An Understated Dominance

Chapter 205

Dahlia frowned slightly, slowly coming back to her senses. Looking at Florence hop around energetically, she was astounded. “Mom, I thought you said you broke your hands and feet? How can you still stand?”

“Huh?” Florence’s face froze, and she forced a smile. “When I saw Julie, I got a little too emotional and temporarily forgot about the pain. I should lie back down and get some rest right away.”

With that, she limped to the bed.

But those horrible acting skills fooled no one.

“Mom, are you actually

actually fine and were just pretending to be hurt in front of me?!” Dahlia’s face sank.

“How can I be fine? Didn’t you see how Dustin hit me? Ouch held her head and began to put on a show again.

My head is starting to hurt again!” Florence

“You said you have a concussion and broken limbs. Well, where’s the case file from the hospital? Show it to me!” Dahlia demanded.

“Well…” Florence and James both looked at each other, speechless.

Seeing their reaction, of course. Dahlia caught on.

“So you two have been lying to me all along? All for what?” She bit the bottom of her lip.

“Fine. I’m not hurt! So what? Seeing that her ruse was up, Florence stopped pretending.

She said indignantly, “Although I didn’t get hurt, it’s still true that that animal beat us up. You saw what happened in the video. Could that be faked?”

“That’s right! Dahlia, look at the injuries on my face. He did this to me!” James played along.

“Give me your phone!” Dahlia demanded, her gaze cold.

“W–what do you want my phone for?” James felt a niggling sense of guilt.

“Just give it to me!”

Without another word, Dahlia snatched the phone from his hands. She looked for the full video and played it with the volume turned up.

After grasping the entire situation, her body began to tremble from head to toe. She finally understood why her brother had been beaten up.

wasn’t the ungrateful one. It was her mother and brother who crossed the line and went to his doorstep to kick

did you guys lie to me?!”

That animal was wrong to hit us. Even if we started it, he had no right to hit us back! So what if we hit him? We’re older than him; can’t we teach him

are really unbelievable!” Dahlia was furious. She didn’t expect that

her own fault, but she still pinned the blame on Dustin,

he hadn’t framed Julie, would we have gone

that, a middle–aged man in uniform alighted

you still need to make sure she learned her lesson and won’t make the same mistake again. If Mr. Rhys hadn’t said anything today, Julie would probably have remained in there for

“Mr. Rhys?”

the others looked at each other. “Wasn’t it Mr. Laney

never heard

that, everyone’s eyes

happened, it wasn’t even Phineas

had they thanked

Matt felt his

This was fucking humiliating!

who this “Mr. Rhys‘ is that you’re talking about?”

eyebrow. “Who else could it be? Of course, it’s Dustin Rhys. Who else would

he said that, the entire room fell

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Rhys? How could it be him?!” After learning the truth, Florence and the others looked at each other

years had they considered that it wasn’t Matt who saved Julie, but the person they had dubbed

was simply a slap

Dustin never framed Julie in the first place, and it was you guys purposely slinging mud at him?” Dahlia

as

feeling guilty because he knows what he did wrong, so he’s trying to make things up to

course, she would never admit that

about Dustin.

would be too

you still want to justify yourself?”

heart was clenching.

why would he have saved her? In the

right! If he didn’t do it, why did

you guys!” Dahlia’s

marriage, he has always been honest and agreeable, but

basically roaring by the end

Everyone was scared stiff.