Chapter 691: Hitting Back (3)
But this time, Autumn Rhodes had used such a despicable method to lure Vera Xavier out just to beat her up. This was something she couldn’t tolerate!
’If I let this slide, the school will be filled with rumors about me and Sheldon Caldwell. If Sheldon and I weren’t related by blood, I couldn’t care less what rumors they spread.’
’But Sheldon Caldwell is my own brother, so I absolutely cannot let these rumors spread. After all, even without knowing I’m his sister, he’s been good to me.’
After the beating had gone on for a good ten minutes, Vera Xavier finally sauntered over.
When she got there, Autumn Rhodes had already been beaten senseless and was lying on the ground like a dead dog, unable to move. She squatted in front of Autumn Rhodes and said, "Senior, how does it feel to get beaten up?"
Enraged, Autumn Rhodes tried to scramble to her feet to hit Vera Xavier. But before she could even raise her hand, Vera Xavier slapped her across the face. "Senior, you have such a foul temper. I don’t think that’s a good thing. My greatest strength is helping people correct their shortcomings. Today, I’ll teach you how to maintain a little humility."
Autumn Rhodes trembled with fury and tried to strike back, but Vera Xavier simply gave her another backhanded slap.
Autumn Rhodes snarled through gritted teeth, "Vera Xavier, you’ve got a lot of nerve, daring to hit me! Do you have any idea who I am?"
Hearing this gave Vera Xavier a strong sense of déjà vu, reminding her of her confrontation with Susan Caldwell. Back in Trellis, Susan Caldwell had asked her the very same thing. ’It seems the only card girls like this, who think they’re special because of their families, have to play is their family background,’ she thought.
Vera Xavier said coolly, "Of course I know who you are. You’re Autumn Rhodes. Your family is extremely powerful in A Province, and I hear your father is a high-ranking official. But listen, you need to get something straight. That’s in A Province. This is Veridia. We live in a society governed by the rule of law now, not the old days. And one more thing you need to understand: right now, you’re at my mercy."
Autumn Rhodes’s eyes widened as she stared at Vera Xavier. Vera added, "Am I not speaking the truth? Right now, if I want to hit you, I’ll hit you. If I want to step on you, I’ll step on you. You’re completely powerless to fight back."
Autumn Rhodes was livid. She twisted her head to glare at the girls who had beaten her and snarled, "You actually dared to help Vera Xavier beat me? Just you wait!"
"I’ll protect you from now on," Vera Xavier said coolly. "If Autumn Rhodes ever dares to lay a single finger on you, come find me."
The girls had been worried, but hearing Vera Xavier’s words, they all heaved a huge sigh of relief.
The reason they were afraid of Autumn Rhodes was her family’s immense power. But since Vera Xavier dared to speak to her this way, even knowing full well about her background, Vera must come from an incredibly powerful family too.
Only Vera Xavier herself knew that, fundamentally, she was just a small fry. ’But I have a powerful husband! If I really can’t handle the fallout, I’ll just go get Nathaniel Nathan to fix it!’
’He did say that no matter what trouble I get into, he’d have my back. In that case, I might as well borrow his power to scare her off this once!’
Autumn Rhodes hadn’t expected Vera Xavier to dare speak like that, and she was a little surprised. She had actually investigated Vera before making a move, and the results showed she was just an ordinary girl with no background whatsoever.