Chapter 245

Wayne could swear on his life that Joanne was the only woman he had ever encountered who dared speak to him this way. She was also the first person to have ever slapped him. "How dare you hit me, Joanne?" he growled. He was the scion of the Newman family, and Joanne had to be an idiot, albeit a gutsy one, to strike him. "I don't need your permission to hit you! Why did you run your mouth like that? Do you even know what you said? You took advantage of me!" Now that she had calmed down, Joanne began to piece things together. She was bright enough to figure out Wayne had used her as a scapegoat. Wayne stiffened as his rage died down. Queenie was stunned to see how quickly Wayne's temper was leashed despite its sudden flare-up earlier. She had expected a spoilt scion like him to return the slap at the first instant, but he hadn't so much as flung abusive words at Joanne, much less hit her. He was more patient than Queenie gave him credit for. Seeing this, Queenie decided to speak up