He Gave Me Hearing, Then Taught Me What Silence Really Means novel Chapter 256

The women who had been about to unleash another volley of insults were stunned into silence. If the security footage proved her guilty, she would be completely ruined.

Someone rolled their eyes, their face full of disdain. "Are you just so used to humiliating yourself that you don't even care about your reputation anymore? You're actually dragging us into this to waste our time? You really are shameless."

The operator picked up. Juniper calmly and concisely explained the situation, her eyes completely devoid of emotion.

They had assumed she was just bluffing, but she had actually called the cops.

Doubt began to creep into the crowd. Wouldn't calling the police just be shooting herself in the foot?

Just as the group of women stood there in uneasy hesitation, a hand reached over from behind Juniper and snatched her phone. The man spoke into the receiver. "It's a misunderstanding. You don't need to send anyone. Yes."

He hung up the phone. Juniper turned around to face him.

Nelson handed the phone back to her. "Caleb is finished. Are you heading back?"

Juniper didn't take the phone. A sudden realization hit her. Back in the private room, when she had been straining to hear the commotion outside, Nelson had deliberately taken her hearing aid out.

Her eyelashes fluttered faintly. She looked up and stared at him in quiet disbelief. He had known exactly what was happening in the hallway, yet he still did that.

She thought she would feel disappointed or heartbroken again, but the only thought that crossed her mind was: *Of course. Only Nelson could do something this sickening.*

Nelson leaned down, intending to whisper something in her ear, but was met with a vicious slap across the face.

His head whipped to the side, a trace of blood appearing at the corner of his mouth.

A collective gasp rippled through the crowd. Everyone thought Juniper had just signed her own death warrant. It was common knowledge that she was the one obsessively clinging to Nelson, and now, in front of all these people, she had struck him—and struck him hard.

Nelson's infamous temper was no secret. Pissing him off usually resulted in bankruptcy, at the very least.

Just as everyone braced for Juniper's inevitable demise, Nelson merely lifted a hand to touch his cheek. "Feel better now?"

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