Chapter 1210 After Cedric left, Latonia leaned back on the couch, arms folded across her chest, legs crossed casually up straight, staring sternly at Hertha.
âGive her a good three slaps!â
Upon the order, the bodyguard quickly raised his hand, smacking Herthaâs face three times quickly.
After the hard slaps, Hertha flicked her messy hair out of her eyes and glared angrily at Latonia.
âWhy the hell are you hitting me?!â
âYou set my son up, why wouldnât I hit you?!â
Having gotten the scoop and checked the surveillance footage, Latonia certainly wasnât blind to the fact that Hertha had staged the whole drama just to piss Hailey off.
âI didnât set him up, he got drunk and came onto me!â
âBreak her ribs, then snap her fingers!â
Latonia, ignoring Herthaâs angry roars and resistance, continued to command the bodyguard.
âYes, maâam!â
The stoneâfaced bodyguard pulled out a small hammer and took a vicious swing at Herthaâs ribs.
The pain left Hertha speechless, leaving her lying on the ground, her red and swollen eyes staring daggers at Latonia.
The elegant lady on the couch slowly picked up her coffee and took a gentle sip.
âMs. Hertha, if you just tell me the truth, you wonât have to suffer like this. But if you keep playing dumb, theyâll keep torturing you.â
Hertha had a recording pen on her, so she didnât care. She gave a faint smile.
âLatonia, you used the same tactics to force me to break up with Cedric. You havenât learned any new tricks, have you?â
The hand holding the coffee froze in midâair. Latonia lifted her eyes to look coldly at Hertha.
âYou have the nerve to bring up the past?!â
âWhy shouldnât I?â
Struggling against the pain, Hertha slowly stood up.
âIf it wasnât for you forcing me to break up with Cedric, I wouldâve married him long ago. Wouldnât have wasted all these years.â
When Latonia heard this, she thought it was hilarious.
Just as she was about to scold Hertha for seducing Bernard, Herthaâs angry roar interrupted her.
âEven if you beat me to death today, I wonât be like before, obeying you, hurting Cedric and suffering the pain of leaving him!â
âYou...â
âDo you look down on me because of my background?â
Hertha didnât give Latonia a chance to speak and shouted like a madwoman.
âBut does that mean I donât deserve love just because Iâm lowâborn?â
After shouting this, Herthaâs eyes turned red and she started to sob quietly, crying and saying, âItâs all my fault for being too young back then. I thought Cedricâs mother was my future motherâ
inâ
law, so I put up with your humiliation. But what did I get in return? Nothing but forced to hurt Cedric and leave him. Now Iâm back and have a chance to rekindle our relationship, but youâre trying to pin me down with something I didnât do. Latonia, donât you think youâre a failure as a mother? Youâve done everything to cover up your sonâs wrongdoings, spoiling him to the point where heâll never learn to take responsibility.â
After Hertha finished, not only did she expose Latoniaâs actions to protect Cedric, but she also criticized her for spoiling him too much.
Latonia didnât expect the girl who tried every trick to marry into the Laurence family to grow into a thoughtful, logical, and assertive woman.
If Latonia didnât know Herthaâs true intentions, she might be convinced by her words and begin to doubt whether her son had done something wrong but was too afraid to admit 1. it.
Any other parent might give up in the face of this, but Latonia, who had weathered the storms of high society, remained unflappable in the face of these petty tricks.
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âMs. Hertha, thereâs no one else here. No need to keep up the act, because nobodyâs watching.â
Hearing this, Herthaâs eyes welled up with tears.
âMrs. Laurence, Iâm not acting. I really did sleep with Cedric that night!â
She pleaded, looking at Latonia with sincere eyes.
âAccusing a man of raping me is not something a woman would be proud of, so I have no reason to lie.â
âPlus, if I were lying about this, Iâd have a motive. But I didnât threaten Cedric to marry me afterwards, nor did I expose it to the media to ruin his reputation.
I just quietly left. Is that wrong too?â