Under the Heiress' Facade novel Chapter 488

Gideon and James shoved through the crowd to get to Gino. "Are you all right?"

Gino was moved to see them come over to check on him. He reached behind him and rubbed his throbbing back. Gideon immediately lifted the child's shirt, only to see a large bruise on Gino's back. Clearly, the kid had been shoved against the claw machine with quite some force.

"Apologize to him now!" Gideon snapped at the boy who had pushed Gino. He and Gino might not get along most days, but he was still protective of the latter when it counted.

However, the boy who had pushed Gino merely lifted his chin and eyed Gideon defiantly. The teenager standing behind the boy smirked as if Gideon had just cracked a joke.

At that moment, a heavyset woman stormed through the crowd and came to a stop next to the smarmy-looking pair who had assaulted Gino. "Which imbecile dares to accuse my son of cheating? How dare you demand an apology after insulting the Atkinses' good name?"

James recognized her right away. Mabel Hutchinson was married into the Atkinses, which happened to be one of the top ten prestigious families of Jedburg. The youngest boy must be Roland Atkins, her son.

Linda hailed from the Atkinses before she married into the Killian family. It was thanks to the Killians that the Atkinses had grown from a small-time factory to the largest original equipment manufacturer in Agrecia a decade ago. They became one of the top ten prestigious families because of it, too.

The Everetts were in no position to cross the Atkinses. Nothing good could come from it, especially because Mabel was a famous shrew in Jedburg.

Roland straightened up at the sight of his mother and pointed at Gino. He said boldly, "He was the one who accused me and Silas of cheating!"

"Nonsense! Silas is the 99th-best hacker on the Global Hacker List! He wouldn't need to cheat on some childish game. You're just insulting our family on purpose!" Mabel snapped, determined to accuse the Everetts of libel.

After that, she summoned an attendant. "Who are these insubordinate fools? What are they even doing at XS Corporation's anniversary party? Throw them out right now!"