A red handprint immediately appeared on Yannie's swollen face.
Yannie bit her lip and held her swollen, painful cheek with one hand as she glanced at Thomas, who was pinned to the floor.
She opened her mouth, intending to say something, but could not help feeling that nothing she could say would be right.
Finally, she bit her lip, slid her other hand into her pocket, and surreptitiously dialed her emergency contact.
She had two emergency contacts; one was Thomas, and the other was her mother, Mrs. Flores. Since she could not accurately dial Luna's number for help without looking at her phone, she had no choice but to call Mrs. Flores instead.
Soon, her phone vibrated in her pocket, indicating that Mrs. Flores had picked up the call.
Yannie bit her lip and got onto both knees. "Senior Howard, Mrs. Howard, Thomas hadn't meant to do any of this! When he brought me along to Howard Mansion, all he intended to do was to have a civilized conversation as a family, but he never thought that Mrs. Howard would try to threaten us under the pretense of inviting us over for a family lunch…
"We never meant to hurt Senior Howard. Please let Thomas go; he didn't mean to do this!"
Senior Howard furrowed his brow when he heard this. With his hand still on his abdomen, he glanced dubiously at Thomas and Yannie, then at Tina. Finally, he said feebly, "What is going on?"
Could Tina have been the one who summoned Thomas and Yannie here to repair their broken relationship?
"Don't listen to her!" Tina narrowed her eyes, shot Yannie a murderous glare, then glanced at the guards. "Keep Thomas locked in the guest bedroom; we'll decide what to do with him as soon as Senior Howard gets better!"
Then, she gave Denise a meaningful look and added, "Keep an eye on them, Denise!"
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