The Clutches Of Hell Novel

Chapter 29

Victoria clenched her fists and didn’t look back. “Mr. Spritz, you have a girlfriend. Aren’t you afraid that she will misunderstand you if she finds us here?”

When Lucas’ grip on her shoulder loosened a little, she didn’t even look at him at all and just left the stairway right away.

However, her rotten luck made her bump into Scarlett on the way out.

Victoria paused for a moment and continued walking, but when she walked to the left, Scarlett walked to the left too, and when she walked to the right, Scarlett followed suit, blocking her path entirely.

“Why did Luke want to see you?” Scarlett asked while grinding her teeth.

Victoria didn’t answer her but threw another question at the woman instead. “Don’t you know that I broke Bella’s legs during that accident? Do you think Mr. Spritz would want to be with his sister’s enemy?”

Hearing that, Scarlett hesitated for a moment. Nonetheless, she still felt uneasy about it. “If you have nothing to hide, just tell me why he was looking for you.”

“What do you want to know? You can just ask me instead.” Lucas came out of the stairway, and his expression didn’t look too good.

When Scarlett saw him, the jealousy and anger on her face dissipated and only panic was left. She then ran to his side and linked arms with him before saying softly, “Luke, I…”

Victoria didn’t want anything to do with this couple, so she entered the banquet hall right away since Scarlett wasn’t blocking her way.

However, at the banquet, everyone had glamorous attire with heavy makeup on, chatting with each other with wine glasses in their hands. On the contrary, she had uneven short hair and was wearing a janitor’s uniform, making her look out of place. At once, she didn’t know where to go.

She looked at Christian, who was standing beside Bella while talking to Kevin and Nancy. Although she didn’t know what they were talking about, she saw a faint smile on his handsome face.

Meanwhile, her father and a few men in suits were talking and laughing. He just tilted his head to glance at her and looked away almost immediately, making it seem as though he had seen some dirty rubbish.

This was the first time she realized that she was truly alone.

“Miss, Mr. Thatcher is asking for you,” a waiter came to her and said.

Victoria nodded in exhaustion and dragged her heavy legs over to Christian’s side.

“Victoria, your shirt is all wet. You’ll catch a flu if you wear this for the whole night,” Bella said gently. “Just change into my dress.”

“Why are you still treating her so well when she broke your leg? Are you dumb?” Nancy was frustrated. “Are you going to count the money for your kidnappers happily if they sell you off?”

Hearing that, Victoria lowered her head and bit her lips. Although anger was gushing out of her chest, there was nothing she could do other than to hold it back.

Christian chuckled and said strangely, “Mrs. Spritz, I think you don’t know much about your daughter.” Bella? Dumb? Haha, what a joke.

“What?” Nancy looked at him, clueless as to what he was talking about. However, the wheelchair- bound Bella looked disgruntled.

However, he didn’t plan on explaining at all. He put the empty glass on the waiter’s tray and took a new glass of champagne, striding away with his long legs.

Meanwhile, Victoria followed behind him with little steps. Her stomach was weak, and it hurt since she hadn’t had dinner yet.

“Did Lucas look for you?” he asked casually without stopping his footsteps.

Hearing that, she was stunned for a moment. Only after a while did she realize that he was asking her a question, so she hummed in acknowledgement.

“You’re working really hard to get back into this circle.” He stopped walking and looked at her from above. “Do you think there’s still a possibility between you and Lucas after you broke Bella’s legs? Huh?”

His dark eyes were staring at her, and his expression was still as usual. Yet, she still felt that he was unhappy even though she didn’t know when she had provoked him.

She licked her chapped lips and looked at the ground to avoid his gaze. “I didn’t.”

Christian chuckled, but there was a hint of mockery to it.

Victoria opened her mouth to explain herself, but she didn’t say anything in the end. Since he never believed her, there was no need for her to explain at all.

“Long time no see, Mr. Thatcher.” Someone came up to them with a wine glass in his hand and smiled with a fawning face.

Hearing that, Christian nodded and wanted to leave right away, but when he saw Victoria from the corner of his eyes, he stopped and said, “Are you Mr. John from Galaxy Jewelries?”

“That’s right!” Mr. John didn’t know that Christian would remember his name, so he was flattered. “I’m Larry John from Galaxy Jewelries. I collaborated with your company last year…”

Then, he said a bunch of things and cheered with Christian out of courtesy.

“I’m a bad drinker. Would you mind if I asked someone to drink for me?” Although Christian was talking in a friendly way, he didn’t wait for Larry to reply and had already passed the wine glass to Victoria standing behind him right away.

When Larry saw her uniform, the smile on his face froze for a while, and he quickly said, “Of course I don’t mind. It’s my pleasure.”

He lifted his wine glass and said with a smile, “I’ll finish this glass as my respect to you!”

Victoria looked at the champagne in her hand, and her expression turned disgruntled.

Although it was normal to be asked to drink at a banquet, no one would dare say anything when Christian didn’t want to drink because of his status.

It was obvious that he was doing this just to play with her.

“Why aren’t you drinking?” Christian tilted his head to look at her. “Are you looking down on Mr. John, or are you looking down on me?”

When Larry heard that, his gaze landed on Victoria, and his brows snapped together with an unhappy expression.

“I wouldn’t dare to,” Victoria said softly and lifted the champagne glass before taking a small sip.

Then, Christian glanced at the champagne, which didn’t reduce at all, and said in a cold voice, “Only one sip? Are you trying to disrespect Mr. John?”

“How would I dare?” She put on a bitter smile and held back the tears that were going to flow out of her eyes. After lifting her head, she finished the whole glass in one shot.

The champagne followed her throat into her body, and a burning pain could be felt in her stomach as though a fire was burning inside her while thousands of needles stabbed her stomach. Yet, this was nothing compared to the ache in her heart.

She had a weak stomach before she went into prison, so it was best for her to not drink. Christian knew about all of this.

When the others saw that Larry had successfully talked to Christian, they started to gather around him. All of them stepped up, trying to latch onto this powerful man.

After a while, Victoria lost count of the number of glasses she had consumed. She only knew that her stomach was burning and she was numb from the pain. However, she didn’t have the channovelxo.com fast updatece to say no.

“Go outside if you want to puke.” Christian tilted his head to look at her. When he saw the cold sweat on her forehead, he frowned a little and returned to his usual expression almost immediately.

At this moment, her stomach was turning upside down and gastric juice was gushing up her throat, but she held back the disgust and swallowed it back.

As soon as she heard that, she nodded and stumbled to the washroom while covering her mouth.

“Ugh!” She clenched her collar and vomited as soon as she entered the cubicle.

Her lunch had already been digested, so she only vomited some gastric juices after trying to vomit for some time.

Just then, a flush could be heard and someone went out of a cubicle. The person then turned on the tap to wash her hands.

“Did you see Victoria at the party today?”

“Of course, it’s quite difficult not to notice her when she’s wearing that horrible shirt. How dare she come to such an occasion? Doesn’t she feel embarrassed?”

“It’s bad enough if she just embarrasses her own people, but she made me feel embarrassed too. I went shopping and karaoke with her last time. Many people still think that I’m her friend, so they were asking me why I hadn’t gone up to greet her!”

“Bella is just too kind. It would’ve been great if she charged Victoria with attempted murder and let her rot in prison forever.”

Click. Victoria opened the cubicle door and walked out of it. She then quietly looked at the two women who were fixing their makeup at the bathroom sink.

Just like Bella, they used to be her so-called besties