Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 196

"Fidelia is young, easily swayed by others. She was clearly in the wrong this time, and I'll make sure to have a serious word with her."

Before Fidelia could even react, Fowler was already reaching for her arm, ready to whisk her away.

"Stop right there."

Suddenly, Bancroft appeared, leaning heavily on his cane as he approached them.

The moment Bancroft showed up, the entire Fowler family felt as if the sky had fallen.

He might have been old, but in the Etheridge family, Bancroft's word was absolute.

And everyone knew-whether they admitted it or not-that for years now, Bancroft had favored Lyman. It was understandable, really. In all these generations, Lyman was the first true genius to emerge from the Etheridge line, and Bancroft naturally paid him special attention.

"I know exactly what happened. And you think you can just brush it off by saying you were misled?"

Bancroft let out a cold huff and tapped his cane sharply against the floor.

Whenever Bancroft tapped his cane, the whole Etheridge family seemed to tremble.

clear-Bancroft was

opened his mouth, wanting to defend his daughter, but the moment he met Bancroft's piercing gaze, all the words died on his lips and he

looking as fragile

said, his tone leaving no

humiliation. She bit

girl-why are you

discreetly at Fidelia's sleeve and whispered,

was right or wrong—when the old man gave an order, you

jaw clenched so tightly it seemed her

this household. Since Bancroft had already made his position clear, what reason was

pausing for a moment before adding, "You just believed the wrong person, that's all. Still, you're not a child anymore. You need to be more careful about who

that everyone here was clever enough

seethed inwardly, but there was nothing she could do except

not for his recent outburst, you'd almost think he was just a kindly old

ever treated unfairly, don't keep it to yourself. Come straight to me. I promise you, I'll

truly believe Bancroft would always take her side. As the head of the family, his real job was to keep the peace and hold

offering her a way out of this awkward situation, she was more than happy to take