“Yes, that’s right. Mr. Jenson is worried about your safety.”
Gwendolyn felt a warm sensation fill her heart when she heard that. “I know there’s a lot of people here, and things are getting very chaotic, but I’ll be fine. You guys go on ahead and clear the area. See if you can keep the journalists here, especially those who have been recording this incident.”
“No problem, Ms. Harris,” the bodyguards replied in unison before proceeding to get the chaotic crowd under control.
Eloise had assumed that she would die after jumping off the wall, only to fall onto a soft rescue cushion.
Before she even realized what was going on, Elven and the others quickly rushed forward and subdued her.
The film crew was evacuated in under five minutes after being given a stern warning.
As for the journalists, they were rounded up by four bodyguards and told to wait for Gwendolyn to negotiate with them.
The place quietened down significantly with most of the people gone.
Eloise kept screaming at the top of her voice while Elven and the others kept her pinned on the ground.
Gwendolyn walked up to them and glared coldly at Eloise as she continued yelling, “F*ck you, Gwendolyn! I will never forgive you, you f*cking b*tch!”
A few minutes later, Eloise had to pause as her throat got sore from her incessant yelling. Gwendolyn then turned toward Elven and said, “Let her go.”
“What? You want us to let her go? But she’s out of control, Ms. Harris! What if she attacks you?”
“It’s fine. Just do as I say.”
As reluctant as Elven and the others were, they had no choice but to comply and released Eloise from their grip.
Having regained her freedom, Eloise whipped out a pair of gold-colored scissors that she had hidden in her pocket and charged at Gwendolyn before the bodyguards could even react.
“Die, you b*tch!”
“Watch out, Ms. Harris!”
“Gwendolyn!”
The bodyguards exclaimed in horror, only to see Gwendolyn land a perfect sidekick on the back of Eloise’s hand.
The pain was so severe that she dropped the scissors instantly and froze on the spot.
What? Did Gwendolyn just stop me in a split second?
The bodyguards seized that opportunity to pin Eloise to the ground and subdued her once again.
Gwendolyn stepped on Eloise’s fingers as she bent over and taunted her, “You have underestimated me, Eloise. You’re no match for me even if I am at a disadvantage. It’s only a matter of whether I feel like striking back.”
“Aaargh!” Eloise screamed at the top of her voice in anger and frustration.
Annoyed by how noisy she was, Gwendolyn frowned and slapped her hard across the face.
Smack!
The intense pain from the slap stunned Eloise so much that she went silent immediately. Her eyes were filled with tears as she glared viciously at Gwendolyn.
Feeling satisfied at how the mad woman had quietened, Gwendolyn grabbed Eloise by the chin and lifted it up as she said calmly, “Honestly, you should’ve just stayed in prison. Why would you show up at this opening ceremony for the new show I’ve invested in? You even went as far as stealing the scissors that the film crew had prepared to cut the ribbon with. That is a rather impressive level of preparedness you’ve got here. Tell me, whose idea was this?”
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