Nina Sumrs had always been very compliant with Winston Sheffield. But this ti, after hearing his words, she didn’t imdiately stand up to leave with him. Instead, she subconsciously looked toward lody Sumrs.
Seeing this, lody Sumrs spoke up. "Don’t look at . It’s your decision whether or not you go with him."
lody Sumrs had originally planned to take Nina Sumrs ho herself, so Nina wouldn’t have to put up with Winston Sheffield’s attitude.
But now, seeing that Nina Sumrs only had eyes for Winston Sheffield... lody Sumrs really didn’t want to get involved in other people’s romantic entanglents.
Nina Sumrs hesitated for a mont, then finally stood up and said her goodbyes to lody Sumrs. "Well... I’m full... I’ll get going then. Goodbye, cousin."
lody Sumrs gave a slightly helpless wave. "Alright, go on."
Winston Sheffield, who was nearby, suddenly stopped in his tracks when he heard the word "cousin."
He spun around, scrutinizing lody Sumrs, and then asked, "You’re Nina’s cousin? The woman they were supposed to introduce to my uncle?"
lody Sumrs looked up at Winston Sheffield and answered, confused, "Introducing to your uncle? What are you talking about?"
Winston Sheffield frowned. "What are you playing at?" he said, clearly displeased. "During the heatwave last year, Caleb Sumrs and his wife said they would play matchmaker for my uncle and set him up with Nina’s cousin. Weren’t they talking about you?"
Back then, Mindy Walsh had sworn to Winston Sheffield’s grandmother that she would introduce a graduate from a prestigious university to be his uncle’s wife.
But later, when The Sheffield Family asked when the two could et, Caleb Sumrs and Mindy Walsh backed out of the agreent.
Thinking of this, Winston Sheffield said resentfully, "Do you have any idea? My mother was already making preparations to host you, but you actually dared to stand us up!"
Hearing Winston Sheffield’s words, lody Sumrs searched her mory. She then recalled that during the heatwave last year, when Caleb Sumrs’s family of three had co over for dinner, they had indeed wanted to introduce her to a blind date nad "Sheffield"...
Winston Sheffield continued, "You agreed to the blind date and then backed out. How could you do that? I heard from Caleb Sumrs and his wife that you’re just a recent college graduate with no job and a poor family. Won with your background are a di a dozen. They’re all scrambling to marry my uncle, so what right do you have to look down on him?"
Seeing the situation, Nina Sumrs quickly grabbed Winston Sheffield’s arm. "Stop arguing, Winston," she pleaded. "You’ve misunderstood. The matchmaking was my parents’ idea. My cousin didn’t even know about it!"
But Winston Sheffield just shook Nina Sumrs off. He frowned and looked lody Sumrs up and down, his gaze filled with disgust. "Are you just counting on being young and pretty, thinking you can hook a rich man here, so now you think you’re too good for my uncle? Won like you are so materialistic and hypocritical!"
lody Sumrs watched him coldly. "Shut your mouth and get lost," she said in an icy tone. "If you feel so bad that your uncle is lonely, why don’t you make a little sacrifice yourself? You’ve got a pretty face. Clean yourself up, and you’ll do in a pinch."
Winston Sheffield was enraged. "You can’t possibly think any of the rich n here would actually be interested in you, do you? Even if a woman like you did manage to hook one, you’d just be his plaything!"
lody Sumrs scoffed. "You seem to know a lot about that. Is it because you were begging to be soone’s plaything tonight and got no takers?"
"You!" Winston Sheffield’s face flushed beet red. He clenched his fists and glared at lody Sumrs, looking like he was about to lunge at her and start a fight.
lody Sumrs, however, just smiled nonchalantly. "Losing your cool? Did I strike a nerve?"
Seeing the veins bulging on Winston Sheffield’s forehead, Sophie Thorne spoke up with a warning. "If you continue to harass her, we’re calling security."
Hearing this, so of Winston Sheffield’s reason returned.
He really couldn’t afford to fight here. Everyone present was a big shot, and he was afraid that causing a scene would impact his future prospects.
Unable to win the argunt and not daring to fight, he could only shoot lody Sumrs one last venomous glare. Then, without even looking at Nina Sumrs, he turned and strode away.
Nina Sumrs hastily bid lody Sumrs farewell and jogged after him.
After the scene caused by Zara Walsh and Winston Sheffield, lody Sumrs had lost her appetite. She and Sophie Thorne said their goodbyes to Zane Simmons and left the event early.
Watching lody Sumrs’s departing figure, Lily Adler took out her phone and sent a ssage to one of her subordinates...
******
After leaving The Nimbus Hotel, lody Sumrs and Sophie Thorne were sitting in their car. The bodyguard had just pulled onto the main road and was about to accelerate when sothing unexpected happened.
A white shadow flashed in front of the car, and the bodyguard quickly slamd on the brakes.
Once the car had stopped, lody Sumrs frowned and looked ahead to see a woman lying on the road in front of them.
The bodyguard cautiously scanned the area. Fortunately, the nearby streetlights were on. After confirming there were no other vehicles around, he dared to lower the window and call out to the woman on the ground, "Are you okay? Could you please move aside?"
But the woman on the ground didn’t get up. Instead, she shouted toward the car, "I’m pregnant! I accidentally twisted my ankle! Please, help !"
The bodyguards inside the car exchanged glances, not planning to get out. Roadside robberies and kidnappings still happened from ti to ti; it was better to avoid trouble than to court it.
The driver raised the window and was about to drive around the woman when lody Sumrs suddenly said, "I’ll go take a look."
lody Sumrs knew this was a trap. But they were near the Oceanus Hotel. If the pregnant woman outside was part of a human trafficking ring, then she was very likely connected to Hector Hayes and his people.
’A clue that falls right into your lap shouldn’t be ignored.’ lody wanted to gather more evidence to take down Hector Hayes and his entire group in one fell swoop, ensuring they never had a chance to recover.
As lody Sumrs prepared to get out, Sophie Thorne and the bodyguards quickly tried to stop her.
Sophie Thorne grabbed lody Sumrs’s arm. "No! Don’t go out there."
The bodyguard in the driver’s seat also chid in. "Miss Sumrs, please don’t get out. It’s obvious this woman is running a scam. The road is this wide, and she just happens to fall right in front of our car. It’s clearly intentional. You can’t fall for it!"
The bodyguard in the passenger seat added anxiously, "That’s right, Miss Sumrs! This isn’t the ti to be a bleeding heart. Human traffickers prey on the compassion of won like you. That’s exactly why they set these kinds of traps!"
But lody Sumrs just patted Sophie Thorne’s hand, reassuring them all. "Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing. None of you get out. Just wait for in the car."
With that said, ignoring their protests, lody Sumrs opened the car door and stepped out.
She walked over to the fallen woman and saw that she was, in fact, pregnant. Even through her loose, thick clothing, her prominent belly was visible.
The pregnant woman’s eyes lit up when she saw lody Sumrs get out of the car. She quickly grabbed the hem of lody’s dress and pleaded, "Miss, I’ve twisted my ankle. Can you help get ho?"
Before lody Sumrs could speak, Sophie Thorne and the bodyguards got out of the car as well.
One of the bodyguards answered before she could. "You’ve twisted your ankle, so it wouldn’t be easy for her to help you. How about I carry you ho?"
Before lody Sumrs could speak, the pregnant woman quickly shook her head. "N-no, I can’t. My husband has a terrible temper. If he saw a man bringing ho, he’d beat ."
The bodyguard snorted. "Then how about we contact your family to co pick you up? Or we can call the police for you?"
lody Sumrs carefully observed the pregnant woman’s reaction. She saw the woman’s expression shift subtly at the bodyguard’s words, but she still held tightly to the hem of lody’s dress, not letting go.
lody Sumrs gave a faint smile. She bent down to help the pregnant woman up and said, "Alright. I’ll take you ho."
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