54 Chapter 54: Trauma

A pink Porsche entered the mall's garage, attracting a lot of attention, not only because it was an expensive Porsche, but because of the flashy pink color.

"Did you like riding in my car?" As soon as the car's speed slowed, Catharina, who was driving, smiled, and asked Cristina and Ingrid.

"Yes, it is very comfortable," Ingrid replied.

"I liked it. It was very pleasant," Cristina said with an innocent smile.

"Is it not? Then I'll let you drive it sometime~" Catharina said with a soft laugh.

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Catharina took them to the Valentino store on the second floor. It was a very chic store with a large sign written "VALENTINO" above the entrance door, which was all made of white glass with gray illuminated by light. And behind the glass there were three female mannequins: one wearing a beautiful pink dress, another wearing more executive clothing, and the other wearing a short skirt with a black long-sleeved web shirt.

"Let's go here first." Catharina entered the store, and Cristina and Ingrid immediately followed.

"Wow! I've never seen so many beautiful clothes!!" This was a feast for Cristina's eyes, she saw many beautiful clothes and said excitedly.

"If you like any, just let me know and I'll buy them for you," Catharina said with a gentle smile.

Although she thought she could easily buy cheaper clothes for her, Cristina still nodded, not refusing Catharina's kindness. "Mm."

Catharina made Ingrid and Cristina try on many clothes and she also tried on and bought quite a few for them.

"I'm going to try on that dress and I'll be right back." With that said, Catharina went to the dressing room.

1 minute later, Ingrid said to Cristina, "I'm going to the bathroom. Do you want to go with me, or do you want to wait here?"

"I'll wait here. I think my big sis will be back soon," Cristina said sweetly.

"Okay, I'll be right back." Ingrid was in a bit of a rush, and ended up leaving immediately afterwards.

Cristina, who was now alone, found a very beautiful blue dress. She admired it for a while, but when she flipped the tag and saw the price, she sighed. She didn't want to ask her older sister to spend that much money buying clothes for her, so she intended to walk away and look at something cheaper.

When Cristina was about to turn around, someone spoke in a female voice, incredibly irritating.

"You filthy child, look what you did. You put your filthy hands on the dress I was going to buy for my daughter. How are you going to make up for it?" It was a middle-aged woman who spoke. She wore heavy makeup, had brown hair and black eyes and wore revealing clothing, showing her abundant breasts in an unobtrusive way, holding the hand of a girl around 14 to 15 years old.

The woman, seeing that she had caught the attention of many people, instead of being embarrassed for making a scandal, spoke even louder, "Poor girl, this place is not for people like you. Get out now!" She then looked in the direction of a shop assistant and said, "You there, what are you waiting for? Why did you allow a girl like 'this' to enter the Valentino store? If she doesn't immediately leave, I won't be shopping at this store anymore!"

Before the saleswoman could answer, an angry voice came from behind.

"That's right? So go and never come back!"

"Who dares?!" The woman turned and froze.

"I dare!" Catharina looked angrily at the woman, and without realizing it, she launched a strong murderous intention towards the woman and daughter who instantly felt weakened.

"My God! Isn't that Catharina Dimas?" Some customers recognized her.

"Miss Catharina... There must be some mistake. My mother..." The girl who was next to the woman with large breasts and heavy makeup was able to recognize Catharina. After all, this mall belonged to the Dimas family, and in Jurerê Internacional, few did not know her, mainly because of her striking white hair and red eyes. The girl continued to speak, even though she was very scared and feeling weak when faced by Catharina with her murderous intent, "My mother only got angry because..." She pointed at Cristina, blaming her, "This 'dirty' girl was touching the dress that my mother was going to buy for me and 'soiled' the dress. That's why my mom was a little upset."

"Yes, yes, that's right Miss Catharina..." The woman was terrified. She had no courage to provoke the young woman in front of her and was very frightened by the look Catharina was giving her and put the whole blame on Cristina. "This 'dirty' and ignorant girl, she deserves a beating and to be forbidden to enter the store. No, she should be banned from entering Jurerê Dimas Shopping!"

Catharina's eyes were drawn and her eyebrows sharpened like a sword. She approached Cristina, who was silent from beginning to end. In her eyes, she was terrified, shivering over and over. This must have triggered some trauma for her to be in that state.

Ingrid, who had just come back from the bathroom and saw what happened, especially the part where the woman with big breasts and heavy makeup said that to Cristina, her blood boiled and her anger rose. She was a little distant, but she ran very fast towards the woman...

Catharina saw that Ingrid was close to punching the woman in the face, and said in a hurry, "Wait, Ingrid. Do not do it!"

Although she didn't mind beating this woman, she still has her principles, and beating this woman in public would only bring temporary satisfaction. She had other plans and would not let this mother and daughter get away with saying all this and waking up some trauma in her little sister.

Ingrid's eyes blinked, and she came to, but the anger in her eyes had not yet been quenched.

The woman who almost got punched in the face fell to the floor on her butt, and sweated cold. The daughter was pulled by her and fell too, hitting her knees on the floor and screaming in exaggerated pain. This girl was similar to the woman, with light brown hair and dark brown eyes.

"Dirty, you say? Since when is my little sister a dirty girl?" Catharina hugged Cristina's trembling body in her arms. She said calmly and coldly, "I know who you are. You are Aide's wife, owner of the recently transformed Aide Construction Company, yes?"

Seeing the mother and daughter pair's eyes widen in surprise, as if they didn't believe she knew that, Catharina smiled coldly, "By coincidence, I saw the news that Aide Contractor, now became Aide Construction and I remember seeing you beside him, all full of smiles... Well, I just wanted to say that to you... Now get out of here and never come back!"

"No, Miss Catharina, you can't do that. I was wrong; I shouldn't have done what I did, but you can't blame me! I didn't imagine that this dir-... girl was your sister." Still without strength, sitting on the floor, the woman almost said "dirty" again, but managed to stop herself in time.

"Security, get these two out of here." The moment Catharina said that, her tone also became a little more aggressive.

Two tall, muscular men went towards the mother and daughter pair.

"No, no, you can't! You can't do this to us!" The young girl screamed. She had never felt so humiliated, but Catharina pretended to be deaf and waved Ingrid closer.

"Cristina, it's okay. I'm here. Nothing bad is going to happen to you," Catharina said guiltily. "I'm sorry. I should have been more careful; I didn't expect..."

"I must also apologize, I ended up leaving her alone..." Ingrid was feeling horrible. She didn't expect that the moment she left to go to the bathroom, something like this would happen.

Even after hearing this, Cristina had no reaction.

"Cristina looks at me." Catharina put her hand on Cristina's face, asking to look at her.

"Yes?" Cristina suddenly raised her head for the first time and said looking at Catharina with her dull eyes. She then said, "The dress... I didn't damage it, I swear."

"I know that." Seeing Cristina's expression made Catharina feel miserable. Catharina's heart ached and she worried about her.

"I just thought it was beautiful and touched it a little to see the price..." Cristina added.

"Yes, I know." Catharina was as understanding as possible, comforting her with kind words.

"I didn't hold it. Why did she say I held the dress?" Cristina's eyes did not look away from Catharina.

"She and her daughter are ignorant people and are the ones who are truly dirty."

"Big sister, am I a dirty girl?" When she asked that question, it didn't look like she was talking only about the mother and daughter pair, but something she had locked deep in her heart.

"You are not dirty, you are so beautiful and my little sister. How can you be dirty? Don't believe that woman's words." Catharina rubbed Cristina's back gently.

Cristina suddenly bit her lower lip and looked scared when she asked, "Big sister, am I going to be punished?"

"Of course not! Why did you think you would be punished?" Catharina felt her heart ache when she heard that question.

"But, but, whenever something like this happened, I was punished..." Her eyes still seemed unfocused, it was as if she had gone back to the time when she lived with the Zing Clan.

"Cristina, you are my little sister. I will not punish you," Catharina sighed and said gently.

"Honest?" Cristina's eyes blinked, and she finally showed a little sparkle in her eyes.

"Yes it's true." Catharina hugged Cristina's small body and said softly.

"Thank you, big sister." Cristina's voice sounded a little more lively.

"Do not worry."

"Big sister..."

"Yes?"

"I want to see my Master, I want to see my big brother." She missed him. She wanted to see him. For Cristina, Luan was her safe haven.

"Okay, let's go back." Catharina lost total interest in continuing shopping.

"En." Cristina nodded obediently and looked up, "Big sister?"

"Yes?"

"Thank you for defending me," Cristina said and looked at Ingrid, "Ingrid, thank you for being angry for me."

"Don't worry. I will always protect you," Ingrid and Catharina said in unison.

"En."

Returning, Catharina told her family everything that happened to Cristina.

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