But now, Luciana stormed into the ward with a lunch box for Raegan and scolded Mitchel and Lauren. She even introduced herself as Raegan's mother-in-law and defended Raegan.

Raegan was in utter disbelief. Yet, seeing the depressed look on Lauren's face made Raegan feel somehow complacent.

Raegan thought she must have been affected by Lauren's wickedness since she had been dealing with Lauren frequently these days. That was why she would feel this way now.

At this moment, Lauren's face flushed like she had been slapped countless times. She felt embarrassed and pissed but she knew she couldn't lose her temper at this juncture. With mixed feelings burning within her, she looked weird with that pitiful look she put on.

When Mitchel saw this, he subconsciously frowned and tried to explain, "Mom, it's not like that..."

"Not like what?" Luciana interrupted forcefully. She pointed at Lauren and snapped, “Is this woman not your mistress, or Raegan is not your wife?"

Upon hearing this, Lauren's face turned pale. She felt like she was about to die from the inner anger of being humiliated.

Lauren, who had been putting on an act of being weak, realized what it really felt like to be on the brink of death now.

She felt Luciana would piss her off so badly any moment from now.

She was known for her facade of a tender and attractive young lady in Ardlens with men chasing after her. But Mitchel's mother just called her a side chick. Infuriating!

It was so annoying that Luciana even pretended not to recognize her, saying Tommy's daughter wouldn't be so shameless like her. Luciana was so hateful.

Left with no choice at the moment, Lauren resorted to her acting skills. She leaned against Mitchel and sobbed.

"You have gotten this all wrong, Luciana. I really didn't..."

"Well, that's good to know. But remember, it's immoral and shameless to cling to a married man. Keep your distance from him from now on!"

As Luciana spoke, she cast a cold glance at Lauren's hand that was holding onto Mitchel's arm tightly, which scared Lauren to let it go.

If it weren't for the help of Mitchel in time, Lauren would have fallen to the ground.

Mitchel frowned and said, "Mom, please be nice to Lauren. She's not in good condition now."

Lauren hid behind Mitchel. At this moment, Mitchel was like a hard wall, blocking all the harm to Lauren.

Seeing Mitchel's actions and hearing his protective words for Lauren, Raegan's eyes turned red, but she fought back the tears with all her might.

She thought she had gone numb, but this scene still made her heart hurt badly.