Chapter 1300:

Another thirty minutes drifted by. Finally, Jayden set the documents aside and made his way out of the study, his movements deliberate and unhurried.

In the living room, Debora sat with a glass of water in her hand, her demeanor far from friendly. The longer Jayden had kept her waiting, the more agitated she had become. His cold indifference only stoked the fire within her.

As soon as she saw him, she slammed the glass down onto the table and snapped, “Jayden, you really have some nerve! Making me wait this long—who do you think you are?”

Jayden laughed softly under his breath at her outburst. “Oh, who do I think I am? I know exactly who I am. But the real question is, who do you think you are?”

Fury flashed across Debora’s face. “Don’t think you can push me around just because you’re older! You, who’s so heartless and ungrateful, have no right to judge me!”

Jayden shrugged, his expression calm and unreadable. “Say what you want. It doesn’t matter to me.”

she burst out, “You don’t care? You’ve already ruined your relationship with Grandpa, and we kept quiet about it. But

would have never known! We were completely fooled by you!” Debora’s voice rose to a crescendo. “Yes, Grandpa was tough on you, but does that give you

cold voice interrupted from the stairs.

shoulders, descended the staircase with a glass in hand. Her gaze locked onto Debora, icy and

of Elyse’s stare. What was this about? She hadn’t done anything

laced with disdain. “It’s a family matter. You, as an outsider, have no place in

and Jayden were divorced, which meant Elyse was no longer part

down the last few stairs. Jayden instinctively moved to steady her, but she brushed

unhurried, her presence commanding the room with every step, her eyes never leaving Debora. Authority radiated from her like an

this formidable? She remembered her as the quiet, delicate woman who always followed Jayden’s lead—gentle and unassuming. But this Elyse was entirely different, a woman who

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