The minibus reeked of gasoline, which made Joan sick. She had been sitting in the outermost side of the crowd, enjoying the romantic moment.
Without precaution, she was dragged all the way out, with her mouth and nose covered by a hand. Joan tried to fight back and shout out. She didn't scream out, and the two men were too strong to let her struggle.
In this way, she was pushed all the way to a minibus. As soon as she sat down, she saw two women sitting on the backseat.
"Hi, Joan. It's been a long time."
Although the woman was wearing sunglasses and mask, she still recognized her.
Several days ago...
Jean was browsing the information about Darren on the computer. She wondered why she hadn't realized how outstanding he was before marrying to Scott. If she had known that she wouldn't be able to hold her head high after getting married to Luke, she wouldn't have brought shame on Tabitha.
Debbie thought
She didn't believe she couldn't have a breakthrough. Now, her husband was still mad at her for being unreasonable. She couldn't rely on him anymore. She had to solve the problem on her own.
Her stepmother and stepsister were Laura and Celia.
They had a life style of luxury. They indulged themselves in dissipation and the main source of income was that they always hooked men with beautiful looks, which made them addicted to gambling. This pair of mother and daughter were really perfect match. Jean praised them. It seemed that she should take a chance to meet Celia.
Perhaps, they could achieve the same goal.
Jean lowered her head, put on her peaked cap and waited at the gate of the Gu family's apartment for a long time. Before she was about to take a taxi, she dialed the number.
"Miss Celia." Jean got off the car. She leaned against the door and nodded at Celia, "Miss Xu, you look gorgeous. Where are you going?"
"Who are you?"
Jean nodded to the man who was approaching Celia. "It doesn't matter who I am. The most important thing is that I think we are the same kind of people now, so we need cooperation."
"Cooperate? I Emm... "
Looking at her sullen face, Jean didn't take it seriously. She had no other choice but to keep a low profile and avoid talking to her directly. Recently, she was in the midst of the storm.
"Brooke, your new girlfriend?"
"What on earth do you want?" Celia was trembling with anger and fear. She didn't know whether Brooke was married or not. What if she was Celia's wife? Would she be miserable.
However, she did not make any response to Celia's words. Jean just looked at her with a playful look. How could this woman dare to play tricks on her? Did she really think she was timid!
"Don't worry. I don't know the him. I just know that we should have a common enemy to deal with now!" The woman's words made Celia hesitate. She looked at Jean. 'Enemy? Enemy? What did she know?'
A photo was taken and thrown from her head. It was a beautiful face of a handsome man. The man's face was still unfamiliar, but she recognized the woman's face at a glance.
"Joan? You know Joan? "
"I don't just know her. How about this? Let's do one thing for each other." Jean bowed her head and whispered in her ears.
She looked up at the beautiful woman in front of her with hesitation. Although she didn't know who she was, she was sure that the woman must hate Joan, or even more than her and her mother.
Joan jerked her hand in, trying to pull the sunglasses off the woman's face. When she was struggling, the sunglasses fell off from her face. Celia's dirty face was exposed in front of her.
Since she had recognized Celia, there was nothing to hide anymore. She threw her sunglasses off and pinched Joan's chin.
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