"Andy!" Seeing her son fall to the ground, Vanessa immediately scooped him up, her heart aching.


    "Mommy, that woman knocked me over..." Andy sobbed, pointing an using finger at Yvonne.


    Vanessa flew into a rage without bothering to ask what happened. ring at Yvonne, she snapped, "Are you blind? Do you have any idea who we are? If anything happens to my son, I''ll make you pay."


    "I don''t care who you are," Mrs. Cooper retorted. She had nearly been knocked over herself and was still shaken, clutching her pregnant belly as sheposed herself.


    As a veteran of the business world, she was no pushover. She pointed at Vanessa and her son and shot back.


    "You''d better watch your little brat! He was running wild in a public ce and almost crashed right into my stomach. If anything happens to my baby, you''ll be the one I won''t let off the hook."


    "What big talk. Do you even know who I am? I''m the daughter of the Thompson family," Vanessa said, tilting her chin up arrogantly.


    She certainly had the air of a spoiled heiress.


    Vanessa had been sent abroad when she was just a few years old and had only recently returned to the country.


    So, while Yvonne knew Frank had an illegitimate daughter named Vanessa, this was the first time she had seen her in person.


    "Ms. Thompson?" Mrs. Cooper reacted with a coldugh.


    The Thompson family was publicly known to have only two sons, Noah and Bet. And Frank only acknowledged Bet as his sole heir. There was no ''daughter of the family.''


    If Vanessa was insisting she was a ''Ms. Thompson,'' then she could only be Frank''s unacknowledged, illegitimate daughter.


    Mr. and Mrs. Cooper were


    self-made. While they couldn''t im to be old money, they had a firm foothold in Istra''s high society. An legitimate daughter who wasnt even acknowledged by her family—who didn''t even have the right to use the Thompson


    no


    name-was beneath Mrs. Cooper''s


    notice.


    However, Vanessa and Bet were half-siblings, and Yvonne was Mr. Bet Thompson''s girlfriend.


    Worried about causing trouble for Yvonne, Mrs. Cooper fell silent.


    Seeing this, Vanessa assumed they were intimidated by her status as a ''Ms. Thompson'' and didn''t dare to cross her.


    "So now you know you can''t afford to mess with me?" Vanessa sneered, pressing her advantage. She red at Yvonne "Since you injured my son, you owe him an apology he''s suffered a concussion, I''ll sue you until you''re bankrupt."


    "You''re going to bankrupt her? Do you know who she is? She''s Mr. Thompson''s girlfriend," Mrs. Cooper scoffed.


    "So you''re Bet''s mistress? You certainly look the part," Vanessa said with a disdainful sneer, her eyes raking Yvonne up and down.


    Vanessa''s words were so foul that Mrs. Cooper jumped to Yvonne''s defense. "Watch your mouth!"


    "What''s wrong with my mouth? I''m a hell of a lot cleaner than those in the entertainment industry," Vanessa continued mockingly.


    "Bet really has terrible taste. Passing up a high-societydy for a tainted, low- ss actress."


    "If you hadn''t slept with Bet,


    someone of your status would never


    have been invited to a private party


    at the Scott family''s estate. You


    wouldn''t even be worthy of speaking to me."


    "You... you''re vile!'' Mrs. Cooper was fuming, clutching her stomach, which was starting to ache from the stress."


    Yvonne supported Mrs. Cooper, worried that the agitation would affect her baby, and helped her over to the side to rest.