He had only made it halfway across the room when a group of wealthy young heirs blocked his path.


    "Leonard, I''m warning you, stay away from Aurora!"


    "A toad lusting after a swan. Take a look at yourself. How dare you even think about her?"


    "I heard you lost an arm. The man Aurora marries might not be perfect, but at the very least, he should have all his limbs. And you... so what if you have a prosthetic? You''re still a cripple, aren''t you?"


    "Hahaha! Who would''ve thought the great head of the Lerman family would be a cripple? You probably can''t even manage daily life on your own, can you?"


    "Leonard, you used to be so arrogant. Where''s that arrogance now? I''m telling you, don''t even think about using your despicable tricks to force Aurora into a rtionship. You''re nothing but a pathetic illegitimate son. You''re not worthy of her!"


    Though Ste held a grudge against Leonard, she had no interest in watching him be humiliated. She checked the time and realized Joshua had been gone for a while. She headed toward the buffet area to look for him.


    But as soon as she entered the dining hall, she was met with the sound of harshughter.


    "So you''re Ste''s little kept man? Well, you are handsome, I''ll give you that. No wonder you''ve been turning the heads of all the youngdies."


    "Forget the women, even men can''t help but be charmed. Just a minute ago, a young master was asking me which family this delectable piece of eye candy belonged to."


    "Kid, you''ve really got it made, don''t you? Living off women, and looks like you could live off men too."


    "Hey, since you love living off others so much, how about I offer you a job?" one of the scions sneered, knocking the te of desserts from Joshua''s hand. He pointed at the scattered pastries on the floor with a malicious grin. "Here''s the deal. Lick everything off the floor, and I''ll give you a million. How about it?"


    Several others roared withughter, tossing their own food onto the floor and joining in. "Eat this piece of meat off the floor, and I''ll give you a million too."


    "Lick my shoes clean, and I''ll give you three million!"


    "Oh, dear, my hand slipped. I seem to have spilled some wine on you. I''m sure you don''t mind, do you?"


    Ste watched as a group of wealthy heirs surrounded Joshua, heaping humiliation upon him. Her face instantly turned to ice as she strode forward.


    "What do you think you''re doing?"


    The young men froze when they saw her. They all knew who Ste was-the heiress of the Williams family, a woman of significant powe Even though she was divorced, her worth far


    ovel


    surpassed theirs. Their families had long warned them not to cross her; the woman was crazy enough to turn on her own family.


    One of them forced a smile. "Ms. Cameron, your bodyguard wasn''t holding his te steady and dropped it. We were just reminding him to be more careful."


    "Yes, yes!" the others chimed in. "He dropped his food and spilled wine all over


    himself. We were just concerned and wanted to see if he needed help."


    Ste''s gaze, cold as ice, fell on the wine staining Joshua''s suit. She


    pointed to the food on the floor


    "Lickit all


    clean," she said coolly, "and I''ll give each of you five million."


    The young men paled, realizing she had seen everything.


    Before they could react, Ste snatched a ss from a nearby table and flung its contents into one of their faces. "My apologies" she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "My hand slipped. seem to have spilled some wine on your face. I''m sure you don''t mind, do you?"


    Leonard, who had just been subjected to simr taunts, stopped dead in his tracks


    as he witnessed the scene unfold.