However, when Nova's menstrual blood leaked onto his car, Mason did not complain at all. This made me feel uneasy.
After he locked me in the car, I scrubbed the front and back seats over and over with wet wipes. Only when I was completely exhausted did I realize the doors had been locked from the outside and there was no ventilation.
Just before I passed out from suffocation, the butler found me and rushed me to the hospital.
Because of that incident, I forgot to wish Mason a happy birthday. To retaliate, he gave me the cold shoulder for seven full days and the apology texts I sent him were all marked “read,” but he never replied.
At this moment, he was holding Nova as they attended my art exhibition, but he projected everything onto the screen and started a live stream.
"Mason, can we talk?” I asked. “I wasn’t intentionally late that day. Will you forgive me if I wear your favorite outfit for you?”
Just as I was about to make a name for myself through my artworks, Mason released my pleading texts to the public.
In a matter of seconds, I went from being praised as a genius artist by countless media outlets to being mocked online as nothing more than a sycophant, lovesick fool.
As the viewer count on his livestream kept on soaring, my heart was crushed by this.
I just closed my eyes wearily for a moment, wishing to escape this farce, when a harsh curse echoed from the entrance of the exhibition hall.
“Emily, you ungrateful traitor! What's the point of holding this worthless exhibition and making money, but you won't buy your brother a wedding house?”
“I must’ve done something evil in my past life to give birth to you!” my mother wailed. "What a heartless daughter! I only asked a little! It's just seventy-five thousand dollars. Why won't you give it to me?”
My mother, Madeline Wood, her face twisted with malice, roared as she charged toward me. Then she raised her hand and slapped me.
Since I was caught off guard, I was struck so hard that my vision went black. I instinctively grabbed the table beside me, but Nova yanked the table back in a flash.
Off balance, I lurched backward, stumbled and crashed into a champagne tower over two meters high behind me.
Dozens of glasses and champagne bottles came crashing down on me and soaked my white dress in alcohol. I was in a complete mess.
I lifted my eyes and glared at Nova.
She immediately pouted and looked dejected as she burrowed into Mason's embrace. She said pitifully, "Mason, she fell on her own! Why is she glaring at me…? Sob, sob… She’s so scary …. Mason. protect me, please…”
Mason wrapped his arms around Nova and looked at me with disgust.
Seeing this, pain pierced my heart. The moment I was about to speak … a flood of comments rolled across the screen.
[What are you waiting for, female lead? Just apologize to the male lead now and he'll handle the female supporting character and your mom for you!]
[Speak up, female lead, please! The male lead revealed your location on purpose so your mom could find you! Beg him, don't let him down!]
[Come on, this is the perfect moment. Female lead …. Please, say something!]
So, Mason was the one who brought my mother here, huh?
I couldn’t help but let out a bitter laugh as I read the comments.
Mason knew full well that I hated Madeline and every time I had nightmares about her, I would tremble uncontrollably and yet, he still brought her here just to hurt me.
Did he ever really love me?
Seeing that no one would protect me, Madeline picked up a shard of broken glass and jabbed it straight into my shoulder.
"Emily, give me the money now!" she shrieked. "If Caleb can’t find a wife and the Young Senior's family dies out, you can rot in hell!”
Seeing blood kept pouring from my shoulder, Mason furrowed her brows slightly and raised his hand to stop her.
However, when Nova let out a soft whimper, Mason's attention immediately snapped back to her.
"Mason, she is so dirty …. I can’t stand the sight of blood… Can we go home, please?” she sobbed.
“Alright,” Mason did not say anything more after that. He simply scooped her up in his arms and walked away.
