"Lady Lisa, did you call me here to interrogate me?"
Raising her gaze at Lisa, Carla's attitude was firm, as if what happened was so trivial it wasn't even worth mentioning.
"How dare you throw that question back at me?" Lisa's anger intensified. "You and Lucas are going to be married the day after. And yet, you created such a scene. Don't you feel ashamed?"
Lowering her gaze, Carla apologized sincerely, "What happened was my mistake. There's some misunderstanding behind it, but I won't go into details. Nevertheless, I admit my mistake. Lady Lisa, you have all the right to admonish me but please don't take it out on my subordinates as they have nothing to do with it."
"I'm surprised that you realize your mistake." The more she thought about it, the angrier Lisa became. "And yet, I assumed you knew how to stay chaste considering that you came from an illustrious family. I didn't expect you to be no different from a slut on the street for committing such a disgraceful act!"
"You've gone overboard!" Rogan snapped.
"Who do you think you are? How dare you speak to me like that?" Lisa pointed at Rogan furiously. "Give her a beating!"
A few of her maids stepped forward and restrained Rogan. At the same time, Marianne raised her hand to hit her.
"I dare you!" Rogan resisted at once.
When Freda and the other two bodyguards were about to stop them, more than ten soldiers raised their weapons and aimed at them.
"Lady Lisa-"
Slap!
Before Carla could say a word, Rogan bore the brunt of a slap from Marianne.
Freda and the others were stunned as they didn't expect Rogan to really get beaten.
Just when Marianne was going to continue, Carla stepped up, grabbed her wrist, and shoved her aside. "I dare you to do it again!"
"I'm sorry, Ms. Lierger. I was just following orders, " Marianne replied with a fearful expression.
"Why are you apologizing?" Lisa bellowed. "This is my home. Do I need anyone's permission to reprimand the servants?"
"Lady Lisa, you should vent your anger at me. Whether you want to hit or scold me, I'll bear with it, " Carla roared. "However, if you lay a finger on my subordinates, I will not hold back!"
"Do you think I don't dare hit you?" With an enraged expression, Lisa barked, "Hold her down-"
"Enough!" At that moment, Carl, who had been sitting in silence throughout, stamped his foot down. Furrowing his eyebrows, he chided Lisa, "Didn't I tell you to discuss this in a civil manner? Why must you always resort to violence?"
"Why are you scolding me?" Lisa scowled. "This woman has committed such a disgraceful act and even caused Lucas to be beaten. Are we to just look past how she has humiliated us?"
"Shut up, " Carl rebuked her with a frown.
"You…" Despite her indignance, Lisa held her tongue when she saw the look in Carl's eye.
"Carla, please have a seat." Carl invited her.
After shooting a glare at Marianne and the other maids, Carla returned to her seat.
Meanwhile, Freda and Jewel quickly supported the fuming Rogan and motioned her to calm down.
"At the end of the day, I don't think you are someone easy nor have you abandoned your principles, " Carl suggested warmly. "Is there a misunderstanding behind this?"
"I think I should explain it to Lucas directly, " Carla plainly replied. "Where is he?"
"How can you still have the cheek to face him?" Lisa hissed. "He has suffered a grievous injury and is recuperating in his room."
Carla knitted her eyebrows in response. She had witnessed what happened earlier and didn't think Zayn was heavy-handed at all. Lady Lisa really knows how to make a mountain out of a molehill.
"Lucas is in the room. I'll have someone take you to see him later." Carl's tone was more amicable. "For now, I hope you can explain to us what actually happened."
"What do you want to know?" Carla flipped the question at them.
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