"Joanna! You… how could you!" Yvonne Vaughn was so furious and agitated she was speechless. She pointed an angry finger at Joanna Jacobs, her face completely twisted with rage.
Joanna Jacobs took an instinctive step back. "Auntie, please let me explain, Auntie…"
"Miss Jacobs, at a time like this, what is there to explain? What's the use of explaining, anyway? Do you really think anyone here will believe you?" Troy King continued, his voice dripping with malice. "Mr. Liam Valerius really appreciates you. If it weren't for you, Damien Valerius wouldn't be lying up there so quietly, at our mercy."
"Shut up!" Joanna Jacobs's eyes were bloodshot as she glared at Troy King, wishing he would stop talking.
SLAP!
Yvonne Vaughn's hand struck Joanna Jacobs's face without a moment's hesitation. "Joanna Jacobs! I trusted you so much, I believed in you so much! And you used my trust, and Damien's! Are you even human?! Are you even human?!"
