Ellison And Joycelyn: A Love Beyond The Rules

Chapter 168

In the villa, Joycelyn sat cross–legged on the carpet, watching the evening live broadleast while waiting for Ellison to return from work for dinner.

On the screen, Iris and Octavia were being interviewed by varios media outlets in the hospital ward.

In just one day, the two women had gained immense popularity and became internet sensations.

A reporter held up a recorder and probed with a question designed to exploit sensitive emotions. He asked, “Mrs. Mercer, you mentioned that your daughter, Joycelyn, severed all ties with you after getting married, even blocking all your contact information.

“She didn’t even visit you when you were hospitalized and in critical condition. She’s been cold–hearted and cruel toward you, right?”

Iris clutched her chest and cried bitterly, “Yes, my daughter has always been sensible. I was too strict with her when she was younger, never allowing her to date so she could focus on school.

“Who could have known she would be deceived by an insurance alesman and cut off all contact with her family?”

Just imagine—Joycelyn, the daughter she’d raised with such care, had grown up and married a man who sold insurance because of love and then had a falling out with her family.

When her mother was on the brink of death, Joycelyn couldn’t care less. Iris‘ stepdaughter was far more filial and considerate than she had been.

It’s often said that one should never marry someone their parents disapprove

of.

Iris’s description of Joycelyn’s actions had once again struck a nerve with many women.

Joycelyn lowered her eyes, scrolling through the comments section, reading even harsher criticisms of herself.

She was being called ungrateful, a love–struck fool, and a total disappointment to women everywhere.

“But we’ve learned from the hospital that your surgery fees were paid by your daughter. She also paid for you to be moved to a private ward and even hired Zoe Jackson, a nurse, to take care of you,” the reporter added.

Upon hearing this, Iris stopped crying, clearly caught off guard after being exposed by the reporter.

Octavia immediately stepped in with teary eyes and explained, “We had to beg for that, too. For my mother’s sake, I was slapped by my sister. It was posted online. I was publicly humiliated in front of the Grant Group. But for my mother, I have no complaints.”

Octavia lowered her head, sobbing, her voice full of humility. As tris‘ stepdaughter, Octavia appeared far more considerate than Joycelyn, Iris‘ biological daughter.

Joycelyn looked at the panic in her mother’s eyes. Then, she sent the secretly recorded video she had received without any

hesitation.

voices of Iris and Octavia conspiring together became audible in the live broadcast. Clavia’s comment about needing to teach Joycelyn a lesson for her to behave properly was particularly striking.

when she agreed with Octavia, it was filled with

a few seconds. Realizing it was her, she immediately felt guilty but quickly shifted

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cameras and explained, “This vided is fake. Joycelyn used her looks and her husband’s job as an insurance salesperson to connect with some wealthy

didn’t expect her to be so vicious that

sparked another wave of controversy.

who had been silently observing nearby, could no longer hold back her anger. She pushed past

with her

“I took this video. I’ve seen their true colors. Your biological daughter not

thousands of dollars to

yours only comes around when she’s asking for money, either from you or

of them too. They’re a pack of wolves and vultures. If I were in her shoes,

like they’re the victims Your family is full of

out like rapid–fire,

Octavia were stunned by the harsh tirade.

entire room

face of her biological mother’s slander. But when she saw the nurse standing up for her, her eyes welled up with emotion.

the truth, but her mother had chosen to ignore

hired to keep an eye on Mother. You two are in this together, aren’t you? You just admitted to taking her money. She told you to

retorted, “Didn’t you just say that she wouldn’t give you a single cent and didn’t care if you lived or died? Then why are you saying that

turn of events made

misery, manipulating public opinion for financial gain.

drama turned out to be a staged act, and now they were even suspected of criminal

broadcast without a word. She hadn’t shown her face or spoken once. From the shock of learning the truth to the numbness that followed, she had maintained a calm,

Sitting

she took in the

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first time, she had

the rainy night when she moved out of the Mercer family. Desperate, with nowhere to go, she had been so humiliated that she

given her the protection