Chapter: 115

Joshua knitted his brows again.

He looked down at her flat stomach and said, “Lilliana, you're still in your first trimester. Stressing yourself will only make things worse."

Hearing his detached tone, Lilliana felt a sudden unease.

She realized she had been too demanding recently, and Joshua's patience was running thin.

Her parents had just advised her that in her current situation, she was at a disadvantage and needed to be more patient.

Everyone had a limit. And if she pushed him too far, it would end badly for both of them.

To avoid that, she softened her approach, leaning into Joshua's embrace. “Alright, I won't ask anymore."

Joshua embraced her tightly.

At that moment, a loud disturbance erupted outside.

Joshua's instincts told him Alicia was involved, so he stood up to investigate.

As he had anticipated, a group of intoxicated men were harassing Alicia and Monica.

"What's the harm in a little contact? You look like you are aching for it. Isn't that why you came here, to let us have our way?"

Laughter erupted from the group.

The drunken man ogled Alicia, moving to brush his hand against her cheek once more.

Alicia smacked his hand aside, her voice icy as she said, "I have already alerted the police. You should think twice about your next move."

The man sneered and said, “Oh, the police? I am shaking in my boots. Were not you the one begging for it?"

Monica, hearing this, was enraged. "Shut your damn mouth! We were just eating, and you are the one who started everything. Nobody agreed to a damn thing with you!"

The man sneered, “You have been dumped, divorced, and now you are lonely and desperate. You resort to dirty tricks just to steal someone else's husband. Is not it because you are craving attention and need a man? I am here to fill that emptiness in your life. Is not that exactly what you want?"

His mocking words drew laughter from the crowd, who began murmuring among themselves.

"Now I remember why she looks familiar. That is Alicia Bennett."

"She has been making headlines lately, wrapped up in all kinds of rumors about what she is willing to do to get a man."

"Look at her, so flirtatious. She probably has no shortage of guys. Why go to the trouble of fighting over one?"

"She is just cheap. That is why. Beautiful women are all the same cheap, and they cannot make it without a man. Yet they act all offended when someone touches them."

“Ha-ha-ha. She wouldn't want a man like you to lay a finger on her."

“Like I would even want to touch her. Who knows how many guys she's been with?"

The cruel words cut through Alicia, sharp as blades.

She fixed a glare on the man shouting the Loudest.

His expression was as repulsive as his words.

Her icy stare only made them laugh harder, and the crowd's insults became even more vicious.

She took a step back, her hand reaching for something on the table.