Chapter 6

Yvonne Lane replied, "I don't need your compliments."

Under the influence of alcohol, Assistant Director Henry rushed towards Yvonne Lane and slapped her right in her face, then said, "If I want you to drink, then drink. Why are you acting all high and mighty when you’re just a failure?!"

As he spoke, he took the bottle of alcohol and poured it into Yvonne Lane's mouth.

Yvonne Lane wanted to push him away, but a man's strength was much greater than a woman's, not to mention that Melody Lane was helping him from the side.

Assistant Director Henry was grateful for Melody Lane's help and said, "Melody, you're still smart. I'll talk to the director and give you more screen time."

Naturally, Melody Lane put in even more effort. "Thank you, Assistant Director Henry. My sister isn't smart, so please be understanding."

Yvonne Lane didn't know how much wine she had been forced to drink. Her alcohol tolerance wasn't good, and at that moment, she already felt a little intoxicated. She tried to hold on to the last of her sobriety. "I... I want to go back..."

"Alright, I'll take you back in a moment." Assistant Director Henry held Yvonne Lane in his arms, his eyes filled with lust.

The woman in front of him did not have sexual charms, but when he thought that this woman had once been Young Master Shaw's girlfriend, Assistant Director Henry couldn't help but get excited.

At this moment, Assistant Director Henry's cell phone suddenly rang.

Originally, he wanted to hang up the phone, but when he saw the caller ID, he still picked it up. After all, it was the director who had called.

In particular, this director was his older brother. He had relied on his older brother to get the position of Assistant Director.

However, after picking up the phone, Assistant Director Henry felt as if he had suddenly woken up from a drunken stupor. His face turned pale and his breathing quickened.

"How... how could it be? She, she... she is just a sanitation worker with no background. Even if her former boyfriend was Zachary Shaw, Zachary Shaw has a fiancée now, so he has no reason to care about her at all. Otherwise, why would his ex-girlfriend be a sanitation worker?"

"Anyway, don't you dare touch this woman, and you have to let her leave safely. You have to know that the boss of the company himself called and warned me. The boss also said that if anything wrong happened to this woman tonight, the entire production crew would be dismissed tomorrow. As for you, you wouldn't be able to stay in Shen City anymore," Director Henry said. At the thought of the boss's serious warning just now, he felt scared.

"How is that possible? Hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of investment? Dismissed?" Assistant Director Henry asked in disbelief, "Who the hell is this woman?"

"How would I know? Either way, you're the one who caused this mess. If you dare to touch even a single hair of hers, watch how I take care of you!" said Director Henry harshly. "How is she now? She's fine, right?"

Assistant Director Henry wanted to cry but no tears came out. He did not dare to say that he had slapped Yvonne Lane and forced her to drink more than half a bottle of red wine.

At this time, Yvonne Lane staggered to open the door of the private room and went out. Melody Lane stepped forward and tried to stop her. Sacrificing her stepsister was nothing as long as she could be famous.

What she didn't expect was that Assistant Director Henry would run forward and slap her hard. Melody Lane tripped and almost fell to the ground.

"Why are you stopping her?" It felt like Assistant Director Henry had hated Melody Lane to death this entire time. If it weren't for this woman, how would he have ended up in this mess?

Melody Lane looked at Assistant Director Henry in shock as he opened the door respectfully. He allowed Yvonne Lane to walk out of the room. "Assistant Director Henry, what are you...?"

"Are you trying to set me up? Who is your sister? Who is behind her?" Assistant Director Henry asked sternly.

Melody Lane had a blank look on her face. "Is there a big shot that protects Yvonne Lane? Why don't I know about it?!"

At this time, Yvonne Lane staggered out of the room. The effects of the alcohol made her feel like she was walking on air, and her vision became more and more blurry.

"I have to go back... I have to go back quickly. I will be in danger if I pass out outside!"

She tried her best to tell herself that she was going home, but her body seemed to be a little out of control.

"Where... Where should I go?"

A blurry figure appeared before her eyes. That figure... gave her a sense of familiarity and made her feel at ease. She felt that as long as that figure was there, she would be safe.

Yvonne Lane walked towards that figure step by step. With much difficulty, she finally arrived in front of it. She raised her head and looked at the figure. Her almond-shaped eyes seemed to have lost focus, but her lips revealed a smile that seemed to have been relieved of a heavy burden. "Julian..."

The next second, she finally closed her barely-open eyelids, and her swaying body fell down.

He took hold of her falling body with a single arm. Julian Youngblood stared at the cheeks of the woman in his embrace. His fingers gently caressed the area where she had obviously been slapped on her cheek. There was a cold glint in his eyes.

"Young Master Youngblood." Colin Graham put away the phone in his hand and carefully explained the situation that he had just discovered. "Miss Lane must have been forced to drink some red wine, and then she was slapped."

"Is that so? Break the hand of the person that hit her," Julian Youngblood said, picked Yvonne Lane up, and sat down in the car.

Colin Graham was shocked. "Is Master Youngblood standing up for Yvonne Lane?" Previously, Master Youngblood had not done anything in retaliation when his fiancée had died, but now, with the perpetrator of the accident, he...

In the car, Julian Youngblood only felt that the marks on her cheek were extremely eye-catching. She was obviously just a toy to him, but why was he so unhappy when he saw that she had been injured by someone?

Was it out of pity? But, when had he even felt pity for anyone?

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When Yvonne Lane woke up, she saw the ceiling of the rental house and... a familiar face.

"Julian!" Yvonne Lane sat up abruptly, but her head throbbed with pain. She suddenly took a deep breath and said after resting for a while, "How... how did I get back here? I was obviously at the clubhouse..."

The previous scenes in the room replayed in her mind, and her expression gradually became gloomy.

"I saw you coming out of the entrance to the club, so I brought you back," Julian Youngblood said.

"But I didn't tell you that I went there."

"When you were answering the phone, I heard the address," he said. "Would you like some water? You'll probably feel better."

He handed her a glass of warm water. She took a few sips of it and then felt more comfortable.

"I didn't do anything strange when I was drunk, did I?" she couldn't help but ask.