancy and ordered sternly," Apologize to Wanda!”

Nancy raised her chin, an arrogant look on her face." You want me to apologize? You don’t deserve it!”

Quinn said no more and raised her hand to slap Nancy.

The slap came down quick and hard. Though we were standing beside them, neither Matthew nor I had come back to our senses ye. The scene immediately fell silent.

Nancy was in disbelief. She touched her face, and after a very long time, she said, "H-how dare you slap me?"

Matthew's expression fell, and he clenched his fists.

I felt my heart clench. Thankfully, he was a gentleman. He must have taken his identity into account, and thus did not lay a finger on Quinn at least while we were in public.

Quinn roared furiously. "Nancy, you have been arrogant and domineering for all these years, happily ruining my reputation in public whenever you get the chance to. For Marcus' and Matthew’s sake, I tolerated you and endured the pain. Not because I'm afraid of you, nor because I'm sorry, but because as women, I feel sorry for you. You're selfish and jealous, and you've never once reflected on why your marriage failed. You don't understand anything, and all you know how to do is blame the heavens.

"All this time, I thought you were just brainless, so I did not bother to quibble over these things with you. But I can't believe you're so evil that even the most basic morals and a good conscience are lost on you. You can do anything to me if you're unhappy, but how can you hurt a pregnant woman?"

She pointed at my belly and said in a quivering voice," If anything happens to her, two lives will be lost. Are you that arrogant and domineering that you can disregard human lives now? Or perhaps the

Nietzsches are so powerful and rich that human lives are nothing to you people anymore?"

Quinn has spoken rightly and justly, every word of hers carrying gravitas and reason. Even the ones who had been merely watching the fun had gained a new perspective. They began criticizing Nancy.

"Now I know why her husband abandoned her. No man would want to marry a vicious and evil woman like that!"

"Exactly. If she can hurt a pregnant woman, what else does she dare to do?"

"I can tell that Ms. Quinn is a learned and sensible lady. She must've been bullied a lot by her." "Does she think she’s infallible just because the Nietzsches are rich? This woman is simply terrifying! I f I was a man, I'd rather stay single my entire life than marry her!"

The bystanders' change of attitude came so quickly that it caught everybody off guard. The comments grew louder and louder. Some even deliberately raised their voice to scold Nancy.

After being criticized by the crowd, the arrogant and domineering Nancy suddenly grew timid and hid behind Matthew, afraid to look up.