The Runaway Groom

Erma started bawling right then. "Please, I'm begging you! I really can't lose this job, or my family would die! We're all employees—from now on, you take care of the baby, and I'll take care of the housework! Can't we make this work?!"

As the occasional people who passed by stared at them, Lulu took a deep breath and stopped struggling.

Looking down at the hysterical Erma, she asked, "Could you stop embarrassing yourself? This is where Mr. Slate lives—the people living around this apartment are either rich or powerful. Are you sure you want to keep this up?"

Erma did a double take at that, and Lulu promptly seized the moment to pull her leg out of Erma’s grasp.

Seemingly startled, Luna started bawling in her arms, and Lulu promptly patted her back, coaxing, "It's alright, it's alright!"

Luna quieted down, she turned around

suffer the likes of you. Don't hope that I'll

actually have helped if Erma would talk this out calmly. But given the way Erma just

apartment is rich. You could've gotten another job with your resume, but

that, Lulu left

left incensed as she got to her feet, and spat, "Who do you think you are?! A mere

thing Lulu told her before she left. Even as everyone nearby shot her looks of disdain, she strode off in silence, hesitating for a while before calling Vivian since she

saw the familiar number. "What's wrong?" Zachary noticed Vivian behaving strangely, covering her phone

just a prank call. It's nothing..." Vivian got up, looking embarrassed. "I'm going to