Hearing Deanna's words, Leticia was completely shocked.
"The child is Lance's, how is that possible?"
She looked on incredulously.
Seeing this, Deanna gave a cold smile and said pointedly, "Leticia, don't treat everyone like fools. Take your drama elsewhere, stop parading around us. With your skewed morals and poor character, do you really think Lance would fancy you? I suggest you take a good look at yourself in the mirror."
The implication was clear: Leticia needed to be self-aware.
Leticia, infuriated, her face contorted into a hideous snarl.
"Bitch, I'm going to kill you!"
She charged at Deanna like a madwoman.
Deanna had not expected Leticia to dare lay a hand on her, especially in her own home, and was caught off guard. Her hair was grabbed, and she received several slaps.
The surrounding servants were stunned.
Sam, upstairs, was also alarmed and quickly scolded the servants, "What are you standing there for? Go help the missus!"
Hearing this, the other servants snapped to their senses and tried to pull Leticia away.
However, the frenzied Leticia was not easily restrained, and the servants were also cautious of hurting Deanna, making them hesitant.
Deanna tried to fend for herself, but her hair was tightly gripped by Leticia.
Leticia, seeing Deanna under her control, felt a surge of satisfaction.
She glared hatefully at Deanna's delicate features. A malicious thought crossed her mind as her eyes caught sight of a fruit knife on a nearby coffee table.
"Deanna, let's see if Lance will still want you after I've disfigured your face!"
Almost as soon as she finished speaking, she grabbed the fruit knife from the table while others were distracted and looked sinisterly at Deanna.
The servants panicked at the sight.
Deanna, now scared, shouted sternly, "Leticia, have you lost your mind? Do you realize the consequences of your actions?"
"I don't care about the consequences; I just want to ruin you."
With that, Leticia slashed the fruit knife towards Deanna.
In a split second, a servant rushed to hold back Leticia's knife-wielding hand.
Meanwhile, Lance at the business meeting received a call from home.
"Mr. Mercer, you need to come back immediately; the missus is in trouble."
"What happened?"
Lance asked repeatedly as he walked towards the exit of the venue.
The servant didn't dare to conceal anything and reported, "A Miss Walsh came to the house and tried to kill the missus."
Hearing this, Lance's expression darkened instantly.
It was Leticia again!
"I understand. I'm coming back right now. Make sure the missus, Master Gregory, and Miss Chloe are safe!"
After hanging up, Lance hurried out of the hotel.
Outside, Xavier saw Mr. Mercer storming out and was taken aback.
Just as he was about to ask what had happened, Mr. Mercer commanded in a grave tone, "Drive to the manor, and hurry!"
Hearing the urgency in his voice, Xavier didn't dare waste any more time and quickly started the car.
Under the dark night sky, a black sedan sped along the road.
Meanwhile, two children in their room also heard the commotion outside and were worried sick. They opened their door intending to see what was happening.
As soon as they opened the door, Sam noticed them.
"Master Gregory, Miss Chloe, why are you out? Get back inside."
Sam quickly tried to prevent the children from seeing the chaos downstairs.
This was also what Deanna had instructed before.
Regardless of what happened downstairs, the children were not to go down.
Unaware of this, the children looked up with worried faces and asked, "Sam, what's happening downstairs?"
Sam remained silent, pondering how to respond.
But before he could think of an answer, Leticia's shrill voice came from downstairs, "Die Deanna!"
It turned out Leticia had broken free from the servant who had held her back and was once again swinging the fruit knife at Deanna.
Hearing this, the children ducked under Sam's arm and rushed to the second-floor railing. They saw the alarming scene below and screamed out.
"Mommy, be careful-"
As they shouted, Deanna who had been dodging Leticia paused momentarily. Seizing the opportunity, Leticia managed to slash her face with the knife.
Instantly, bright red blood flowed from the wound.
Seeing her success, Leticia laughed triumphantly, "Deanna, I want to see how you'll seduce anyone with a scarred face now!"
As she spoke, she raised the fruit knife again towards Deanna.
Deanna saw this and was both shocked and furious.
Ignoring her hair being pulled, she quickly grabbed Leticia's attacking hand.
Finally deciding enough was enough, she used force against force. Using the hand that Leticia held the knife with, she cut her own hair that was being pulled.
Seeing this, Leticia unwillingly watched as Deanna freed herself from her grasp. She raised her foot and kicked with all her might.