Right Person, Wrong Time

The plump woman set her eyes on Evelyn's face, still angry and rageful. "You know what I'm talking about! You're what I'm talking about! You're the one who set me up by putting me in a tight spot with the Gardner Family, aren't you? You did that to seek revenge on me because you tried and failed to seduce my husband." The plump lady's voice was so loud that it attracted everyone's attention. With their eyes fixed on Evelyn, they started to gossip in murmurs and talked behind her back.

As she was still stunned by the slaps she got in her face, Evelyn couldn't comprehend how she was accused of seducing Harrison. "No, I didn't do that!" she explained anxiously, but the woman was too stubborn to listen. She then slapped Evelyn again. After that, instead of stopping there, she escalated her violence by starting to hit her wildly.

"Ah!" Evelyn shouted in agony. After all, the plump woman, who was wearing pointy leather boots, landed a devastating kick on Evelyn's waist and left a bruise there. Overwhelmed by the searing pain, Evelyn was instantly covered in a cold sweat as she gasped in pain.

Then, the plump lady went on to give Evelyn a terrible beating until the latter lay down on the floor without much energy left to resist. She then clicked her tongue and let out a cold grunt, placing her hands on her waist in an arrogant manner. "B*tch! That should teach you a lesson! Remember, never seduce a married man ever again!" After making her point, she stopped her beating and walked off without saying another word.

Meanwhile, Evelyn, who was injured and could barely move a muscle, struggled to even take a breath and staggered as she tried to find her footing. At the same time, the bystanders were led to believe by the plump woman's words that Evelyn was the one who had had an affair with Harrison. Thus, they began to give her strange looks while gossiping about her adultery. Enduring the bitterness within her, Evelyn snarled at those people in her own defense. "I-I didn't do that! She wronged me!" Despite her desperate effort to explain herself, she still sounded as if she was trying to talk her way out.

"She looks young, but I seriously didn't think she would do such a thing at her age."

"It's no wonder that woman was so mad. Who wouldn't be angry if another woman had an affair with her husband?"

"That's right! She is a mistress who doesn't deserve to be pitied at all! No one is going to pity her even if she dies right here, right now. She deserves it!"

Evelyn was unhappy when she heard those unkind words. There is no way I'd fall for a fat man like Harrison. Despite having taken a beating for something she didn't do, there was nothing Evelyn could do besides putting up with the disdain and criticism. "She was obviously smearing my name! I didn't seduce her husband! It was all a lie!"

Soon, Evelyn felt a chilly sensation in the back of her head and placed her hand there, only to find blood on her hand. At the sight of her red palms, she endured the pain and took a deep breath. A few people among the crowd who were rational enough not to jump to the conclusion sided with her and said, "Hey, lady, if you insist that you're not the mistress, why don't you call the cops and have that woman who beat you up arrested?"

The cops? Evelyn's face turned pale when she heard the suggestion. Since she was still a suspect, she had to lie low as much as possible to avoid being discovered by those law enforcers. "Nah. No need for that." She shook her head.