Chapter 3 How Dare You Hit Me!

Before Miranda could slap Julie a second time, she was stopped by James.

She looked at her son and scowled, "James, this woman..."

He interrupted her, "I asked Julie to get the abortion."

Miranda looked at him in disbelief. "What! But how could you? It's your own child!"

After a short pause, Miranda glared at Julie and asked coldly, "Is it really yours or did this woman have another man's child?"

Everyone in the Leng family knew that James hated Julie. Miranda was under the impression that James had been ignoring Julie all this time. Since Julie couldn't bear the loneliness, it would make sense that she committed adultery with another man.

Miranda's accusation was an insult to Julie's integrity but she had no dignity in the Leng family.

Thinking about this, Julie looked at James. Even if she said that the baby was his, would anyone believe her if he didn't come clean about it? No, they wouldn't. After all, he detested her.

How could James admit to his mother that he had sex with the woman he loathed?

Given the circumstances, it appeared that Julie was going to be defamed once more. Julie laughed at her plight.

Miranda spun around and demanded, "How dare you smile?"

"It's my baby." James said coldly, "Three months ago, I was drunk, so I and Julie..."

He trailed off, looking embarrassed. After composing himself, he continued in a low voice, "I did have sex with her. She has never slept with any other man. The child can only be mine."

Julie looked at James in surprise. She never expected him to bail her out of trouble with his mother.

Miranda was astonished too. After a long silence, she asked, "Are you still thinking about that woman?"

Everyone present knew who the woman in question was.

Bella Chu, James's first love. Although they had broken up, he couldn't forget her even after all this time. Julie found out about this only when she entered the Leng family. She had been dragged into a hotel room by a drunken James, because her eyes reminded him of Bella Chu. That was the only reason he had sex with her that night.

James nodded. "Yes, I still miss Bella," he admitted miserably.

Miranda was so angry that her face turned red. "Come upstairs with me. Let's talk," she said curtly.

Then she turned on her heel and marched upstairs. James glanced at Julie's swollen face. Frowning, he followed his mother without saying anything.

Looking at James's back, Julie was baffled. He had just confessed the truth to his mother, and saved her from embarrassment. It was very unlike him.

"You slept with James again? How did you trick him this time, Julie? Aren't you ashamed of yourself?" yelled Alice as soon as Miranda and James left.

Julie looked at her with contempt. "What does it have to do with you? You have learned how to seduce other people's husbands from your mother. But not all men have poor standards like our father to fall in love with a woman like you!" retorted Julie.

Alice roared, "You!"

Then, she snorted derisively. "Do you think I don't know how you got James to marry you? First, you had sex with him, and then you trapped him by gathering the reporters outside your door. James would have never married you if you hadn't played that dirty trick. He had no choice. And didn't you hear what James just said? He still thinks about Bella. Humph! You will go to any lengths for a little money."

Tilting her head, Alice asked with a snarky smile, "By the way, did that slap hurt just now? I didn't think you has such a low status in the Leng family that you could be slapped so casually. When James divorces you and marries me, I won't be treated so badly."

Julie raised her eyebrows and asked, "Do you want to know how that slap felt?"

Before Alice could respond, Julie raised her hand and slapped her hard.

Alice was dumbstruck. She covered her face with her hand and growled, "You bitch! How dare you hit me?"

Julie remarked coolly, "You wanted to know whether the slap hurt or not. Now you know.

And one more thing: don't think that I don't know what your plan is. If you ever speak ill of me behind my back in the future, I won't spare you. Don't call me sister from now on. You have your mother, and I have mine. We aren't related to each other. I hate your mother and father. They hurt my mother," Julie said scathingly.

Alice was enraged. She roared, "Julie! You think you are so great! Let me tell you, whether or not I was an illegitimate child, I am now my father's legitimate daughter, and I am also the only daughter of the Lin family!"

Alice raised her voice. "If it hadn't been for your useless mother, I would have been my father's legitimate daughter a long time ago. My name is so regal, while yours is so common! How can you compare yourself to me? My father told me that if it hadn't been for your mother's rich family, he would have never married her. He never loved your mother, and he doesn't like you, either. He feels irritated whenever he sees you and your mother..."

Before Alice could finish her tirade, Julie slapped her again.

"Don't insult my mother," she warned in a menacing tone.

A slack-jawed Alice stared at Julie with wide eyes. "How dare you hit me?" she howled.

Julie looked at Alice defiantly. "I told you that I wouldn't spare you if you said anything nasty about me or my mother. I think you still don't know how it feels to be slapped, so I just reminded you again."

Alice was terrified of Julie now. She covered her face and retreated a few steps. "Julie, you are such a phony. Miranda hit you just now, but you didn't dare to say anything to her. You can only act bold in front of me!"