Lori said nothing.
Losing felt humiliating. What was more, she had even exposed her cleft in front of the entire Ford Group. In the entire world, no one else was uglier than her. But just like her mother said, she had to pretend as if nothing had happened because she had to fight for what she wanted. For example, the man Sabrina had her arm on now was something that she wanted.
Why was Sabrina so lucky? She heard that Sabrina got pregnant with Sebastian's child by accident; that was all. Sebastian was only together with Sabrina because of the child! How did she, Lori Gibson, lose out to Sabrina? Sabrina was just lucky!
She suppressed the anger and fury on her face, trying hard to calm herself down, making her tone as smooth as possible. "Mrs. Ford, I don't know what you’re so proud of. I already told you I just went to the Ford Group to discuss business. I’m not like you; I don’t have a rich husband who provides me with the money I can fling about. I'm different, I need to work. Even though I embarrassed myself at the Ford Group, I still have to behave as if nothing happened because I have to survive, and I still have a daughter to raise."
Her words sounded neither arrogant nor self-deprecating. Anyone else who heard would definitely b e moved, but to Sabrina's ears, all she wanted to do
was laugh condescendingly.
Lori was still acting, but her pretenses were less obvious than they were in the afternoon.
She listened to her mother's advice; her mask had to b e perfect; she had to convince them. She could only advance forward once her audience bought the act.
Lori was wearing the mask of pity now. She planned t o deny the truth completely, and at the same time, put on her mask of pity. However, Sabrina exposed Lori's farce with a taunting sneer.
"Since you want to survive and take care of your daughter, then why don't you take her into consideration? Not only did you wear such a short skirt when meeting your client, you only wore a thong inside. Might I ask, Ms. Gibson, aren't you worried your private parts will be exposed? However, the truth shows that you do not. This morning you just exposed such private parts to the public, and now, in the afternoon, you can still behave as if nothing had happened!"
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