Olivia exploded with anger when she heard that.
“Justin! How dare you talk to me like that when you're sleeping around with some other woman? Besides, how could I possibly walk away and let you two...”
She couldn't bring herself to continue as she would just be humiliating her son even further.
Not wanting to make things any more awkward, Justin's father, Christopher, kept his head low to avoid seeing anything he shouldn't as he made his way toward Justin.
A quick glance at Justin's face was all he needed to realize something was amiss. “Have you been drugged with a powerful aphrodisiac?”
Olivia lost her cool when she heard that.
“You b*tch! How dare you drug my son? I'll teach you a lesson for ruining his reputation!” she shouted while charging toward the table.
Veronique's body was trembling all over. The mere thought of Justin's parents seeing her naked made her extremely uncomfortable.
Oh, no! My family's reputation will be completely destroyed if Justin tells his parents I drugged him!
“What are you doing, Justin? Let go of me! This b*tch had the audacity to do it with you in a f*cking café! I want to know who she is!”
Justin held on to Olivia's arm with one hand while gripping the table with the other. “She's just a small-time celebrity, Mom. You shouldn't defile your eyes by looking at her.”
“But she drugged you, Justin! Everyone knows you're going to marry into the Fletcher family and become Sloan's son-in-law! This woman must have ill intentions toward you if she's seducing you now!” Olivia shouted angrily.
Justin pursed his lips and said nonchalantly, “She wasn't the one who drugged me. Someone tried to set me up by drugging me, so I had her come over to help relieve my urges.”
“Justin!” Olivia raised her voice as she continued, “Do you take me for a fool or something? You're a talented doctor, and you can't even deal with a freaking aphrodisiac? There's no way you'd need to resort to this! If you're going to lie, at least come up with a more convincing excuse!”
While he was distracted, Olivia shoved him aside and dragged the woman off the table by the arm.
“Veronique?” Olivia's eyes went wide with shock when she saw her face.
A few seconds later, she yelled at the top of her lungs, “Why are you so d*mn persistent? I told you seven years ago that Justin doesn't love you! He's going to marry the daughter of the Fletcher family! Why won't you just leave him alone?”
At that moment, Veronique really wished Justin hadn't wiped the blood off her face.
Olivia probably wouldn't have recognized me if I still had my face covered in blood! Can the ground just open up and swallow me whole? This humiliation is killing me!
Justin shoved Olivia off her and pulled Veronique into his arms. “Dad, could you please get Mom out of here for now? I'll give you two a proper explanation once I take care of things here.”
Christopher nodded and grabbed Olivia's arm as he whispered, “We're in public right now, so let's not blow things out of proportion here. Come on. We'll wait outside while Justin takes care of Ms. Veronique.”
“No! I will call Mr. Revelle and have him come over! I want him to see what a b*tch his daughter is! The Revelle family has always acted like they're better than everyone else, so I want to show him how shameless his daughter turned out to be!”
“There's no need to go that far, Olivia. Don't make this any harder for our son. Remember, it takes two to tango. Ms. Veronique wouldn't have done something like this if Justin had kept his hands to himself.”
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