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The usually calm and indifferent Jessie was so angered by Beatrice’s words that she covered her chest and gasped heavily. “Mom!” Oscar didn’t even kneel down, quickly stepping forward to support Jessie, angrily reprimanding Beatrice, “My mom is not feeling well! Is this how you speak to her as a junior?”
Beatrice
“You…”
took
deep breath a
and
retorted, “Mr. Oscar,
it wasn’t
Mrs.
Jessie Baldwin
who hurt me
first?”
Oscar frowned, his eyes turning a few degrees colder.
Suddenly, there came a not–so–light, not–so–heavy sound from above.
Caden put down the teacup, lifted his eyelids lightly, and looked at Oscar coldly. His condescending posture made people unable to help but feel a trace of submission.
“So, you actually know how to respect your elders, huh? You’ve been here for half a day and I haven’t seen you apologize to me, Uncle Caden, and your grandfather. Do you plan on just letting it slide like that?”
His tone was not high, but the voice that was not deliberately emphasized contained an undeniable power of intimidation. at Xander.
Oscar
looked
at
him,
that Xander
his
would
shoulders
visibly
shrunk,
and he
spare
him this
time,
considering
He hoped But Xander remained unmoved and continued to drink tea.
instinctively
glanced
that he was his eldest grandson.
Oscar
clenched his
fist,
his
neck
and
face turning
red,
and
he
knelt
on
the
ground stiffly.
Grandpa… Uncle Caden, I’m sorry.”
He gritted his teeth before shouting out the words “Uncle Caden“.
Hatred stabbed into his heart like thorns, his sinister eyes scanning the surroundings as if searching for an outlet to vent. I happened to catch glimpse of Beatrice’s little gesture.
a
A trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes.
Beatrice, I
was so
good to you,
and yet you
humiliated me like this!
You should have
accompanied me…
felt
a sudden tightness in her chest.
By t
gave Jessie
Whe
hard as
she noticed Oscar’s strange look, it was already too late.
a look.
Beatrice was pulling Jessie pulled Although she managed to steady herself in the end, the bite marks
back
her
scarf,
Beatrice
almost
fell
down.
on
her neck were exposed to
Xander.
Jessie grabbed her hand and pointed at the bite mark, saying, “Dad, look! I didn’t lie to you! This is the evidence of her fooling around with Caden! It’s clearly a man’s bite mark!”
Beatrice covered her neck and retorted, “No! It has nothing to do with Uncle Caden!”
“You
very well keep saying it’s irrelevant, but why did you get into bed with Caden in the first place! Don’t tell me it was an accident, we know w about your dirty secrets! You’re just like your mother! Always trying to climb up by relying on whoever has money!”
and more
she spoke, excited as Jessie became more Beatrice quickly stepped forward as she saw Ryan about to stand up.
and
she
directly
involved
Monica as
well.
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