Chapter 994: Chapter 994: He touched you?
Oswald turned back to look at his brother, “Didn’t you know her surna was Swift yesterday?”
“Do you rember Master Adam has a fiancée with the surna Swift? I heard she’s quite a beauty. Doesn’t she remind you of her?” That person said and glanced again at Bertha Swift.
Bertha Swift’s entire body was tense, already unwell, her face now looked even worse.
Oswald looked at Bertha Swift unexpectedly and repeated thoughtfully, “Bertha, Bertha Swift? So you are the sa person?”
After Oswald finished speaking, everyone in the booth looked at her, including Maria White behind her.
For a mont, Bertha Swift felt she was not standing in a dimly lit bar booth but on stage, with the spotlight on her, leaving her nowhere to escape.
She struggled to appear calm, but her voice betrayed everything, “I… I…”
Before she could say the two words, another person behind Oswald almost definitely shouted, “Yes, that’s her. I saw it in a report once, but it was quickly deleted. Isn’t she the one who broke off the engagent with Master Adam?”
The booth wasn’t large, and everyone on site heard the words clearly.
Bertha Swift opened her mouth, but the words “not” were chewed in her mouth for a long ti before she swallowed them, knowing that any denial was futile now.
Maybe Oswald previously didn’t know who she was, but if he really wanted to find out, it wouldn’t take long. She could only present herself with a different deanor, relaxing her body slightly and looking at the few people across with disdain, “I don’t really want to bring up past matters, but since you know, there’s no point in hiding anymore, is there? Can we leave now?”
Oswald frowned as he watched Bertha Swift suddenly change her posture, “Are you really Adam Piers’ forr fiancée?”
“Didn’t you recognize it yourselves? Besides, what’s worth impersonating about his fiancée?” Bertha Swift felt that she was acting particularly theatrical at this mont, the temporary acting lessons for “The Doctors” were quite effective.
The reversal of the situation forced Oswald to be cautious. He previously knew Adam had a fiancée, and it caused quite a stir in the circle, supposedly even pregnant to secure her position. However, at that ti, the Lewis family was busy with sothing and didn’t have the attention available to follow up on that matter. By the ti he wanted to know more, the engagent was already dissolved.
He didn’t expect Adam’s rumored fiancée to actually be the woman in front of him. Oswald was almost fooled by Bertha Swift’s attitude, staring at her for a while, “Adam’s forr fiancée should have a good family background, yet she ends up dancing provocatively at a nightclub. Really, it’s quite eye-opening.”
Bertha Swift initially didn’t want to reveal her identity because she feared being exposed for this very reason. She hadn’t anticipated not scaring Oswald but instead being poked right at her sore spot.
Bertha Swift’s sickly pale face beca even paler, and she was forced to swallow the prepared lines earlier, only looking at the opposite side coldly, responding to the changing situation without changing herself.
Oswald found Bertha Swift’s deanor increasingly interesting. Although he hadn’t understood much about Bertha’s affairs, he knew well that a woman discarded by the Piers family, ultimately thrown out, could have no coercive power, much less any use to him.
The so-called Elder Piers’ birthday banquet was probably just a guise by this woman.
Her sche was good; she actually dared to calculate against him openly.
However, looking at Bertha Swift’s exceptionally beautiful face, even without makeup, Oswald’s eyes showed greed. If previously he just found her pretty and wanted a fling, now it was another kind of excitent.
He’s a bit curious about what’s so special about won the Piers n have been with!
Gazing boldly at Bertha Swift, “Since you are Adam’s forr fiancée, I certainly can’t treat you as casually as before. Go, have the boss reserve the suite for .”
The latter sentence Oswald directed to his underlings.
Bertha Swift was disgusted by the look, especially after hearing the final words. Her body, which had been forcefully supported, wobbled unsteadily, and Maria White, completely dumbfounded, held her from behind.
She looked back at Maria, who held her but was full of confusion and unease. Bertha Swift opened her mouth, but the words of apology were swallowed. This was not the ti for apologies; she placed a single hand on Maria’s shoulder, suppressing the dizziness earlier, making her final gamble.
“Have you thought about the consequences of touching , Oswald? Why did you send to Adam yesterday? It must be because Adam did sothing, right? Let guess what he did that made you think he was interested in .”
At this point, Bertha Swift paused thoughtfully, then showed a mocking smile, “Facebook Circle, perhaps? Soone posted my video that Adam saw, and he made you delete it? Or said sothing else? That’s why you’re acting against . If that’s the case, have you considered that just a video or a photo he couldn’t take, what would happen if he found out you touched ?”
Oswald was indeed excited at first, not considering this point, but seeing Bertha Swift’s forced facade, he laughed disdainfully, “Are you sure Adam is attached to you and not just afraid you’ll embarrass him?”
Bertha Swift clenched her fist, her fingertips biting into the soft skin of her palm, controlling the bitterness in her heart, “Do you think he wouldn’t have been with a celebrity today instead of yesterday or earlier? No, he had so much gossip before, why wasn’t it ever publicized like today?”
Oswald remained unmoved, coldly staring at Bertha Swift, not noticing that his underlings went to reserve a room but didn’t even close the booth’s door.
Bertha Swift gave him a charming smile, “Is it hard to guess? It’s, of course, for to see.”
Oswald laughed at this. In his perception, n in the circle wouldn’t treat won as anything beyond toys, even those seemingly respectable, changing won like clothes behind the scenes. As for Adam, he was a dandy among dandies, would he do sothing so childish for a woman?
This woman really thinks she’s sothing special!
Oswald looked down on Bertha Swift, “You’ve probably watched too many third-rate CEO dramas, thinking life is like a romance series, where a man like Adam would be so foolish over a woman, especially a forr fiancée! If soone like Adam really values soone, would he break off the engagent? Miss Swift, I think you haven’t slept, but you’ve started dreaming.”
“Hahaha…”
After Oswald spoke, his brothers laughed along.
Bertha Swift pursed her lips, not expecting the opponent to be entirely unaffected by her, feeling desperate. Bowing her head, she looked apologetically at Maria White, who was rely dragged into this by her efforts, fearing they wouldn’t escape this disaster tonight.
While she could consider ending her life to avoid becoming the other’s plaything, what about Maria White?
Maria White t Bertha Swift’s eyes and felt discomfort, knowing it was her persuasion that led Bertha to dance in the bar, causing all this, but regretting it now was useless. She reached out, grabbing Bertha’s coat lightly murmuring, “Bertha, life matters.”
She wasn’t foolish, seeing that Bertha’s vigorous defense was actually for her, realizing Bertha’s survival instinct dimd so significantly, sothing she knew during their ti as roommates. Now, after Oswald spoke those words, that feeling intensified.
Bertha Swift was montarily stunned by Maria White’s words. She still wasn’t quite accustod to the other calling her by her first na, Bertha. The intimacy felt extrely uncomfortable, but those last three words seed to burn into her heart, echoing endlessly: life is important, life is important, life is important…
Oswald Lewis saw that Bertha Swift’s psychological defenses had been breached. He stretched out his long arm to grab Bertha Swift’s slender waist, a waist he had longed for last night. But for the sake of benefits, he had sent her to Adam Piers first. Now, finally able to enjoy it, he wasn’t going to hold back.
Bang!
Just as Oswald Lewis’s hand was about to land on Bertha Swift’s waist, Bertha Swift was about to pull Maria White back when the next mont there was a loud bang. The door was kicked open, making her ears ring, even from a short distance away. At the sa ti, Oswald Lewis’s hand halted mid-air, and he swore in frustration, “Who the hell dares to kick open my… my booth…”
Before Oswald Lewis finished speaking, he saw Adam Piers, full of a nacing presence, stepping aside as a man ca in. His mouth opened and closed for a while before he stamred out, “Master Adam.”
Adam Piers said nothing, his gaze fixed on Oswald Lewis’s hand, which was frozen in mid-air.
Oswald Lewis belatedly withdrew his hand, calling out again, “Master Adam.”
Adam Piers still ignored him, instead looking at Bertha Swift, who remained frozen in place, “Did he touch you?”
Bertha Swift was caught off guard by Adam Piers’s sudden appearance. Her mind went blank, and she couldn’t comprehend what the man was asking.
But Oswald Lewis reacted more quickly, “No, I didn’t touch her!”
“I’m asking her,” Adam Piers’s voice rose sharply as he glared fiercely at Bertha Swift.
Bertha Swift finally understood what Adam Piers ant. She pursed her dry lips, attempted to speak but found herself voiceless, so she quietly nodded.
Seeing her gesture, Adam Piers inexplicably grew furious, “What does nodding an? I’m asking you a question!”
Adam Piers’s voice carried, his whole deanor dripping with a chilling anger. Bertha Swift hadn’t reacted much yet, but Maria White beside her shivered slightly, her eyes reflecting shattered illusions and heartbreak. Maria never imagined that Adam Piers was so fierce and terrifying in private, completely unlike his movie and variety show persona.
Feeling Adam Piers’s fury, Bertha Swift swallowed and finally managed to speak, “No, he didn’t touch .”
Adam Piers’s expression finally eased sowhat at this, and he turned his gaze to Oswald Lewis, “You want to sleep with her?”
This ti, Adam Piers’s voice was not loud; it was even unnaturally calm compared to before. But Oswald Lewis shivered involuntarily, feeling even more disturbed than before, and hurriedly shook his head at Adam Piers, “Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, Master Adam, this is just a misunderstanding.”
“Is that so?” Adam Piers retorted. After speaking, he lowered his head to pull out a cigarette, and a bodyguard beside him imdiately lit it for him.
Adam Piers had been under strict control in the hospital these past few days, and his smoking habit wasn’t heavy, so he hadn’t touched cigarettes much. But since Bertha Swift had run off last night, he had been filled with antsy energy. Now, clenching the cigarette between his teeth, he took a fierce drag before continuing to look at Oswald Lewis.
Being stared at by Adam Piers like this, Oswald Lewis felt goosebumps rise all over, but he was, after all, in the sa circle. He smiled obsequiously at Adam Piers, “Of course it’s real. Miss Swift is Master Adam’s woman, how could I dare to covet her? It’s truly just a misunderstanding.”
Adam Piers turned his head to look at Bertha Swift, “Misunderstanding?”
Hearing Adam Piers’s words, Oswald Lewis also glanced at Bertha Swift, his gaze carrying a warning.
Bertha Swift glanced at Oswald Lewis, then at Maria White, who was still trembling with weak legs, nodded towards Adam Piers, “Yes, it’s a misunderstanding.”
Adam Piers almost laughed in anger, but considering Bertha Swift’s current situation, he refrained from saying anything more. He rely cast a cool glance around the booth, “Oh, it turns out it’s a misunderstanding.”
“Yes, I originally planned to send Miss Swift to where Master Adam is. Since Master Adam is here… we’ll just leave now.” With that, Oswald Lewis signaled his brothers and subordinates, and the next mont they scurried out of the booth.
Suddenly, the lively booth was left with only Bertha Swift, Maria White, and Adam Piers’s people, creating an awkward atmosphere.
Maria White, who hadn’t anticipated how things would unfold, froze for a mont, then realized she seed out of place. She opened her mouth to speak, but before she could, Adam Piers gestured to soone beside him, and the next mont a bodyguard-type man helped her up, “Miss, I’ll take you ho.”
Maria White instinctively looked at Bertha Swift, but before she could make eye contact, she was half-carried out by Adam Piers’s bodyguard.
By the ti she reacted, the booth door had already been closed.
Hearing the sound, Bertha Swift instinctively looked over, but it was too late. She bit her lip and looked up, “Thank you for tonight.”
“Just a thank you?” Adam Piers sneered at Bertha Swift’s attitude, questioning her.
Bertha Swift was stumped, unsure of how to respond to the man. Their relationship was too awkward right now; nothing seed appropriate, and everything felt out of place.
Just when the atmosphere was already bizarre, Adam Piers suddenly spoke, “If that’s the case, have you ever thought about it? Just a video or a picture, he can’t bear it. If he finds out you touched , what do you think would happen?”
“Do you know why he released news of a date with a movie star today and not yesterday or before? No, all his previous scandals, why have none been as widely publicized as today?”
“Is it hard to guess? Of course, it’s to show .”
Initially, Bertha Swift didn’t catch on. It wasn’t until Adam Piers got to the second sentence that her pale face gradually turned red, and by the end of Adam Piers’s words, even her neck was a flush of gentle pink. Her eyes were filled with shock and disbelief, her voice trembling, “You… when did you arrive?”
“What a coincidence, just when you were saying how important you are to ,” Adam Piers said slowly.
Bertha Swift’s face turned red beyond recognition. She couldn’t believe that the words she used to fool Oswald Lewis had been heard by Adam Piers himself without missing a single word, and that he rembered it so clearly. Her mouth felt bitter and dry, and she wished she could just drop dead from embarrassnt, “Well, I… I just acted according to the situation, don’t misunderstand.”
“Is it a misunderstanding?” Adam Piers asked in return.
“Of course, I was just trying to scare Oswald Lewis, to prevent him from doing…” At this point, Bertha Swift thought about the lie she told for Maria White’s sake and her own future, letting Oswald Lewis off the hook, and she stopped speaking, her mouth opening but no words coming out.
However, Adam Piers’s eyes grew colder, “Do what? Why stop speaking?”
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