139: Chapter 139

Chapter 139

"What's wrong with your face? What happened, Miss Ross?" Henry asked with gentleness in his voice.0

His deep yet soothing voice was like a rain blessing Erin's dry heart. She felt so relieved and wanted to seek his protection since she got beaten by her sister last night.

Thus, Erin tried her best to squeeze her tears and then pointed at her sister, "It's her, Mr. Grant. She assaulted me last night! She slapped me so hard, and then kicked me until I became like this!"

Everyone was surprised by her statement, and Kate was no exception. 

She was surprised because she thought Erin would report everything when she was alone with Henry, but Kate had overestimated Erin this time. 

Of course, that bimbo wouldn't even wait a minute to report everything to her white knight in shining armor. 

Henry glanced at Kate, who was also caught off guard. They seemed to have the same idea in mind, so he improvised, "Really? Mrs. Woods did this to you?"

Erin nodded like a little girl. She then hugged Henry shamelessly in front of Mai and Kate.

Henry flinched, he was about to push her away, but Kate's glare stopped him from doing so.

Thus, he begrudgingly allowed this skunk to hug him, "Did you have a fight with Mrs. Woods? I don't think Mrs. Woods is the type who would hurt others terribly unless she's provoked."

Erin looked up and squeezed even more tears to make herself believable, "Mr. Grant, do you think that I'm the type who would make trouble for others?"

'Yes,' Henry replied in his heart. But what came out of his mouth was, "Then what's the cause of all this?"

Erin glared at Kate and said, "My big sister has always been a bully, she's a mean girl. I just told her last night that our mother sent these jewelries I wear today as a gift for me, but she actually got jealous and started assaulting me because I refuse to give the precious jewelries to her!"

Mai sneered. She was about to argue with Erin but stopped when Mrs. Woods gave her a side-eye. It seemed that she was serious about not letting anything ruin her mission. 

"I mean, I know the jewelries are very beautiful. But why would you hurt your own innocent little sister because of this?" Erin said. She tried to make doe eyes so Henry would pity her even more, "These are gifts from my mother, of course I will wear it! I love and appreciate my mother very much, unlike Kate!"

"W—Well, those gemstones and old gold accent suit you very much, Miss Ross. It makes you look… very vintage," Henry said. "You belong in a museum, Miss Ross."

"Really? Oh, Mr. Grant, I know I look very classy," Erin giggled as she didn't catch the mockery in Henry's sentence just now. 

Henry cleared his throat as he tried to stop himself from laughing his ass off. 

He turned his head towards Kate and said, "I didn't know that you can be very malicious towards your sister, Mrs. Woods. You disappoint me."

Kate's heart skipped for a second. 

Though she knew it was all just play pretend, she had to admit this made her uncomfortable. She disliked getting scrutinized by Henry and hated it even more when she saw Erin hug her man like that.

After all, she had already told this many times to Henry that she was a clingy woman who wanted the attention of the man she loved all for herself. 

"This is none of your problem, Mr. Grant. It's a family problem between Erin and I," Kate said. 

"Oh yeah, then it's my problem now," Henry said. He suddenly wrapped his arm around Erin's hips and claimed, "Miss Ross is an important woman for me, of course I have to protect her from any harm!"

Kate gritted her teeth. She actually got angry at Henry, who dared to wrap his arm around Erin's hips. She had already told him that he didn't need to go overboard with the touch because all he needed to do was convince Erin that he was in love with her with his sweet words and good luck. There was no need for touching. 

Henry realized that he had gone a little overboard. He gulped nervously when Kate gave him a death stare and quickly released his arm around Erin's hips. 

But that didn't stop Erin from feeling things.

She swooned and began to create her own story in her head, thinking that Henry would marry her soon because he boldly claimed her in front of Kate and Mai. 

"I see, so Miss Ross is very important to you, huh?" Kate sneered.

"No, I—uhh—That—" Henry stuttered for a moment. He was like a husband who got caught cheating even though it was all for the sake of their mission. 

"No need to explain, Mr. Grant. Now I know that you're into her," Kate said. She said those words calmly, but it was like a dagger that pierced straight into his heart. 

Erin was so proud of herself because she was able to hook a perfect man like Henry, "Of course he's into me, Sis. Do you really think that a man like Mr. Grant would be with someone like you?"

Erin looked at Henry again and said, "Mr. Grant, do you know how heinous my sister can be? Our mother has a history of a weak heart. She is prone to small heart attacks, and my sister actually dares to provoke her many times with fabricated lies just because she likes to torment me!"

"Kate knows that I love my mother so much, that's why she taunts me with our mother's health just to make herself happy!" Erin slandered Kate in front of Henry, knowing Mr. Grant was already on her side. She believed Henry would eat up anything she said, whether truth or lies. "She's a horrible woman, Mr. Grant! Please consider firing her, or at least punish her for assaulting me!"

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