Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 177

When Mitchell got home, everyone had already finished lunch.

His father looked at him with clear disapproval. "Do you know what time it is? Suzan's pregnant-you're about to be a father, yet you're still acting so irresponsibly!"

The frustration in his voice was unmistakable.

Mitchell stood in the foyer, head down as he changed his shoes, saying nothing.

His clothes were wrinkled, and his jacket still carried the sharp scent of last night's whiskey and smoke from the bar.

He didn't bother to defend himself. He just let his father lecture him in silence.

It was Adeline who came out, her tone gentle as she tried to smooth things over. "Darling, don't be so upset. It's the holidays-Mitchell just wanted to relax with his friends for a bit. That's perfectly normal."

She turned to Mitchell with a mother's kindness. "Mitchell, we set some food aside for you. I'll have the housekeeper warm it up."

His father snorted. "Keep coddling him, and you'll regret it soon enough." With that, he turned and disappeared into his study.

Mitchell spoke quietly. "Mom, I'm going to change out of these clothes first."

Upstairs, Suzan was sulking.

hadn't come home at all last night, and she

her hairbrush so tightly her knuckles whitened. Her eyes in the mirror were red

kept looping in her mind: she wasn't even married to Mitchell yet, and he was already treating her like this. What would the rest of

to figure something

Suzan spun around, her voice trembling with restrained anger. "So you finally decided to come

while Mitchell was out partying made her blood

man he

unease gnawed at her, but

in the doorway, looking disheveled

them, his tie hanging loose, and a suspicious lipstick stain marked the

his temples, his tone dismissive. "I had too much to drink last

which friend was that?" Suzan's laugh was cold as she snatched her phone and flung it onto the bed. "Your friends posted pictures on social

her swollen belly. "I'm barely three

couldn't finish the

could Mitchell have

used to be so good to her. He'd even dumped Effie for her. She thought she'd