Janiya seemed to realize that no matter how hard she tried to make things difficult for me, I wasn’t going to Leave. Because of this, she glowered at me throughout the rest of the dinner.
Still, she refused to give up. She leaned over and whispered in my ear, “Debra, how dare you show your face here again? Do you think that no one will know that you’re the daughter of a fucking prostitute now that Colin’s missing?”
I smiled at her calmly. “You’d better have evidence before you make such a radical claim. Otherwise, you’ll just irritate Caleb again.”
“Bitch!”
Perhaps I reminded her of the embarrassment she felt at that time, because she was suddenly so angry that she poured her glass of wine on me without scruples.
There was nothing I could do to avoid it. An icky chill quickly spread on my chest, and the strong smell of alcohol filled my nose. 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.𝘤𝘰𝘮
“Janiya, you-“
Before I could get another word out, Janiya feigned an innocent expression and interrupted me. “Debra, what the hell is wrong with you?”
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She looked at me with mockery and skillfully lied through her teeth. “You can’t even pour wine for me properly? What kind of assistant are you? You’re even worse than an uneducated servant! You’d better leave before you make a fool of yourself!”
I gritted my teeth and was racking my brains for a way to fight back when Luca suddenly snuck behind Janiya, yanked the hat off her head, and then ran away.
Only then did it occur to me that today was a warm day. Why did Janiya wear a hat? It looked strange and didn’t match the dress she was wearing.
! What the-? Damn it! Who took my hat?”
After the hat was snatched from her head, Janiya seemed to be in a great panic. She quickly stood up and hurriedly covered her head with her hands. Because of the sudden movement, she accidentally knocked over the dinnerware on the table.
“I’m sorry, Adam. I feel a Little unwell all of a sudden. I’ll go back to the hotel.” Janiya ducked down and was careful to cover her the back of her head with her hands.
Without waiting for a response, she walked to the door as quickly as she could. Because she wasn’t looking where she was going, she kept bumping into furniture and tripping over the carpet.
She looked Like a clown doing a solo act.
Even Adam frowned and demanded, “What the hell is going on? You’re being rude!”
Caleb and Luca exchanged knowing smiles.
Only then did I realize that it was a prank orchestrated by Caleb and Luca.
Did Caleb ask Luca to help me because he saw that Janiya was picking on me?
Before I could figure it out, I saw that Caleb covered his mouth and cleared his throat. Then he explained to Adam, “I’m really sorry. A few days ago, Janiya hit the back of her head. In order to apply medicine on the wound, she had to shave off a part of her hair. Now the back of her head is bald.”
He glanced at the back of Janiya’s head and added, “She’s a lady after all. She puts a premium on her image and doesn’t want anyone to see it.”
