Chapter 151

Mrs. Hawke never imagined she'd find herself in such an awkward situation. She couldn't believe that her daughter, whom she had raised with such care and attention, would display such embarrassing behavior. At the Lancaster Group banquet, she chalked it up to Arabella defending the Hawke family's honor. But now, Arabella's repeated bouts of hysteria had her questioning whether it was something in their genes.

The broken engagement was already a sore spot, and Arabella's antics only added fuel to the fire.

Mrs. Hawke, already miffed with the Zade family, found herself less indulgent toward Arabella than before. What once seemed like mere petulance now looked more like the imprudence of someone like Luna, which irritated her increasingly more.

Arabella hadn't quite recovered from the abrupt end of the phone call when she felt the weight of Mrs. Hawke's displeased stare.

She glanced over immediately, wearing a look of hurt and sorrow. "Mom."

She hoped, as she always had, to appear pitiful and evoke her mother's sympathy and comfort. That was how it had always been.

And with the Blackwell family calling off the engagement, it was clearly their fault, not hers. So really, she was the one who was wronged.

But Mrs. Hawke shot back with a cold huff, "Do you even have the nerve to call me 'Mom'?"

fear

but Mrs. Hawke had already turned

voice low and stern. "Enough. Your mom's had enough of this. With

tear stains filled with her

it was him who broke it off. Why

to the Blackwells again You should also think of a way

him?" After

good to her, they'd find her a better fiancé. Why was

her father's grim face and her silent brothers, feeling a growing chill inside. What had changed?

frowned. "Why can't you?

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you try to win

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to Dorian, hoping for some comfort, The latter merely said, "Our company has a project coming up that requires

business. Theo's been triage

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