Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 365

Fowler was getting desperate. "But is it really fair to punish your own sister for the sake of an outsider?" he protested.

Lyman fixed Fowler with a hard stare, his eyes turning cold.

"Outsider? Effie is my wife. She's legally part of this family. The fact that none of you respect her or treat her as one of us just proves you don't see me as family either, does it?"

With such a heavy accusation hanging in the air, Fowler realized that if things escalated, he might end up in trouble himself.

"Lyman, that's not what I meant, I—"

"Then what did you mean?" Lyman pressed, his tone icy. "Just tell me: if someone disrespects the wife of the Etheridge family's eldest son and heir, should they be punished or not?"

Fowler knew there was no salvaging the situation now. He gritted his teeth and muttered, “Yes. She should be punished."

Lyman's window began to slide up, but he paused while there was still a crack open.

"Oh, and Fowler," he said coolly, "be sure to tell Fidelia I'll be home tonight to keep an eye on her. She shouldn't get any ideas about slacking off."

the driver to go.

white, glaring after Lyman's car as if he could burn holes through

muttered under his

moment, he turned

then, Shirley happened to pass by. She glanced at Effie with cool indifference and walked on without

the distance. She shook her head, drawing a deep breath to steady herself before heading off

...

above the operating room flickered off. Mitchell and the others, drained

the doctor replied, "we managed to save both mother and child. However, the patient's condition is still fragile. She'll need strict bed rest

exhaled, relief flooding her features. As long as her

pressed anxiously, “But doctor, won't it be

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bed all the time? Is she really not allowed to get up at all? Not even for

almost cost me my precious grandson. Now, after all this, you're worried about her comfort? If anything happens to

IMS

eyes widened in fear. She knew she couldn't match Adeline's authority,

moment, she lost