Chapter 493: Chapter 493: Refusing a Toast, Only to Drink the Punishment Wine
As soon as the two people left, Ashley Shaw and Ariana Grant stepped into the elevator.
Watching the elevator doors close slowly, both Ariana Grant and Ashley Shaw felt a sense of relief wash over them.
They weren’t malicious people. Even though they didn’t like Ivy Bond, they wouldn’t kick someone when they’re down, especially not a cancer patient.
However, while they thought this way, Ivy Bond didn’t see it that way.
It wasn’t that she couldn’t walk, she was just a bit weak after finishing a round of chemotherapy and didn’t feel like walking.
At this moment, not knowing where her energy came from, she turned her head, saw the elevator doors slowly closing, and suddenly stood up from her wheelchair, briskly walking back.
Finn Bond was taken aback.
"Ivy, what are you doing?!"
Ivy Bond had already stretched out her hand to stop the elevator doors from closing.
Finn Bond tried to pull her back but was too late. Fortunately, the elevator’s sensors were quite sensitive, and when it sensed Ivy Bond’s hand, it quickly reopened.
Ivy Bond immediately squeezed inside.
The two people in the elevator were also startled.
The elevator doors had already closed, but suddenly a hand reached in... Fortunately, no one was hurt, and the doors opened.
Seeing Ivy Bond’s face again, the two were clearly taken aback.
Before they could react, Ivy Bond directly lunged at Ashley Shaw, aiming for her face.
Since her own face was ruined, she’d make sure Ashley Shaw had no face to show others either!
However, Ariana Grant reacted faster than Ivy Bond. Before Ivy Bond could even touch Ashley Shaw, Ariana Grant grabbed her arm firmly.
"What do you think you’re doing!?"
Due to chemotherapy, Ivy Bond’s platelet count was low, and her clotting ability was poor. As soon as she was grabbed, her wrist immediately hurt intensely.
"Let go!"
"You first tell me what you’re trying to do, or I won’t let go."
At this moment, Finn Bond chased in, leaving the wheelchair behind.
Seeing Ariana Grant holding Ivy Bond’s arm tightly, his heart lit with anger, he took a big step forward and forcefully pushed Ariana Grant on the shoulder.
Ariana Grant stumbled, and if it weren’t for Ashley Shaw’s quick reflexes to catch her, she would have fallen flat on the ground.
Ashley Shaw felt a surge of anger in her heart too.
Ivy Bond going crazy is one thing, but what right does Finn Bond have to lay his hands on someone?
Before Ashley Shaw and Ariana Grant could speak, Finn Bond surprisingly went on the offensive.
"What does it say about you two, bullying a sick person like this? Is this the kind of manners you were taught?"
Ariana Grant was shocked, pointing at herself and then at Ivy Bond.
"Us two, bullying her? Brother, do you have eyes or not?"
If she hadn’t reacted quickly just now, who knows what this Ivy Bond would have done to her dear Ashley?
Besides, all she did was stop Ivy Bond, she didn’t even do anything to her.
Contrarily, this guy who looks somewhat like Ivy Bond, reached out and pushed her harshly.
Finn Bond’s expression became a bit uneasy, but he quickly regained his stern look.
"I have eyes, and because I have eyes, I clearly saw how you were bullying her."
While saying this, Finn Bond lifted Ivy Bond’s hand, which had been grabbed by Ariana Grant.
There was a very obvious bluish bruise on the wrist.
Ashley Shaw and Ariana Grant were both momentarily stunned.
Ariana Grant instinctively said, "I didn’t even use that much force..."
Finn Bond sneered, "You didn’t use force, yet her hand ends up like this? Don’t you know that due to your build, you naturally have more strength than the average person?"
Ariana Grant was very self-conscious about her physique, and with Finn Bond’s overt and covert mockery, her feelings of inferiority welled up, causing her to lower her head, at a loss for words.
Ashley Shaw at this point grabbed Ariana Grant’s hand.
She looked coldly at Finn Bond and Ivy Bond, her expression icy as she said, "Even if she did use force, it was to protect me. You only saw Ariana holding her hand, why don’t you ask why on earth she would grab your sister’s hand?"
Ivy Bond glared at Ashley Shaw with venomous eyes.
She only regretted not being quicker earlier, seizing the moment to ruin Ashley Shaw’s face!
After all, she’s someone who lives day to day now, she wasn’t afraid of getting into trouble!
Although Finn Bond had the upper hand just then, Ashley Shaw’s few words had him tongue-tied.
Without the moral high ground, moral superiority was all he had left.
He said, "Even so, you shouldn’t have laid hands on a sick person."
"So?" Ashley Shaw asked, "You mean to say that it was wrong for us to defend ourselves?"
"What self-defense? My sister didn’t intend to do anything to you, on the other hand, the bruise on my sister’s hand, you don’t deny you caused it, do you?"
Ashley Shaw frowned, just about to speak, but Ariana Grant said, "Forget it, Ashley, don’t say anything, I’ll apologize to her."
Better to avoid trouble, just apologize and let it be.
Ashley Shaw was usually agreeable, but not this time.
Because of this, certain words: provoke her all you want, but don’t you dare provoke her friends!
"Why should we apologize to them? You did nothing wrong, I did nothing wrong, why should those who are right apologize to those who are wrong? Just because she’s sick?"
Ivy Bond’s eyes were so venomous they seemed soaked in poison.
She desperately wished it was Ashley Shaw who was sick!
That way she could look at her with the same pitiful gaze Ashley and the others gave her.
Only then would Ashley Shaw truly understand her pain.
Finn Bond furrowed his brow deeply, "What do you mean? Are you implying I’m morally blackmailing you?"
Ashley Shaw laughed, her laugh was filled with mockery.
"Isn’t that exactly what you’re doing?"
Finn Bond’s face turned suddenly dark.
The bullies were now claiming to be bullied, it was simply outrageous!
"Since Miss Shaw insists on being unreasonable and twisting the facts, don’t blame me for being ungracious to you."
"What do you plan to do?"
Finn Bond directly pressed the elevator’s emergency bell, and soon the voice of the hospital’s security office echoed in the elevator.
"What’s going on? Is there a malfunction with the elevator?"
Finn Bond said, "There’s no malfunction, but could you please send some security personnel over, there’s someone causing trouble and intentionally attacking a critically ill patient."
The person from the security office immediately said, "Please hold on a minute, I’ll send someone over right away."
Ariana Grant was frightened, instinctively clutching Ashley Shaw’s hand.
"Ashley, what should we do..."
"Don’t be afraid." Ashley Shaw reassured, "We have nothing to fear if we’ve done nothing wrong."
Finn Bond looked at her indifferently, "Is it so hard to say sorry? Must you make this into a big scene?"
Ashley Shaw gazed at him coldly, "Haven’t you already made it a big scene? As for the apology, it seems you owe us one instead."
"You really just refuse to yield!"
"Who’s refusing to yield isn’t certain."
"Fine, suit yourself."
Ashley Shaw smiled lightly, as if he had complimented her.
Soon the security personnel arrived, a total of three, all of them quite burly.
Ashley Shaw and Ariana Grant were "invited" out of the elevator, and the four of them were taken to the security office.
