Shifting his focus solely to Hannah, Bryson inquired, “Are you okay?
Did he harm you?”
“You got here just in time. I’m unharmed.” Hannah shook her head as she massaged her wrist.
With Bryson standing before her, Hannah found her heart pounding in unexpected excitement.
Newly emerging emotions subtly swept her off her feet as she fixated on the man who had just saved her.
The crowd behind Bryson hesitated to enter, gossiping and murmuring from the doorway instead.
“Who’s this woman Bryson brought? Cheating in the changing room?”
“Stop your foolish talk! Didn’t you see? She was cornered by that knife-wielding man!”
“That’s Mr. Wood, the manager from Visionary Building Supplies. Maybe she led on Mr. Mitchell and then gave Mr. Wood the cold shoulder, making him lose it!”
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“What nonsense are you all spouting!” Grace suddenly emerged from behind the onlookers, her dress held high.
Seeing her, the crowd instantly silenced their idle chatter.
Bryson sternly ordered his accompanying security guards, “Contact the authorities, now.”
Hearing that Bryson was summoning the police, the fallen man began to crawl forward in desperation.
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“Mr. Mitchell! We can’t let years of partnership go to waste over a woman!”
“Companies that lack integrity have no place in business with the Mitchell family.”
Upon learning that the Mitchell family intended to cut ties with his own, the man mustered all his might to lift his head and yelled, “This woman summoned me here! She wanted to have a tryst with me here, so don’t blame me!”
“Bullshit! Quit defaming Hannah!”
Grace burst into the room, instantly enveloped by Hannah who whispered, “How’d you manage to get in?”
“I couldn’t stand by and let him tarnish your reputation!” Grace’s voice escalated so that even those outside could hear.
“If we don’t set the record straight today, who knows what rumors might circulate tomorrow!”
Still defiant, the man insisted, “She’s the one who lured me here!
As a man, how could I say no!”
“Hannah was drenched in her dress. She was in my changing room! How could she seduce you while being escorted by a waitress?”
Grace moved forward, arm in arm with Bryson, and looked contemptuously at the man sprawled on the floor.