Chapter 594

Nydia felt as if she’d plunged into an icy abyss, a hurricane of cold dread rising from her trembling chest. Her cheeks, once flushed with embarrassment, now drained of color, her pallor heartbreaking to behold.

She stared into Mrs. Dempsey’s tear–filled eyes, seeing through the facade of her performance to the disdain she harbored

within.

In the past, Nydia might have turned on her heel and fled to a lonely corner to wallow in self–pity and tears.

But this time, a reckless courage surged through her, a daring to confront the Dempsey clan head–on.

All she did was love Jason.

Was love a crime? Why should she bow to them?

If she ran now, tail between her legs, wouldn’t she be admitting that Mrs. Dempsey’s words were true?

“Ms. Nydia, did you understand what I’ve said?” Mrs. Dempsey maintained her frail demeanor, yet her tone was icy.

Jason’s broad shoulders quivered, the veins in his neck bulging as if they might burst, “Why lash out at me? How can you, as an elder, say such things to the woman I love? What has Nydia done to deserve this?”

“Jason, how dare you speak to your mother like this! You’re way out of line!” Dave finally lost his patience and scolded sharply.

This was a first for Dave, feeling both anger and astonishment.

Astonishment that his normally sensible and considerate youngest, for this woman, had turned against the family!

His wife’s worries seemed justified; such a beautiful girl, adept at manipulating men’s hearts, had shifted his son’s nature. If she continued to influence him, Jason would sever ties with the family for good!

Mrs. Dempsey’s eyes blazed with anger as she glared at Nydia, “And what have I done? I merely shared some womanly insights with Nydia, which you wouldn’t understand. Can you comprehend them? Ms. Nydia, you are the daughter of Chairman Emeric and Myra. Though not born to the main wife like Ms. Evadne, you too are his daughter, raised with a fine education, understanding, and reason. So I believe you grasp my intent. If you truly love Jason, you should let go. You wouldn’t want him torn between love and family, nor see him live a life devoid of dignity, would you?”

Jason’s head buzzed with rage, his vision blurring at the sight of the woman before him.

Was this the same nurturing mother who raised him?

Such obsessive possessiveness and control, when did her love become so twisted?

Dave’s pupils contracted slightly.

He too thought his wife had gone too far, but without such measures, how would the Dempsey family save face? How would Jason cleanly break with this girl?

throbbed with anger, Nydia bravely met Mrs. Dempsey’s hostile gaze, her voice calm and

faces twisted

Jason was stunned, the normally gentle and timid woman standing her ground with unexpected strength.

Dempsey stiffened, taken aback by the young woman’s boldness.

are truly in love. You pretend to be blind to this, trying to

as she took a

cling to him. Neither I nor my family would ever shame the Dempseys or be a burden. Moreover, you claim my sister has been using Jason, trampling his dignity, and that my family

and Mrs. Dempsey were shocked–godson?

and why had Jason never

he might now be living a life of privilege, possibly

turned steely, her tone growing colder, “I cannot change my origins, nor

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will never understand or experience. My mother is my pride. But I will not blame

clenched, her cheeks burning with shame as if

should be the last time

fearless expression, his heart pounding.

like a delicate bunny sheltered in the palm

moment, Nydia seemed to have suddenly matured, breaking through her own limitations, radiant and bold, even casting the shadow of a lady of

No.

simply herself, the Nydia he adored,

choked on her

to bickering with a young girl–it was beneath his dignity; on the other hand, his wife’s

lips trembling, her mental gears grinding to a halt, her authoritative air dissipating.

as if we, the Dempsey family,

fanning the flames, how could he resist adding fuel to the fire?

you came to visit. Instead, you’ve come to vent your anger. We, the Dempsey family, might not compare

talking about?” Jason’s fists clenched in anger, no longer interested in words. He wanted to wring Cedric’s neck!

with Byron, don’t think just because he’s gone that everyone has forgotten. You say you were forced,

knows the truth?”

if struck at her

were despicable, mercilessly reopening her deepest wound.

from that night flooded back, suffocating her with their

lady of wealth, and the decades–long friendship between the Ashbourne and Chambers families are well known throughout Skyrim. Byron forced you? He wouldn’t dare.”

together at a party, and your family, the Ashbournes, throw the dirt onto the Chambers family. You knew your reputation was tarnished, and it would be harder to find someone of high society to accept you. So, you set your sights lower, using Jason as a fallback, playing him for a fool. Ms. Nydia, you’re quite the strategist, nearly matching your sister Evadne in cunning.”

“Beast!”

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