CHAPTER 458: CHAPTER 458: MUST BE ACCOMPANIED

Azure Hollis was shocked by the debauched scene inside the private room after she entered. Every woman seemed to be possessed, releasing their inner repression under the guise of propriety. She would have been one of them, but now, she had no desire for fun at all.

Rhonda Sullivan saw her and waved, pushing away the man in front of her, and warmly said, "Lana, you’re here!"

Azure Hollis smiled slightly, but under the dim light, no one could see her cheeks trembling from the smile.

Hearing the voice, everyone looked up to greet her, but she ignored them and walked directly toward Rhonda Sullivan.

Rhonda, after a few glasses of champagne, didn’t notice anything unusual about her. Before Azure got closer, she raised a glass of champagne, "Come, have a drink and relax. Tonight, let’s just let those damn men go to hell."

Azure took the glass from her hand, sneered, and glared directly at her, pouring the champagne over her, "You are a bitch!"

Rhonda was stunned for a moment before realizing she was drenched in wine. She immediately changed her expression, grabbed the champagne beside her, and splashed it onto Azure’s face, "Are you fucking crazy?"

Azure closed her eyes to calm herself, then slapped Rhonda hard and went crazy as she pounced on her, "You’re the crazy one! Almost got killed by Ethan Sterling, and now you’re doing dirty deeds to pander to him. Does your husband even know you’ve been living with your brother-in-law for years?"

Rhonda, while dealing with Azure’s wild scratching, screamed back insults, "You ungrateful bitch, if it wasn’t for me reporting you, would you still be alive?"

"You called the police out of kindness? For all we know, you just wanted to watch the chaos!"

Others watched these two women fighting like shrews, pulling each other’s hair and refusing to give in, stunned.

They usually pretend to be elegant to maintain a facade; even if they are seething with hatred, they would at most slap each other and have never seen such a big fight. They felt it was wrong not to stop it, yet couldn’t resist watching.

As for the male servants, they just found the spectacle entertaining, and although they were urging them to stop, none stepped forward to help separate them.

Finally, Gwen Yates rushed out and shouted loudly, "If you two don’t let go, I’m going to call the police!"

The next day, Tyler Aldrin’s domestic violence incident made the headlines, fueled further by The Sterling Group’s PR efforts.

The details about him and Azure Hollis’s background were reported in great detail. When Old Mr. Hollis saw the news in the morning, he fainted and was taken to the hospital.

The Hollis Family was Tyler Aldrin’s last saving grace, yet he couldn’t see the truth even at this point, let alone seize the opportunity; he ruined it himself.

If this matter hadn’t blown up, perhaps the two families could still navigate a solution, but now everyone knows the youngest daughter of the Hollis Family was subjected to domestic violence. Given Elder Hollis’s temperament, he would end the marriage no matter how high the cost.

Ethan Sterling was quite satisfied with this outcome. Although he went to great lengths to lay such a vast trap, luckily, Tyler did as he expected and fell right into the trap he had set.

Meanwhile, Ruby Sullivan received an anonymous email with the subject ’Rhonda Sullivan’, containing only one sentence: Rhonda Sullivan and Azure Hollis’s explosive video.

If not for this sentence, she would have assumed the attachment was one of those inappropriate spam emails, possibly carrying a virus, and would have deleted it without viewing.

She hesitated for a moment but decided to download the video.

The video wasn’t long; it showed Rhonda and Azure fighting with each other. The lighting was dim, but it was filmed very clearly. Even though their faces were somewhat blurred, anyone who knew them could recognize them at a glance.

Ruby had not expected her bachelorette party to turn out so spectacular and suddenly regretted not being there, or she could’ve captured a clearer version.

After viewing it, she called Ethan Sterling, her voice smiling, "Darling, are you awake yet?"

"Yeah, watching the news." Ethan was in a rather good mood, "Miss me?"

"Miss you a lot." Ruby laughed, "I received an interesting email, would you help me trace the sender’s information?"

Ethan sighed resignedly, "So... just want free labor, huh?"

"With pay!" Ruby said emphatically.

"Send me your email account and password, I’ll handle it right away." Ethan perked up, already letting his imagination run wild over the idea of her payment.

Ethan got up, made a cup of coffee, and watched the video. He couldn’t help but think that this video had raised his understanding of women to a new level. He felt it necessary to consider assigning a bodyguard to his wife.

In fact, he wanted to train Ruby to be a bit tougher, but her body had too many overlapping new and old injuries. Although she looked alright on the outside, inside she was like a sieve, with many areas needing slow repair, making her unfit for martial arts.

He knew he was partly to blame and could only devote the rest of his life to protecting her as compensation.

Once he finished his coffee, Ethan started to get to work.

The other party used a virtual email with a server overseas to conceal their identity, which required some time to process.

An hour later, Ethan went to have lunch with Ruby and told her the result during the meal. The sender was not unfamiliar to them; it was Gwen Yates.

Ruby couldn’t understand why she would send her the video, "Is she planning to betray Rhonda Sullivan?"

Ethan was nonchalant, "Just wait and see."

"But why would Azure get into such a fight with Rhonda?" she wondered, staring at the intertwined spaghetti on her fork, feeling as if everything looked orderly on the surface yet entangled underneath.

She squinted her eyes, "Could it be that Azure is also one of your admirers? They quarreled over shared interests and ended up fighting?"

Ethan listened to his wife’s wild speculations and smiled dotingly, "I think if you ever tire of being a perfumer, you might consider writing novels or something."

"Hey!" Ruby caught the teasing note in his voice and feigned annoyance.

Ethan pulled up today’s news on his phone and showed it to her, "Based on my deduction, the reason Azure was subjected to domestic violence could likely be because Tyler shifted all the blame onto her. Azure fighting Rhonda was probably because she went to confront her. I heard the two got pretty close because they both dislike you intensely."

Ruby twitched her mouth, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend, huh? This friendship is rather flimsy." Looking at the news, she found Ethan’s analysis quite plausible, "What about Gwen?"

"I guess she just wanted to make you aware of Rhonda’s discomfort. She must have loathed Rhonda after being used for so long."

The more Ruby listened, the more complex it felt. She couldn’t help but sigh, "Good thing I didn’t go last night."

"Did she even dare invite you?"

"Oh come on, what would I lose just by being invited?"

Ethan thought for a moment and instructed with certainty, "In the future, anytime Rhonda invites you somewhere, you have to tell me and we’ll go together. You’re not to meet her alone." That woman was too dangerous.

Ruby adored his fatherly demeanor, feeling like a carefree little girl again under his watchful and indulgent gaze, "Got it." she responded with a smile.