Chapter 108: Chapter 108

"Don’t assume everyone’s as shitty as you are just because you’re a pile of crap yourself."

Paige Sterling said calmly, "I’ll say it again, get out of my way."

They used to be hyped by the company as best friends in the entertainment circle, but now, even after leaving the circle, this so-called best friend is still thriving, while they have been pushed to the margins. And now Paige is treating them ; how could they stand it?

They just wished they could drag Paige to hell with them immediately.

They refused to make way, and Paige couldn’t be bothered to be polite, so she sent them all flying to the ceiling with a punch each.

The women were tipsy and thought they were seeing things. They blinked and realized their entire bodies hurt.

—From smashing to the ceiling and then falling back down to the floor, how could that not hurt?

Paige couldn’t be bothered with them, so she opened the door and left.

But to her surprise, Austin Xavier was standing at the door.

Paige, "...", had forgotten that Austin was a regular at this club.

Paige nodded at him and was about to leave.

Austin called out to her, "Paige."

Paige asked, "What’s up?"

Austin said, "Are you really planning to cut all ties with me forever?"

Paige, "...what kind of nonsense are you spouting now?"

Austin said, "Why did you throw away the things I gave you?"

Paige looked puzzled, and after a moment, she recalled someone had been sending flowers to her company lately.

"Those flowers were from you?"

Austin pursed his lips without saying a word.

Paige looked like she’d seen a ghost.

For over a month, rain or shine, someone had been sending flowers to her company every day.

After the second delivery, Julian Hawthorne found out.

This introverted guy didn’t say a word, just watched to see how Paige would handle it.

When Paige found out it wasn’t from him, in order to avoid him getting upset in silence, she straight-up tossed the flowers out right in front of him.

Later on, whenever more flowers arrived, she just refused to sign for them and didn’t care how the front desk dealt with them.

"Austin, are you out of your mind? Why are you sending me flowers for no reason?"

And red roses at that?

"Yes, I’m out of my mind." Austin chuckled lightly, stubbornly asking, "Why did you throw away the flowers I sent?"

Paige smelled a strong scent of alcohol on Austin, realizing he had been drinking, and said, "Those wilted flowers don’t match my cold and aloof vibe."

Austin, "...", never expected Paige to come up with that kind of reason.

It took him a while to react, realizing arguing with Paige was a waste of energy.

His expression softened, and he asked Paige, "Are you free tomorrow?"

Austin, "What about the day after tomorrow?"

Austin held back and held back, "Then when will you actually be free?"

Paige, "If you keep asking, then I definitely won’t have any free time. I’ve got stuff to do, heading home now."

Paige said goodbye to her friends, telling them to enjoy themselves, and then left.

After all, she has a family now and can’t be reckless outside.

But as she was leaving the club, she saw an even more drunken Austin lying in the middle of the road.

Paige looked around, and passersby were all avoiding Austin.

Paige didn’t intend to help Austin; what trouble could a man get into?

Moreover, getting drunk , he deserved any trouble that came his way.

But just as she was about to drive off, a plump, middle-aged woman with blonde hair approached Austin with a sly grin and started dragging him away.

Austin had no idea what was happening.

Can Austin’s virtue still be preserved?

So, the question arose, should she interfere or not? ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩⚫𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢⚫𝔫𝔢𝔱

Paige pondered for a full five seconds and finally decided to help Austin for Summer Xavier’s sake.

She intercepted the woman at a small motel entrance, "Put him down."

The woman mumbled something in an accent Paige didn’t quite understand, but basically thought Paige was there to steal her catch and offered for Paige to join in...

Paige, "...", feeling disgusted, "If you don’t put him down, I’ll call the police."

The woman grumbled something, threw Austin down, and left.

Austin’s head hit the ground with a thud, and even Paige felt the pain for him.

Yet despite the impact, Austin didn’t wake up, still completely dazed.

Paige resigned herself to lifting him off the ground and dragged him into a hotel owned by the Xavier Group.

She intended to dump Austin in a room and leave, but at that moment, Austin suddenly woke up, unexpectedly hugging her tightly and refusing to let go no matter how much Paige hit him.

Enraged, Paige picked up an ashtray and smashed it over his head, "Austin Xavier, are you damn looking for death?"

After violently breaking free from him, she dragged him like a dead dog to the bathroom, filled the bathtub with water, and dunked his head in it.

Paige pulled him up by his hair.

"Are you sober now, Young Master?"

Austin cursed, "Paige, are you even human!"

Paige dunked him in again, and this time when she pulled him back up, she swiftly stuffed a scrubber into his mouth.

"Are you sober now, Young Master?"

Austin, "Mmph mmph..."

Seeing that he was mostly sober now, Paige couldn’t be bothered with him anymore, "Remember, if it weren’t for me, your scandalous photos would probably be on the front pages of all the tabloids tomorrow, got it?"

With that, she opened the door and walked out.

Paige got home a bit late.

Julian Hawthorne and Sonny Chambers were crouching on the carpet playing video games.

Seeing Paige return, the gaming-excited Sonny was startled and immediately passed the blame.

"It wasn’t my idea to play games! The Hawthorne Devil made me do it! He said if I didn’t play, he’d beat me up!"

Paige, "...do you think I’d believe your nonsense?"

Sonny, "I’m an honest kid! Why don’t you trust me?"

Paige chuckled, "You should hurry and go to bed."

Seeing that Paige didn’t punish him today for once, Sonny quickly scurried away.

Julian stood up, noticing the large wet patch on her clothes, and asked, "Where did you go?"

Paige said, "Ran into a drunk on the road."

Paige, "Took him to a hotel."

Julian asked, "Was the drunk Austin Xavier?"

The conversation abruptly ended.

Paige thought Julian was going to bicker with her again and was all prepared for this petty man to throw a fit.

But unexpectedly, Julian was calm and said, "Go take a shower first."

After her shower, Paige was pounced on the bed by Julian, and she realized that he wasn’t angry; he was holding all his anger three inches below his navel.

She tried to explain to Julian, "I’m telling you, I took him to the hotel purely for humanitarian reasons, don’t overreact."

Julian raised an eyebrow, "What counts as overreacting?"

Paige, "...for instance, not more than three times."

Paige gave in, "My waist can’t take it lately."

She was already playing the pity card, but instead, it made Julian even more relentless, making a furious Paige kick him hard the next morning to vent her frustration.