The sound of slaps was spreading along the aisle.
The workers and customers passing by were stunned.
Agnes ran towards Robbie immediately and asked, “Robbie, are you okay?”
Olive came over and saw two big slap prints on her son’s face. She furiously yelled, “Eloise Thompson, how dare you slap my son! You are going to pay for this!”
She immediately charged towards Eloise with a murderous look.
Eloise was unable to dodge. All of a sudden, a powerful arm emerged from behind and effortlessly stopped Olive's attack.
"What is going on?”
There was a voice coming from Eloise's back. The tone was chilly but there was a wave of unnoticeable anger.
Soon afterward, a familiar scent surrounded her.
That was Hector’ odor, it was thin and fresh.
Later, she felt her back leaning against a warm broad chest. She could feel the warmness radiating through the thin layer of clothing.
For a split second, the perception of endless safety engulfed her. Suddenly, she had an urge to cry for no reason at all.
She could not wait and turned to look at him. She asked with her eyes red, “How did you get out?”
Hector stared down at Eloise. When he was about to respond, he saw the red prints on her cheeks, it immediately ignited the flame of anger in his heart.
There was a strong wave of rage emerging in his eyes. The gentleness he used to have with Eloise was gone. A frightful character then replaced it.
He slowly lifted his head and gazed at the people in front of him with an emotionless look, it was frightening!
“Who did it?” he asked.
All six of them including Robbie, Josh Thompson, or Stanley Gardner had been through a lot. They were the people struggling to survive in the mall, none of them were ordinary. But at that moment, everyone was unnerving and could feel the pressure exerted.
Agnes was shocked as she was not expecting a guy to appear out of nowhere to protect Eloise.
Eloise was perplexed. She then scanned Hector.
He was a handsome and gorgeous man who wore an expensive suit. He was tall and slim while behaving elegantly as if he was born with it. He looked like an aristocrat from the middle ages. When compared to Robbie who was right next to him, Hector was way ahead of him overall.
Agnes was confused and mad at the same time.
She thought that Eloise was having a terrible life and was constantly thinking about Robbie for all these years.
She did not expect her to be able to lure an outstanding man like that.
She did not deserve it!
A bitch who used to be a surrogate mother, she did not deserve it!
She should hide in a place where no one could find her and live a terrible life!
When she was about to go crazy for jealousy, Eloise made an insult, “I am fine, I just got scratched by a dog.”
She slowly turned her head over and looked at Robbie with an indifferent look.
Robbie just got slapped twice and was referred to as a dog in front of everyone, he felt humiliated. He gritted his teeth and threatened, "Eloise, do you want to die?"
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