Chapter 42
The moment Raven’s voice faded, a dead silence enveloped the scene.
Everyone stared blankly at the invitation that landed at Adam’s feet after hitting his face. They were all dumbfounded.
No one expected Raven to dare to throw the invitation into the butler’s face.
Even more so, no one expected Raven to be so fearless as to say such a thing to Adam.
At this moment, a thought arose in everyone’s mind: Raven was done here!
Even if the invitation she took out was real, and even if she somehow earned James’s respect, Adam still represented the Fuller family.
Now, Raven had slapped Adam in the face with the invitation, and this was equivalent to provoking the Fuller family.
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And provoking the Fuller family in the face at the family banquet? The lightest thing that would happen to her today was to have her legs broken and
thrown out.
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Looking at the butler, who was stunned in place because of the shock, a strange smile gradually appeared on Amber’s face.
Amber knew that her feeling was right. Raven was indeed not as weak as she was five years ago.
But Raven’s brain was even more stupid, thought Amber to herself. It seemed that she didn’t need to do anything today, and Raven wouldn’t end well.
Then, under the gaze of everyone, the butler slowly came back to his senses.
Stiffly, he lowered his head, looked at the invitation at his feet, and slowly picked it up.
He opened the invitation and looked it over carefully several times, and then, his face became increasingly gloomy.
A moment later, he finally looked up, stared straight at Raven. His gaze sharp, as if it could freeze the air.
“Tell me,” Adam commanded, “Where did you get this invitation?”
Hearing his question, Raven just shrugged. “What you need to determine is whether this invitation is real. As for how I got it, what does it have to do with you?”
The moment Raven’s voice fell, there was a gasp of cold air from all around. Everyone thought Raven was doomed.
Adam, on the other hand, looked at Raven and sneered in anger.
“Do you know that the Fuller family’s invitations are graded?” he said. “There are no more than five people in the entire Bastion who can receive the level of invitation you have!”
“With your status as a junior of the Henderson family, let alone now, you wouldn’t even be qualified to receive this highest–level invitation in your next life!”
Everyone around was taken aback when they heard Adam’s words.
Because almost all the invitations were black and gold, just with different patterns on them, no one noticed that Raven’s invitation was of a different grade.
Hearing Adam’s words, their expressions changed again as they looked at Raven.
They thought that Raven had only offended Adam today, but they didn’t expect that her crime might be far more than this.
And just as everyone was secretly startled, Adam’s eyes narrowed as he looked at Raven, and he reprimanded with a serious and stern expression.
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“Tell me! How did you get this invitation?” he continued.
However, before Raven could speak, Amber suddenly let out a sigh, her face full of grief and disappointment.
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“Raven, you were locked up in the Bastion Prison for five years. I thought you would have changed for the better in those five years,” said Amber, acting pitiful.
“I didn’t expect that not only would you not turn over a new leaf after you got out, but you would go even further and even do something like steal an invitation. You really disappoint me.”
Most of the people around already had some guesses about the source of Raven’s invitation, and Amber’s words were tantamount to giving them an affirmation.
Immediately, the eyes of everyone looking at Raven showed more contempt and disdain.
“I was wondering how the people from the third–tier Henderson family got the invitation from the Fuller family,” one murmured. “So it was stolen!”
“Raven dared to steal things just after her was released? She really learned nothing from her lesson,” another agreed.
“Mr. Griffin said that no more than five people in the entire Bastion could get that kind of invitation. If the big shot whose invitation was stolen by her can’t come in, will the Fuller family suffer?”
Mr. Griffin’s heart clenched at the words. With hardly a moment’s hesitation, he glanced at the Fullers, now inches away from Raven, and barked, “Take her down! If she resists, execute her on the spot!”
“Yes, sir!” The Fullers responded.
In the next instant, they attacked Raven together, aiming for the most vulnerable parts of her body.
The surrounding hotel security guards, witnessing this, looked at Raven with a mixture of schadenfreude and anticipation.
They wanted to see how this woman, who had just claimed she could easily break their arms, would be begging for mercy.
They had no doubt that even if Raven were to beg Mr. Griffin for her life in the most humiliating and lowly manner, it would be useless.
After all, after Preston, the true bigwig, the Fuller family could not be insulted.
However, the next moment, bone–cracking sounds and screams suddenly echoed through the banquet hall.
Within a flash, all the dozen or so strong men of the Fuller family collapsed to the ground, each one clutching their arms, howling in pain.
After a moment of stunned silence, people around rubbed their eyes. They couldn’t believe what they were seeing.
At the same time, the smug smile on Amber’s lips suddenly froze.
She stared straight at Raven, who was still standing where she was, her expression as if she had seen a ghost.
‘How is this possible?‘ Amber thought to herself, stunned. ‘Is this the same good–for–nothing five years ago?‘
Meanwhile, witnessing the chaos, a chill ran down the spines of the hotel’s bodyguards. They no longer doubted Raven’s previous words.
At the same time, a deep sense of relief arose in their hearts.
Fortunately enough, Mr. Sinclair came in time. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be the Fullers lying on the ground now, but them!
The bodyguards glanced back towards Raven, completely changing their impressions.
In their eyes now, there was an emotion called respect. That was admiration for the strong.
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“Raven! Do you know the influence of the Fuller family in Bastion?” Adam roared, still trying to fight back. “Now you not only stole the invitation, but also beat up the Fuller family. You’re adding insult to injury!”
*I, Adam Griffin, in the name of the Fuller family, warn you to surrender immediately. Otherwise, it will be a fight to death between the Fuller family and you!”
However, just as he finished speaking, the sound of high heels hitting the ground suddenly rang out.
Then, a soft, pleasant, but aggressive voice entered the ears of everyone in the silent venue.
“Adam, since when did it become your turn, a servant, to make decisions for the Fuller family?” said the voice. “Or do I, Linda, need your permission, a butler, to send Raven an invitation?”
Hearing Linda’s words, the anger showed on Adam’s face immediately faded, and his voice trembled because of fear, “…Ms. Foster?”
People around Adam slowly came back to their senses. Their eyes were filled with deep disbelief.
How is that possible? They all doubted what they had witnessed. Ms. Foster is the true hegemon of Bastion. How could Raven have anything to do with
her?
Amber was also taken aback. She never expected that not only James, but even Linda was on Raven’s side.
At that moment, she finally began to realize that Raven might not be as simple as she thought.
“Answer my question,” Linda’s sharp eyes stared at Adam, her tone cold and firm.
She didn’t expect that just because she ran into an acquaintance and was delayed outside the banquet hall for a while, Raven would be subjected to such reproach.
Adam took a deep breath. Realizing himself running into a serious problem, his tone became extremely humble.
“Ms. Foster, I apologize. I didn’t know the invitation Raven had was from you…”
But before he could finish, Linda cut him off.
“You didn’t know? Just because you didn’t know where my friend got the invitation, you can accuse her of stealing it without any evidence and even order someone to attack her?”
Adam was left speechless by Linda’s words. Under the pressure of Linda’s fierce aura, his forehead gradually broke out in a cold sweat.
“Please accept my apology, Ms. Foster. It’s all my fault causing such nonsense. Please spare me mercy…”
Linda didn’t answer him, but turned to Raven.
“Miss Valor,” she asked respectfully. “How do you think this should be handled?”
Raven shot Adam with a cold glance. “He just tried to kill me,” she said. “What does Ms. Foster think is the best way to handle this?”
Upon hearing this, Linda gaye Raven a knowing nod
Then, she tilted her head slightly, her cold, sharp gaze falling on Adam.
The instant he felt Linda’s gaze, Adam’s body suddenly went limp, and he collapsed onto the ground
As the butler of the Fuller family, he knew all too well how much Mr. Fuller feared Linda
He had no doubt that if Mr. Fuller knew he had offeaded Linda, he would not hesitate to kill him for an apology gift.
Under such intense fear, Adam eventually knelt down to Linda.
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“Ms. Foster, please forgive me this once,” he begged. “I didn’t mean to offend you. Please spare me some mercy!”
Linda frowned at this and then took a step to the side.
“I am not the one you should be apologizing to,” she replied.
Adam hesitated for a moment, but under the threat of death, he quickly turned and knelt down to Raven.
“Miss Valor, I’m so sorry. I was acting rude today. Please spare me this time!”
Raven looked at Adam coldly. However, before she could speak, a series of gasps and screams came from her surroundings.
“Look at him, he’s so handsome!” one of the girls gasped. “How can someone be so good–looking?”
“I’ve never seen such a handsome man in my life!” another agreed.
“If I could be his girlfriend for a day, I would die happy!”
Raven followed their gaze. She saw a man in a pure white suit, as elegant as a noble prince, walking out slowly.
The girls, staring at the man’s handsome face, which was way more handsome than the movie stars in Vyrdenia, and feeling the otherworldly aura around him, their heartbeats couldn’t help but quicken.
However, the man ignored the girls casually. His eyes swept over them and landed on Raven.
The moment he saw Raven, he was stunned, and his breath quickened.
Meanwhile, at the same time, Raven’s gaze also fell on him.
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