His Heiress Wife (Retika)

Chapter 167: Good Acting

"Reagan, you finally revealed your true colors.You bitch, I'm going to kill you!"

Christine shrieked in anger.

Immediately after saying this, Christine lunged toward Reagan, ready to rough her up.

Reagan felt that Christine was overestimating herself when the latter dashed to attack her.

‘You want to hit me the little ability you have?’ Reagan thought to herself, feeling smug.

Reagan might look like a weak young miss from a wealthy family but no one knew her true strength.

It was a known fact that wealthy families were often targeted by syndicates and other lawless organizations because of their superior wealth.

Under these circumstances, children from wealthy families were trained to protect themselves.

There had been too many cases of children getting nabbed or attacked by those organizations, after all.

Reagan's grandfather had arranged for a self-defense master to teach the children in their family how to fight and defend themselves since they were young.

Although Reagan was not very good at fighting, she was still qualified to deal with a girl like Christine who barely had any strength to truss up a chicken.

Reagan was about to counterattack when she noticed a few people rushing up the corridor through the side glass window.

Reagan immediately retracted her outstretched fist that was about to punch Christine.

Christine seized the opportunity to throw Reagan to the ground.

She wanted to give Reagan two loud slaps to vent her anger.

However, before Christine could make a move, the door of the rooftop that was originally locked was forcefully kicked open.

In order to prevent accidents, the school administration made sure that the door to the rooftop could be locked but the locks were not sturdy.

Christine was shocked by the sudden intrusion and froze on the spot, forgetting to get off Reagan.

A group of people rushed in, led by Zeke.

The moment they got there, they saw Reagan, who was pressed to the ground by Christine, crying for help.

Zeke no longer cared about maintaining his image.

He rushed forward, yanked Christine, and shook her off Reagan.

Christine reacted and struggled to pounce at Reagan again, but was stopped by the people who followed Zeke.

Zeke squatted down to check on Reagan and carefully helped her up.

"Reagan, are you alright?" he asked, his voice laced with worry.

Reagan's face was devoid of color, and her eyes were wide with terror.

She looked so feeble and even her voice was trembling.

"Zeke, don't blame Christine." Reagan pleaded on Christine's behalf.

"She's just too angry at the moment.I'll be fine!" she added.

Zeke gazed at Reagan with a troubled expression on his face.

His eyebrows were furrowed and he fiercely roared, "Reagan, you're already in such a state.Why are you still speaking up for her?! She treated you so poorly yet here you are trying to help her.Don't bring her up anymore.She's completely hopeless!"

Christine was still struggling as she stood on the side.Her eyes were shooting daggers at Reagan.

At this moment, Christine finally came to her senses.She understood that she was only a pawn, a chess piece used by Reagan.She felt like a fool.

"Reagan, you are really good at pretending.Since you are so good at acting, why don't you become an actress? With your acting skills, if you join the entertainment industry, the Best Actress award would surely be yours!"

Christine lashed at Reagan, her tone filled with sarcasm and mockery. Copyright by Nôv/elDrama.Org.

Reagan weakly leaned in Zeke's embrace, her eyes brimming with tears.She looked really frail and agitated, as weak as a flower that swayed with every wind.

"Christine, I understand that you're just trying to vent your anger.Go ahead, come at me.If it makes you happy, you can hit me as long as you want.I don't mind that you almost killed me earlier." Reagan said, her voice sounding weak.

Looking at Reagan's pitiful appearance, Christine was so infuriated that steam was coming off her ears.

"Reagan, you bitch, stop pretending to be innocent!" Christine hollered.

She wanted to charge toward Reagan and teach her a lesson, but she was firmly held back by two boys who did not give her a chance to break free.

Facing Christine who was baring her fangs and brandishing her claws, Zeke was extremely disgusted.He said to the two boys who were holding Christine.

"Hurry up and send her to the principal's office and let the principal deal with her.I'm afraid that she is delusional.Don't let her hurt the other students."

"Bullshit!"

Christine cursed at him.

The other students who had never seen such a vulgar side of Christine in the past also felt that she had gone berserk.

They stared at Christine with a look of disgust and fear, as if they were looking at a real madman.

Having seen the disdainful and mocking look the other students gave her, Christine completely flipped out.She tried harder to free herself from the tight grip of the two boys.

But in the end, she was dragged toward the principal's office without any trace of politeness or pity.

On the other hand, Reagan was like a frightened rabbit, helplessly leaning into Zeke's arms.

Like a Princess who was rescued by a Prince, she safely walked out of everyone's sight.

Zeke and the others were not the only ones who made their way to the rooftop.

Melody and the rest of the students from Class 8 had also rushed over.

This was because one of their classmates came to report that Christine went looking for trouble with Reagan and dragged her to the rooftop, threatening to kill her.

Whether it was out of curiosity or worry about Reagan, everyone who heard the news raced over anyway.

Melody also heard the news.

She went because she was still a member of the Sullivan family after all.

In addition, she promised her grandfather that she would protect the lives of the Sullivan family members.

As such, Melody didn't actually go to the rooftop to watch a good show.

Christine was right.

With Reagan's acting skills, if she were to join the entertainment industry, Reagan would definitely surpass Sarah in the future.

Reagan possessed an innate talent in acting.Her performance was so natural, it was as if she wasn't acting at all.

Even Clifford couldn't help but sigh.

"Reagan is too pitiful.It makes my heart ache to see such a beauty treated like this."

Luke, who was standing at the side, pushed Lance with dissatisfaction and said in disgust, "Who are your bosses? Are your eyes blind?!"

‘A hypocrite like Reagan is such a bad actor.Where did she get the audacity to act pitiful?’ thought Luke.

In Luke's opinion, Reagan's performance was laughable at best!

"What do you want? Are you asking for a beating?!"

Lance countered, glaring at Luke in irritation.

Luke bluntly replied, "People with well-developed limbs and simple minds are really only fit to fight all day long!"

Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel again, Melody interfered and shouted at them, "That's enough!"

The two boys immediately stopped bickering and obediently stood in front of Melody.

They looked like primary school students admitting their mistakes in front of their teachers.

Melody looked up.Her clear eyes flashed with a cold light and her entire body exuded a terrifying aura.

After two seconds of silence, having ensured that the two of them had really stopped bickering, she turned around and left.

Lance and Luke followed her out.

They didn't dare to say anything in fear of Melody's status.

The matter was resolved with Christine's expulsion from the school.

Christine's reputation as an elegant daughter of a distinguished family in California was completely ruined.

With her status, even if her grades were not outstanding or even if she didn't have a great career, she could still marry someone with a wealthy or powerful background.

This matter, however, had escalated, and Christine had lost her chances.

Christine was now labeled as someone of ill-repute.

The Jacobs family, the Sullivan family, and several other families who had good relations with them had joined forces to boycott the Lucas family at this time.

Due to her expulsion from the school, Christine could no longer stay in California and could only transfer to a school overseas.

Christine cried and begged her family to avenge her, however, she was strongly reprimanded by her parents.

"You still have the guts to cry and beg for mercy?! Look at what you've done."

Randall Lucas, Christine's father scolded her, his voice thunderous.

After being admonished by her father, Christine threw herself into her mother’s arms and cried loudly, "Mom, Reagan framed me.She was the one who took the money and did all those bad things, but I am the one who had to bear the crime! She used me as her scapegoat! This is unfair!"

"Do you think it matters who is at fault?" Randall glared at her coldly.

"If you don’t bow your head and admit your mistake, then you will be the target of criticism.Then we, the Lucas family, will be crushed, especially now that several families have joined forces to suppress us.Are you planning to end the Lucas family and bring everyone down with you? Are you going to make our whole family pay for your willfulness?!"

Randall's words revealed the gravity of the situation.

Although Christine wanted to cry and defend herself, she knew that there was nothing she could do for now.

Seeing her daughter crying so pitifully, Eleanor, Christine's mother was anguished.

She tried to comfort her daughter and said, "Sweetheart, you should go abroad to stabilize your emotions and adjust your mentality.Wait for this matter to die down."

Eleanor believed what her daughter said.

Christine had always been pure and innocent.

Eleanor was confident that her daughter could not have pulled such a devious scheme.

This matter was likely caused by the Sullivan family.

"You don't have to worry about the rest.When there is a chance, we will not let the Sullivan family off!" Eleanor stated with conviction.