"Get your hand off me! Don't push me!" Leena turned back and snapped. She didn't care who Louisa's father was. She was an independent career woman who didn't rely on anyone, including Louisa's family. She wouldn't grovel to them.
"Are you going to hit me? Claire, do you see the kind of woman she is?" Louisa raised her eyebrows, not afraid at all if Leena hit her. She used to be as rebellious as a gangster before she went abroad.
"Yes, I do. I'll tell my parents what a horrible person she really is and she won't be able to be a part of my family any longer." Claire jutted up her chin with a complacent look on her face, as if imagining how embarrassed Leena would be once her parents found out who she really was.
Leena looked up at the sky and let out a long breath. They were in a public place. She didn't want to make a scene. But these two women didn't seem to let her go easily.
"Leena, at the end of the day, you are nothing more than a cheap bitch. You know Kevin doesn't love you and that he is in love with someone else, but you won't leave him anyway. Don't you have any shame at all?" Louisa said, viciousness in her eyes. She knew her words would provoke Leena. That was exactly what she expected. She wanted to see how Kevin would react when he saw her getting attacked by Leena.
Slap! Leena turned around and smacked Louisa hard. It stung, but as she had expected, Kevin saw the slap and stopped in his steps, a stunned look on his face. She thought the pain was well worth it.
"Oh my God. Leena, how can you be such a savage woman? Even if we are wrong to follow you and my brother, you could have just told us not to follow; how could you hit Louisa?" Claire hadn't seen the smack coming. She was astonished because Leena had always seemed to be such a sweet girl. However, as soon as Claire saw her brother hastening toward them, she started accusing Leena.
"Why should I put up with someone who has a potty mouth? Louisa, you deserve it." Leena looked at Louisa disdainfully. She hated anybody who used the word 'bitch'. Louisa had touched a nerve. When she turned back, she saw Kevin standing in front of her with an ice cream in his hand. He seemed shocked. Leena moved her lips and attempted to explain everything, but she couldn't say a word and walked past him. The ice cream dropped on the ground as she walked by and touched his arm by accident. Her heart quivered and her eyes watered when she heard the ice cream drop, yet she didn't stop and walked on. 'This is what those two women wanted, ' she thought. They had been trying to ruin her date with Kevin and make trouble for her. Now they got what they wanted. They must be gloating.
"Kevin, have you seen how horrible she is? We were just talking to her and she hit Louisa for no reason!" Claire complained. At the same time, she was amazed at how clever Louisa was. She understood that she was trying to cause misunderstanding between Kevin and Leena, but Claire was surprised that Louisa was willing to hurt herself to achieve her purpose.
"I believe Leena. She wouldn't have done that if you two hadn't crossed a line." As much as Kevin was shocked to see the scene unfold, he knew Leena and believed in her. She wasn't a bully. On the other hand, Louisa and Claire had been provoking her all this time.
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