Suddenly, she held her head and cried in pain, “Mom, my head hurts so much. Am I going to die?”
Vanessa stood beside her, her eyes red with anxiety. “Has the doctor arrived? Ruby, hold on. The doctor will be here soon.”
Phoebe’s gaze moved away from Ruby and landed on Edward. Edward was also looking at her. “Phoebe, it’s okay. I won’t let anyone bully you.” Phoebe’s heart clenched. “You don’t have to get involved.”
He couldn’t have heard what she said to Ruby just now. She deliberately lowered her voice, unless he was right behind the rockery.
“I don’t want to see you being mistreated.” Edward interrupted her and looked at her with gentle and affectionate eyes. “I’ve said before, I will protect you.”
Theodore, who walked into the hall, witnessed this scene. He squinted his eyes, feeling a surge of jealousy in his heart. He walked towards them with a gloomy face. Nova’s secretary ran over from behind him, accompanied by a doctor. He ran to Ruby’s side and examined the wound on the back of her head.
“The cut is quite deep. It needs to be stitched at the hospital. Let me apply some medicine on Miss Adams first to stop the bleeding.” The doctor opened his medical kit and began to stop the bleeding.
Ruby screamed in pain, and Mrs. Adams felt uneasy hearing it. When she saw Theodore coming in, she said, “Mr. Reynolds, your secretary has quite an attitude. She injured someone but refused to apologize.”
Theodore looked at Phoebe and spoke coldly, “Did you hurt someone?”
Phoebe locked eyes with him and suddenly remembered his emotionless words earlier about never falling in love with the least likely person, causing a pang in her chest. “She wanted to hit me, I grabbed her hand and let go. She lost her balance and hit the rockery.”
“Apologize!” Theodore’s face turned ugly.
Phoebe looked at him in disbelief. “What did you say?”
Theodore stared at her with a heavy expression. “Apologize, don’t make me say it a third time.”
Standing beside them, Edward frowned upon seeing Theodore demanding an apology from Phoebe without considering the situation. “Theodore, what did Phoebe do wrong that you want her to apologize?”
Without sparing him a glance, Theodore’s face grew darker. “This is our family matter, Mr. Vanderbilt, it’s best not to interfere.”
Edward’s face turned pale. Theodore slowly approached Phoebe, his gaze sharp as a knife, and his voice clearly suppressing his anger.
“Phoebe, it seems you completely ignored what I said.”
Phoebe’s eyes welled up with heat. “She provoked me first.”
Theodore sneered and grabbed her chin, spraying his anger onto her face. “You’re so innocent, everything is someone else’s fault.”
With their proximity, Phoebe could see her pitiful and ridiculous reflection in Theodore’s eyes. He didn’t believe her! He would rather trust Ruby than trust her.
“I didn’t do anything wrong; I won’t apologize.” Phoebe held her ground, defiantly looking at him. “If you think I’m wrong, call the police and have me arrested. Let the police judge my guilt.” Theodore looked at Phoebe, who refused to admit any mistake, and angrily chuckled. “This small matter doesn’t require wasting police resources.”
He grabbed Phoebe’s wrist and dragged her towards the exit.