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~LEONA~

"Mum? What are you doing here?"

What? Mum?

" What's this, Dave? " She stared at both of us and I was forced to take a step back from Dave.

"So Katherine was right all along. You've been sleeping around with your employee while you have a fiancée? Who does that Dave? How could you stoop so low! "

" Stop it, mother. You shouldn't say what you don't know. "

" What don't I know? Is it the fact that you employed a woman just to get under her skirts? I didn't expect this from you."

I gasped and took another step back.

" Mum! Not in front..." He couldn't finish when his mother turned to me like a serpent ready to bite.

" And you. " Her gaze settled on me with contempt. " Just a while ago I thought of you like the best cultured and modest girl I've ever seen not knowing you only pose like that. Deep down you're just one of those opportunists with loose morals! "

" You're making a mistake, mum. What is wrong with you?"

My eyes brimmed with tears. I've never been insulted like this. N