CHAPTER 7

Subconsciously, he wanted to protect Irene from getting hurt.

However, he remembered what she told him before entering the house, so he stepped back and took his phone out.

There was a smile on Irene's face.

Everyone in the room held their breaths as they watched the vase fly towards Irene.

"Bang!"

Just before the vase hit her, Irene grabbed a throw pillow from the sofa, threw it at the vase, and kicked the pillow in one fell swoop.

Every move she made happened within a second.

Before anyone could react, the vase flew back to Alice.

Alice immediately turned ghastly pale.

"Ah!" she screamed and covered her face reflexively.

She staggered back, unaware that there was a shelf behind her.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The shelf fell down and all of its contents smashed to the ground and broke.

The crashing sound mixed with Alice's screams rang throughout the room.

Both Jack and Caroline had no time to react.

Horrified by the scene, they rushed to check on Alice and called out to their servants for help.

The once quiet living room had suddenly become chaotic.

Irene's face remained calm.

She sat back down and looked at Andy, noticing that he was shocked as well.

"Did you film all of that?"

Hearing that, Andy was pulled back to his senses.

Before he could hide his surprise, he nodded and said, "I managed to record all of it."

"Sir! Madam!" Viola came over in a hurry.

"The police! They're here."

Alice had gotten hit by a glass bottle that fell from the shelf, and she was now shedding tears because of the pain.

Upon hearing that, she cast her pain aside and grabbed onto Caroline's arm.

"Mom."

Caroline's face turned grim.

She patted Alice's hand to reassure her.

Outside the door, two policemen asked, "Who called the police?"

"I did." Andy put his phone away and took a step forward.

The policemen saw the mess in the living room and frowned.

"What's going on here?"

Alice covered her injured arm and pointed at Irene.

"She did this!"

She took the chance to throw out an accusation first.

"Sir, that woman threw a vase at me on purpose. Look at me! I'm injured all over thanks to her!"

Alice's hair was in disarray and she looked disheveled, while Irene sat there, safe and sound.

At first glance, it looked like Alice was telling the truth.

The policemen jumped to a conclusion when they saw Irene's calmness.

It was as if they weren't going to listen to her side of the story anymore.

Noticing the look on the policemen's faces, Andy said, "Sir—"

"Sir," Caroline interrupted Andy.

At this moment, she pretended to be a real refined and forgiving lady from a rich family.

She walked up to the policemen, smiling at them modestly.

"Nothing happened. These two girls were just messing around. Thank you for taking the time to come here. Allow me to compensate you for the long drive. You can go back now. I hope we didn't delay your work."

As she spoke, Caroline glanced at Viola.

Consequently, Viola understood Caroline's order and took out some cash from her pocket to give to the police officers.

The policemen exchanged glances and said, "We're not going to accept your bribe. Get that dirty money out of our faces!"

Those words made Viola shiver in fear.

Caroline smiled apologetically.

"Yes, of course. I didn't mean to offend you. It was really kind of you to come here, but this is just a petty squabble between sisters. This silly game isn't worth your precious time."

"Just a petty squabble between sisters?"

"No…" Alice wanted to proceed with her accusation when she noticed that the policemen favored her over Irene.

How could her mother not know what she was thinking? But now was not the time! If this incident were to break out, it would make Caroline look ridiculous in front of her friends.

She glanced at Alice out of the corner of her eye, still wearing a smile.

"Yes, these girls were just being naughty."

"Well, if that's the case…" The police could sense that things weren't that simple.

However, Caroline insisted that the girls were just messing around, so they really couldn't do anything about it.

After all, this was a family matter.

They didn't want to trouble themselves over this.

"Sir, may I ask you some questions?" Irene suddenly broke her silence, got up, and looked at them with a hint of a smile.

"Irene!" Jack suddenly chimed in. "Stop it!"

Jack hadn't spoken a word since Irene came in. And now, the first sentence he said to her was to make her stop.

Upon hearing that, Irene looked at him with a sneer.

Moments ago, when Alice threw that vase at her, Irene noticed that Jack wanted to stop Alice, but eventually he sat back down and did nothing.

But when the vase hit Alice, making her knock down the shelf by accident, he stood up faster than everyone else.

He rushed to Alice's side, shielding her from the falling glass bottles.

As a matter of fact, when Irene was on her way here, she recollected every memory she had of the past.

Everything happened so fast and was so overwhelming, so she thought she might've forgotten something nice about Jack.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't remember anything good her father had ever done for her.

Both Jack's words and actions just now confirmed her point.

"Dad, I just have some questions to ask the police officers. Why are you so nervous?"

"You…"

After hearing what Caroline said earlier, the policemen felt that Irene was looking to cause trouble.

One of them asked impatiently, "What is it?"

Irene looked at him, smiling and looking so pure.

When the policeman saw her innocent smile and charming eyes, he began to doubt whether she had really hurt someone.

"Sir, does the owner of a house have the right to allow and prohibit anyone to enter their house?" Irene spoke unhurriedly.

The sound of her voice was like music to their ears.

"Of course."

The policeman frowned because he found the question meaningless.

"What if someone is living in a house, but the owner has never agreed to letting them live there? Is it called trespassing? Should the owner call the police on these people?" Irene blinked innocently.

"It is trespassing. And of course, the owner should call the police. Why are you asking such questions with obvious answers? It's a complete waste of our time!"

The police's patience had worn thin.

Irene snapped her fingers and said, "Thank you for your answer, sir. In that case, please help me drive these people away from my home, and my problem will be solved."

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Caroline was the first to realize what Irene was implying.

In an unnatural voice, she said, "Irene, what are you talking about? I know you've always had a problem with me and Alice, but you need to stop this. If you have any grievances and complaints, just let me know and I promise you we'll adjust our behaviors accordingly. And as for what happened this time, I'll ask Alice to apologize to you, okay? These policemen must be very busy. You shouldn't—"

"Oh, don't worry, Caroline. I'm not gonna forget about what Alice has done, but she'll have to wait her turn, okay?" said Irene.

Caroline didn't get to finish talking, and it got on her nerves.

At this point, Alice lost her temper again.