Chapter 64:

Upon learning that Mabel had been withholding information, Lanny hung up and stormed to meet her with a frown.

At that moment, Mabel looked like a shadow, staring at nothing in particular. Glenda was beside her, wailing with tears streaming down her face.

“How could you have acted so stupid, Mabel? What’s there to like about Theo? If only you could be open-minded for a moment, you’d see just how mistaken you are about him,” Lanny scolded, his face dark.

Mabel, still with a faint mark on her neck, had done everything to get her parents’ support to marry Theo. Clearing her throat weakly, she pleaded, “Mom, you’ve got to understand that my heart is with Theo. There’s no way for me to be happy without him.”

Just then, Lanny entered the room, his face stern. Approaching Mabel, he asked coldly, “Tell me exactly what happened between you and Theo before you got into bed with him.”

Stunned, Mabel swallowed hard, nervousness spreading across her face. Her father had asked a question she hadn’t expected. “Nothing happened, Dad. Besides, you shouldn’t be asking me such questions when I’m feeling quite sad right now,” she replied feebly.

sad right now? Why on earth would you be sad after you got what you wanted? Hey, are

distressed. Glenda stopped crying momentarily, her face showing confusion.

to deepen her relationship with Theo, she had contacted him and arranged to meet. After meeting up,

paid for the damaged wine without asking her to return the money. Believing he had acted out of goodness, she thought he was

she hadn’t achieved what she wanted, feeling the pain of the loss she had

Dad, I want nothing more than to be Theo’s wife. Besides, just imagine all the benefits that I will bring upon my family by marrying Theo, a son of the Ward family, which is one of the most influential and

in disgust. Mabel, spoiled as she was, had acted in such a misguided way without even sparing a moment to consider what she was getting into. What’s more, she was

Theo had been on the verge of getting married, the Ward family resisted without an iota of shame. If Mabel, who

than Elyse,” fumed Lanny. “Just who the hell do you think you are? How can you get so delusional to the point that you’ve convinced yourself that Theo is willing to marry you? Shouldn’t you have figured out by now that if he planned to take you seriously, he wouldn’t have slept with you, his ex-fiance’s sister? For him to treat Elyse so poorly despite having

think he attaches any importance to getting a woman in

In all but

finish her words, Lanny interrupted firmly, “It’s because you’re my daughter that I’m refusing to sugarcoat how stupid

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