Chapter97
Mariela kicked the dagger away, and a male colleague picked it up. Without the dagger, the attacker couldn’t fight Mariela.
Mariela punched the attacker repeatedly, making him.
in Nimeam
pain. then kicked him hard in the head.
The man got dirty and couldn’t steady himself. Before he could, Mariela kicked him more and threw him to the floor.
People in the crowd shouted in surprise.
Everyone was shocked,
They didn’t expect the gentle Mariela to be so good at fighting!
After Mariela subdued the attacker, the ambulance and police arrived.
The attacker
taken
away.
Then, people walked up to talk to Maricha
וקות
Drake,
lying in
blood,
יה!
taken
by the
ambulance.
The staff at the law firm, after seeing a colleague get stabbed, didn’t feel any joy about surviving. They were just left with fear and a lasting sense of dread
Gia’s face was streaked with tears, her voice shaking, “Ms. Logan, I… I thought I was going to die… It was so scary. If not for you, I would have been dead. Thank you, Ms Logan.”
Skyla was still shaken, her face pale. “You know, in all my ten years of being a lawyer, this is the first time anything like this has happened. It just hit me this job can be pretty risky sometimes”
Macy’s fear hadn’t faded ‘Ms. Haas, will Mr. Santos…”
Skyla replied coldly, “Mr. Santos will be okay.”
Several male colleagues settled down and started giving Mariela props for her fighting skills
“Ms. Logan, you really surprised us with those moves! Incredible!”
“Yeah. Ms. Logan, thank you for saving us
“Ms. Logan, I never would have guessed you were so good at fighting, considering how calm and composed you usually seem.”
Mariela didn’t react to the praise from her male colleagues.
She walked to Macy with a serious face. Ms. Castillo, were you trying to use Gia as a shield from the knife just now?
Macy feh guilty and couldn’t meet Marich’s
Mariela’s gaze. She stuttered, “I I was just reacting in
Everyone had seen Macy grab Gia to protect herself from the knife.
Hearing her explanation, they all looked at her with disgust.
Macy felt unfairly judged. If she hadn’t grabbed someone, she would have died.
People were naturally selfish.
