At that point, Vivian and the other heiresses did not dare defend Tiffany anymore. They all acted as if the whole thing had nothing to do with them.
Afterward, Vivian even made a point of finding Agnes to explain.
"Ms. Sinclair, I don't know why Tiffany keeps making trouble for you over and over again.
"And I treated her like a close friend, too. I'm truly so sorry..."
Agnes smiled. "It has nothing to do with you, Ms. Brogdon. Don't blame yourself.
"Just remember to be a little more careful when choosing friends next time."
Vivian nodded again and again, while inside, she was so angry she was about to explode.
She had thought Tiffany would handle things today. Once Agnes's face was ruined, Agnes would definitely get kicked out.
Instead, that woman had walked away completely untouched, while Vivian had taken a beating from Carmen's towel too.
That useless Tiffany had not only ruined her own face and been thrown off the cruise, but had dragged Vivian's reputation down with her.
When the mess was over, everyone returned to their rooms.
Carmen followed Agnes back to her room, and the two of them talked through the entire night's chaos, laughing until they nearly folded in half.
As they talked, Agnes slowly drifted off without realizing it.
Carmen did not leave. She gently pulled the blanket over Agnes, then lay down beside her.
She gazed at Agnes in a daze, reached out, and gently brushed her fingers over that beautiful face, her eyes faintly red.
Under her breath, she murmured, "Eleanor..."
On Vivian's side, the remaining heiresses gathered together and chattered angrily.
They were all convinced Agnes and Carmen had stirred up trouble on purpose.
Their goal was to drive them off the cruise one by one.
"Poor Tiffany. They messed up her face that badly. She's probably disfigured, right?"
"Exactly. But honestly, she was stupid. She didn't take that woman down and ended up destroying herself instead.
"And she kept bragging about how capable she was, telling us to wait for the show.
"Well, we got a show, all right. We watched her humiliate herself.
"Tsk. Being friends with someone that dumb is embarrassing."
"Ugh, what do you expect from a tacky new-money family? They got lucky and made some cash. How smart could they be?"
"But if you ask me, that Sinclair woman is doing all this because Vivian is Mr. Ruell's fiancée.
"She's targeting us to send Vivian a message—making an example out of us!"
"Exactly! Her goal is to drive away everyone around Vivian one by one.
"Then, once Vivian has no one left to help her, she'll make her move!"
"What a vicious woman. She's ruthless and full of tricks.
"She's trying to wipe us all out. This is too much!"
Vivian kept her head lowered the entire time and said nothing. She only wiped at her tears, looking as if she had suffered some unbearable injustice.


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