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,

hairbrush so tightly her knuckles whitened. Her eyes

she wasn't even married to Mitchell yet, and he was already

needed to figure

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

thinking about being pregnant while Mitchell was

wasn't the man

nervous unease gnawed at her, but she couldn't

in the doorway, looking disheveled his clothes crumpled

loose, and a suspicious

his tone dismissive. "I had too much to

her phone and flung it onto the bed.

gestured to her swollen belly.

couldn't finish the

have changed so

He'd even dumped Effie for her. She thought she'd won,