Chapter 37

Seeing that she couldn't hide it from me anymore, Juliet said angrily, "After you called me at noon, I rushed over. Steve was there too. At first, I even thought he was acting like a decent human being for once! "But then that bitch, Isabel, showed up, trying to lure Steve away. I couldn't hold it in anymore, so I… I slapped Isabel across the face." My heart clenched as I asked urgently, "Then how did you get hurt?" Juliet snorted. "With that skeleton-thin body of hers, how could she beat me? Steve shoved me, and I fell. By chance, my head smashed right into the seatback next to me. In the end, that bastard still went off with that bitch. I'm so pissed!" "Steve laid hands on you?" I was seething with murderous rage. It was one thing if he treated me that way, but he even bullied my best friend. What did we ever do wrong? Why did we deserve this kind of punishment? Afraid that I'd get too worked up right after surgery, Juliet hurried to calm me down. "It's okay. It's only another