Laura's face broke out into a triumphant grin at Luna's question. "Are you scared, Luna? It's true; you're not obliged to prove anything to me. What difference does it make, anyway? Whether you prove it or not, you're still a useless bimbo who relies on men to live her life.
"The only thing that makes you better than me is your pretty face."
With that, she yawned and lifted her head to glance at Joshua. "Even though today will be my last day of work, I still have to go upstairs to check on June."
She remembered, despite everything, that she came as a doctor first.
As soon as she finished her sentence, she turned and went up the stairs.
However, after taking just a few steps, Laura paused and added, "I thought you'd at least have some guts to stop me and prove me wrong, Luna, but I guess I overestimated you."
Then, she continued up the stairs.
Luna remained motionless and curled her lips into a smirk as she watched Laura leave. "Your reverse psychology doesn't work on me."
She crossed her arms in front of her chest and said, "If my guesses are correct, you must have a recording device in your pocket right now, don't you, Dr. Suess?"
Laura froze in her steps upon hearing this.
She furrowed her brows but did not reply.
Joshua chuckled and pinched Luna's nose playfully. "It seems you’ve gotten smart." Laura had been complimenting and praising herself since the start, claiming that no one had shown any interest in her despite her success.
On the one hand, she kept trying to provoke Luna into accepting her challenge, while she sculpted herself into the image of a woman born with nothing who, by sheer effort and hard work, managed to change her fate.
If Luna really took the bait and accepted Laura’s challenge, she would have gone home and edited the recording before sending it out to all the major media outlets in the city.
If that happened, Luna would become the talk of the town, and everyone in Merchant City would be poised on watching her, waiting for her to mess up.
Laura, should that whole fiasco have gone down, would become a strong, determined character who was willing to put in the hard work ?e$?UNW= stand up against power in the public's eye.
This was what her true intentions were.
Laura could not fight the intimidated feeling she had when Joshua and Luna exposed her true intentions.
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