The Villain Mom Awakens — Going Viral by Parenting on a Reality Show-Chapter 321: Scuffle

Naomi Kenway supported Victor Vance and spoke earnestly, "Sonny, you have to pull yourself together. Christina Lynch’s plot is already starting to show. What you need to do now is keep investigating, find out the truth behind that ’cheating scandal’ from a year ago, and clear your name!"

A vicious glint flashed in her eyes. "And Christina Lynch... He’s been living so freely by feeding on your flesh and blood. You absolutely cannot let him get away with it!"

"Right, I can’t let him get away with it. I absolutely can’t let him get away with it..." Victor Vance repeated the words in a daze. Suddenly, she couldn’t hold back her sobs any longer. It seemed she was recalling all the injustice and grievances she had suffered. Her voice firmed, each word like a tear of blood, "I absolutely cannot let him get away with it!!"

Naomi Kenway didn’t interrupt her emotional release. Naomi knew that the grievances and scorn Victor had endured this past year were far from the understated way she described them.

Once Victor’s emotions had stabilized a bit, Naomi Kenway took out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears, comforting her in a gentle voice, "Don’t cry. We’ll definitely get through this."

Victor Vance’s eyes were red-rimmed as she nodded heavily.

*

Nymphaeum Private Room:

"Hey? Where’s our classmate, Victor Vance? We all agreed to get together, so how come I don’t see her?"

Vaughn Grant had dark skin and wore a pair of simple, black-rimmed glasses. He looked quiet, but he was actually quite talkative—often the liveliest person in the group chat and the one who warmed up any party or dinner.

Someone else sighed, "These reunions of ours are getting smaller and smaller. Fewer people show up every year..."

"It can’t be helped. Everyone has their own life now. Remember Betty Hogan? That quiet girl who sat in the back of our class? Well, she’s the CEO of a publicly traded company now. I heard she’s busy traveling the world these days!"

"Our class really has a lot of talented people. Not just Betty, but Old Alden, too. He’s an internationally famous director now. Even without his family’s connections, he’s made a huge name for himself out there. Now that’s what you call skill! And our classmate Victor, I hear she’s a designer now! Back in school, she won a lot of well-known national awards. After she got married, you never heard her name in the media again. They said she was focusing on her family. It was such a shame, but it’s great that she’s picked up her dream again!"

"Speaking of which, why isn’t our classmate Victor coming? It’s too quiet with just a few of us. Has she grown distant and just can’t be bothered to show up?"

...

Aidan Dawson, who had been drinking silently, looked up. "It’s my fault. I didn’t give her a heads-up. She already had plans to go out to eat with a friend today."

The others nodded silently.

Perry Paxton walked over to Aidan Dawson and threw an arm around his shoulders. He had been the class gossip back then, and nothing had changed. "Old Alden, I heard years ago that you had a thing for Victor Vance. You’re over thirty and still not married, you rascal. Are you still hung up on her?"

A blush spread across Aidan Dawson’s usually stoic face. He stammered instinctively, "Wh-what are you talking about? I, I, I..."

"Ohoho, you start stuttering the moment I bring her up, and you still say you don’t like her?" Perry Paxton teased. "If you ask me, if you like her, you should just go for it! We’re not getting any younger. If you’re not brave now, are you going to wait until you’re collecting your pension to have regrets? I’m telling you, our classmate Victor just got divorced. Isn’t this your chance? This is heaven taking pity on you, Old Alden! Seize the opportunity!"

But Aidan Dawson’s eyes revealed a hint of bitterness. He still remembered how radiant and captivating Victor Vance used to be, how her faint smile was like a tranquil lake capable of embracing everything. The year Victor said she had a boyfriend, Aidan couldn’t face it and ran off to another country for several years, refusing to come back no matter how his family pleaded. He just couldn’t accept the reality of it. At the same time, he resented himself for not being brave enough, for letting someone else get to her first. ’But if I had shown her how I felt back then, would she have accepted me?’

Aidan Dawson closed his eyes in anguish.

It was the unknown answer that made him afraid to try. If he failed, they wouldn’t even be able to be friends anymore.

Whenever he was out in the wild filming for a project, he would often think of Christina Lynch. ’What a lucky man he was.’

Suddenly, a drunken sneer cut through the air. Milo Cross, his face flushed red, stood up and staggered over to clink glasses with Aidan Dawson. He let out a burp. "HAHAHA... Hilarious, truly hilarious! There are plenty of fish in the sea, why be hung up on one? Or are you just eager to wear a green hat?!"

Hearing this, Aidan Dawson’s gaze turned cold. "What do you mean by that?"

Lily Holden, the former class president, saw this and hurried over to pull at Milo Cross. "What nonsense are you spouting!"

The others also got up, trying to pull Milo Cross back.

Aidan Dawson grabbed Milo Cross by the collar, the veins on his hands bulging. "Make yourself clear. What the hell do you mean?!" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Everyone else looked on awkwardly.

Milo Cross laughed out loud, pointing at the others. "You guys are really something else. I don’t know what Victor Vance gave you all, but every single one of you is helping her cover up her scandal, even trying to set her up with Old Alden. I’ve been wanting to say this for a long time: who would dare want a promiscuous woman like her?!"

Lily Holden’s expression changed slightly. She tried to reason with him, "You’re drunk. And our classmate Victor already explained it was a misunderstanding. It wasn’t real..."

"She says that, and you just believe her? I could say I’m the King!" Milo Cross flew into a drunken rage, laughing one moment and crying the next. "I’m out there entertaining clients every day, drinking until my stomach bleeds, and what happens? My wife runs off with another man! Cheating women like that are all trash! Victor Vance looks all pure and innocent, but who knew she could do something so disgusting!!"

Aidan Dawson had the faint feeling he had missed something important. His eyes practically splitting with rage, he yelled, "What the hell are you talking about?! Explain it to me clearly!!"

He squeezed Milo Cross’s neck with all his might. "If you don’t explain yourself, you’re not walking out of here today!"

The people around them scrambled to separate the two, but Aidan Dawson was simply too strong. For a moment, they couldn’t budge either of them an inch.

Milo Cross laughed so hard he started to cry. "You... COUGH, COUGH... you’re hilarious! Who fights to wear a green hat?! Victor Vance’s hotel cheating scandal was known by everyone back then! You’re the only poor sap who was kept in the dark! She’s damaged goods that nobody else wants, and you actually..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Milo Cross let out a pained howl.

"You’re the goddamn damaged goods!"

Milo Cross wiped the blood from his nose, his eyes burning with fury. "I was trying to give you some friendly advice, and you hit me?! So that’s how it is, Aidan Dawson! You find out you almost had to wear a green hat and you take it out on me, is that it?!"

With that, the two of them started grappling.

Fortunately, their fighting ability wasn’t very high since they were drunk, and they were quickly pulled apart.

Perry Paxton wiped the sweat from his temple. "I told you guys we shouldn’t get liquor. People get into trouble when they drink too much. How did those two end up going at it...?"