Chapter 811

Vesta knew she couldn’t let this escalate any further.

Forcing a smile, she immediately spoke up. “Mr. Ferguson, I—”

However, just as she started, Corinne cut in. “Isn’t it true?”

Corinne crossed her arms, looking at Stewart and Charlene with clear disdain. Her tone was nowhere near as polite as Raleigh’s. “Mr. Ferguson, if you have the guts to do it, why don’t you have the guts to admit it? If you confessed, I might actually consider you “

Vesta hadn’t expected Corinne to suddenly chime in. Her expression changed, and she quickly interrupted, “Corinne!”

After silencing her friend, Vesta looked at Stewart, ready to explain, but Stewart had no intention of giving her the floor.

He looked at Corinne with a half-smile. “Ms. Lancaster, isn’t it? If my memory serves me right, you and Ms. Hawkins are very close friends. I suppose it makes sense why, shortly after returning to the country, you stormed into PrimeStar to humiliate and toy with our Charlene just to vent your friend’s frustrations.”

“You two certainly share a deep bond.”

Without giving Corinne a chance to reply, he shifted his gaze to Vesta. “Ms. Hawkins, one is your senior, the other is your best friend. Both of them are fiercely demanding justice on your behalf. I imagine you must have complained to them quite a bit about failing to become my junior, haven’t you?”

Vesta knew that the moment Corinne opened her mouth, this situation had become unsalvageable.

But she wasn’t going to just sit there and take it. “No, Mr. Ferguson—”

Stewart wasn’t about to let her spin the narrative.

He laughed softly. “My mentor rarely converses with his students, so there are a lot of things about him I don’t know. But, coincidentally, I do know a bit about your attempt to become his student. Would you like to know how he evaluated you?”

Vesta’s hand trembled slightly around her wine glass.

To Corinne and Raleigh, Stewart was blatantly bullying Vesta.

Their expressions darkened immediately.

They were about to intervene, but Stewart beat them to the punch. He looked straight at Vesta, a smile playing on his

on his lips My mentor sai you didn’t meet his standards. You were… too mediocre.”

Vesta’s face drained of color, and she swayed slightly on her feet. She managed to steady herself, desperately trying to maintain her dignityas she squeezed out a smile. “Mr. Ferguson, I know my aptitude is average, which is why I-” .net

“Mr. Ferguson!”

Having seen enough, Raleigh’s expression turned glacial. “You’re taking this too far!”

Stewart merely smiled back at him. “I’m just telling the truth.”

Raleigh glared. “You!”

He genuinely hadn’t expected Stewart to humiliate Vesta so brazenly in front of everyone.

Vesta’s chest heaved with heavy breaths. She looked completely pale, and the gaze she shot Raleigh was icy cold.

Raleigh didn’t notice the coldness in her eyes, but he could see how awful she looked and knew she was just putting on a brave face.

He assumed she was simply infuriated by Stewart twisting the truth. His heart ached even more for her, but he also noticed that Thorne, standing right beside her hadn’t said a single word in her defense He was just letting Stewart walk all over her.

The anger in Raleigh’s eyes intensified until it boiled over into a sharp laugh.

He laughed out loud, staring down at Stewart. “Stewart Ferguson, the lengths you’ll

go to protect this woman continue to amaze me!”