Loving You Is Not An Accident: It's Destiny 217 My Revenge

Vanessa's face flushed in anger. She could not believe that Ingrid could calmly threaten her and she seems enjoying every bit of it.

"How dare you threaten me?!" Vanessa raises her hand to slap Ingrid's face but was immediately grabbed by her, twisting her hand.

With an unyielding look, Ingrid said, "Oh yes! I dare you…" smiling sinisterly, she moved closer to Vanessa's face, gripping her hands more tightly. She looked straight to Vanessa's eyes "…if you won't stop pestering us, I'm gonna drag you outta here by pulling your hair. Now, if you still want to save your face, I believe you know your way out." Then Ingrid tossed Vanessa's hand harshly.

"If you'll excuse us…" Ingrid walked away leaving Vanessa and Paul in trance.

If Ingrid's stare could kill, Vanessa's been dead already without mercy. She's so caught off guard that her emotion broke into sweats on her forehead. Vanessa's fierceness could not surpa.s.s Ingrid's. She's like a lioness protecting her cubs from the predator.

Paul gritted his teeth as he spoke, his anger flare up.

"WHAT THE HECK DID YOU DO, WOMAN? YOU ARE NOTHING, BUT A DISGRACE AND A PAIN IN THE a.s.s! LUCKY YOU, YOU'RE A WOMAN, IF NOT, I ALREADY HAVE PUNCHED YOU BY NOW,"

Paul felt so defeated even before he started venturing. The woman doesn't know what he went through just to get an invitation since this is an exclusive event to the Howard's closest relatives, acquaintances and business partners.

Since he heard that it's the best time to meet the best investors, he paid handsomely to one of the invited guest just to get an access and it just happened that he could not attend because of some prior engagements.

Unfortunately, Vanessa ruined his chance. He's so confident earlier that he could've talked business to the Howards if this didn't happen.

"No wonder Clifford never ever set his eyes on you! You're pathetic! You better get lost!" Paul walked out from her and went to his room to calm himself and think on how to regain his image after what happened.

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Lance McNaught was so busy talking to the esteemed guests but at the same time his eyes kept on checking the surrounding to make sure that nothing's amiss. Just when he's starting to get calmer when he sees that everyone's enjoying...

"Excuse me, sir, may I have a word with you?" he looked at the woman who called his attention, she's one of the resort's supervisors. His heart started to pound.

"Apologies, gentlemen, ladies, I need to attend to some important matters, first. Just enjoy, everything's on us." He politely stood up and followed the supervisor to a distance.

"What is it?" he inquired.

"Ahh, there's a commotion over there sir, which involves young master Clifford and young madam Ingrid against two guests. There's a slight misunderstanding that caused the young master to call the security."

"Goodness, why did you not inform me immediately?" Lance hastened his steps in the attempt to save the situation.

However, when he reached the place, only a lady, standing on side view, and some onlookers were there. Others have already dissipated and continued to enjoy and pretend as if nothing happened.

Lance went to the woman's side and she seems looking at someone with rage, her hands curled to fists and he could tell that she's squeezing it tightly because her hands started to redden.

"Hey, miss…" the woman seems as if she's awakened from a dream when someone called her name.

She blinked many times before she faces Lance who has a confused expression on his face.

"Vanessa Reiley?" his eyes widen in surprise. "How come you're here? You're not in the list of–" Lance stopped talking when he saw that Vanessa's eyes started to cloud with tears.

But her stubbornness hindered it to fall, instead she stared at him viciously, trying to hide her hurt.

Lance saw the latter.

"Hey… are you okay…?" he gently asked instead of scolding the woman. His heart skipped a beat upon seeing the wilful tears trying to escape from her eyes.

When Vanessa heard that gentle voice, she suddenly becomes helpless and the overwhelming emotion which she kept tightly earlier went loose. Her tears started to drop one to another without signs of stopping.

Vanessa sobbed.

Releasing her anger, her shame, and her stupidity over what she did.

Lance did not know what to do. He's confused whether to leave the woman and let her cry on her own or should he extend his arms to comfort her.

'Geez! This is insane! This is Ingrid's rival, why on earth I'm in this situation.'

Vanessa's sobs became loud and some of the guests near them started to look at their direction which makes him anxious.

'What the heck!' Lance has no choice but to tend the woman's cries by comforting her in his embrace. He waved his hand to the nearest waiter and asked for a water to drink.

Moments later, Vanessa calmed. When the waiter came with a gla.s.s of water, Vanessa declared only in their hearing,

"I swear, I'll have my revenge on her…" she drank the water, stood up and left without a word.