Chapter 11: Chapter 11: He Looked On Coldly as She Was Forced to Kneel

"What!"

Hearing this, Madam Grant was horrified and immediately checked Noah Grant’s body.

She didn’t find any pinch marks, but she did see some scrapes on the little guy’s elbows and knees.

The scrape on his knee had even broken the skin.

"You vicious woman!"

Madam Grant glared at Chloe Reed, her finger trembling as she pointed at her. "He’s just a little boy! How could you lay a hand on him? Get out! Go kneel outside, and don’t get up until you’ve admitted your mistake. How could the Grant family have a venomous, black-hearted daughter-in-law like you!"

Chloe Reed’s brow furrowed. She looked at Noah Grant. "I pinched you? When did this happen?"

But Noah Grant just shrank into Madam Grant’s arms, looking terrified of her.

Heh...

’I saved an ungrateful little brat.’

’So much for being kind.’

The warmth drained from Chloe Reed’s eyes, inch by inch. She said bluntly, "I didn’t pinch him. He’s the one who went to a bar by himself, saying he was looking for his mother. Sunny Reed is the irresponsible one who doesn’t watch her child. Why don’t you discipline her? What’s the point of targeting me?"

Madam Grant snorted coldly. "She is her, and you are you. You will be punished today. To lay a hand on a small child... you are truly vicious!"

As soon as she finished speaking, two burly maids came over, dragged Chloe Reed outside, and forcefully pushed her to her knees on the cobblestone path.

"Let me go!"

Chloe Reed struggled, but she was no match for the two maids. They were very strong, holding her down firmly and refusing to let her get up.

Chloe Reed’s eyes blazed with fury. Her lips trembled so violently she couldn’t utter a single word.

’Is this karma coming back to bite me so quickly, all because I showed a moment of kindness to an ungrateful brat?’

She had always thought it was Sunny Reed who used Noah Grant, having him act pitiful to win the Grants’ sympathy.

But she never, ever imagined that a child of only three could already lie!

She was devastated, heartbroken!

Once upon a time, she had been kind to this child, too. She had ignored her grudge with Sunny Reed. For Walker’s sake, and because she respected his elder brother Julian, she had bought toys and clothes for Noah Grant, and had held him in her arms many times.

’It turns out all her kindness had been wasted on an ungrateful little brat!’

Autumn nights were cold. Deep into the night, a layer of frost began to form, a chill that seeped through the skin and into the bone.

Chloe Reed was held down the entire time, her knees aching until they went numb.

After what felt like an eternity, headlights flashed at the gate.

The sound of hurried footsteps reached her ears. Chloe Reed looked up instinctively, her long eyelashes trembling violently.

’Walker Grant is back!’

He’d just said this morning that he was leaving for a few days on a business trip.

But here he was, back in the middle of the night.

"Walker Grant!"

She called out to him, her body shivering uncontrollably.

The man, who had been striding forward, heard the sound and looked over. When he saw her being held down, kneeling on the ground, his sharp, blade-like brows furrowed tightly.

But the butler at his side said, "Second Young Master, Madam Grant has been waiting for you. Little Young Master Noah is badly hurt. He says the Second Young Mistress did it. You should go see."

The lights were bright. He stood in the light, looking at the woman who watched him from the dim shadows.

He averted his gaze and strode into the villa.

"Walker Grant..."

Chloe Reed’s vision blurred. Her voice choked with a sob. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

’Bastard!’

’That bastard!’

’How could he just stand by and watch her being bullied?’

’He was never like this before!’

’He used to be the one who protected her most!’

’He wouldn’t let anyone lay a single finger on her!’

’It’s true. When a man’s heart changes, he takes back all his favor, letting her fall from the clouds into the mud.’

’Covered in filth, unable to break free.’