The Almighty Dragon General

Chapter 28 

Thea had been the object of ridicule for ten years.

Every time she stepped outdoors, her face would be hidden under a veil.She thought she was used to this.

But right now, the crowd's words pierced into her like knives.She kept her head lowered, not daring to meet the onlookers’ gazes...Self-hatred started rising inside her.

"This is it? I wouldn't want her even if you paid me."

"The most beautiful woman in Cansington? The media must've been blind when they said that."

Thea may have been staring at the ground, but she could vividly picture the sneers that were on the crowd's faces.It was too much to bear.

The lump in her throat grew, and a tear fell from her eyes.

Belinda was pleased with Thea's reaction.She lifted Thea's chin, staring at the scabbed-over cuts on her face that were still in the process of healing.

"Such a beautiful face," Belinda said with a laugh.

"What a pity.Haha!"

"W-what are you doing?!"

grip in a panic and lowered her head again, not wanting to meet the other

At that moment, she heard a loud

at James, and all the grievances she had felt

"You...You hit me?"

at James, her other hand holding her

worthless garbage! Do you know who I

go, stretching out an arm to grab Belinda's

face scrunched up in

and apologize," James

grew.Some of them took their phones

so much that she couldn't get even a

his grip

over as

the back of her knee, sending a wave of pain through her as she

thud as her knee met

pain was too much for her.She fell over, wailing

got flustered

one of The Great Four! We can't afford to cross

to look at Thea, his cold expression turning into one

“Sorry."

A slap met James's