Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

Chapter 1361: He's our son

[LAST NIGHT IN THE DAVIS RESIDENCE]

Silence reigned in the dining room; not a single word was spoken among the family of three.

"Break off your engagement."

The thick silence shattered with Mrs. Davis's remark. "Finn, we are not allowing you to marry into that family, even if Zoren Pierson himself is now part of it."

Mr. Davis nodded. "Finn, all these years, your mother and I have let you make decisions for yourself because we trust you. However, this is the time we must intervene. Nina, the Bennets, and the Cortezes are not good for you."

Finn didn't respond-not because he was reconsidering, but because he was observing his parents. "You left me alone because you trust me?" he repeated quietly. "I didn't know my parents trusted me so much that they left me to fend for myself at one."

"Finn!" Mrs. Davis's voice erupted in a mild shout.

"This is exactly what your mother and I are talking about," Mr. Davis frowned. "Look at you, talking back to your parents."

"You weren't like this before, Finn." Concern flickered in Mrs. Davis's eyes as she sighed. In their minds, Finn's change in behavior was entirely due to Nina and her family's influence. Otherwise, their one and only son wouldn't be treating them this way. "Just look at us. Can you really accept treating us like this? Since that dinner, your father and I have barely been able to sleep out of frustration."

"You are not young anymore, Finn," Mr. Davis added. "You should understand that we only want what's best for you. And Nina isn't what's best."

"And who do you think is best for me?" Finn shot back. "Cassandra? Why? Because of her family?"

close to us," Mrs. Davis replied, making no effort to hide

each other. Besides, Cassandra is a fine young woman-established, from a respectable family, and beautiful. If you just reconsider, we can talk to the Smiths about the engagement. You were young when you broke it off, so we

of his cheek as he glanced at his mother's hand. When he lifted his eyes to meet hers, he asked just one thing: "Did

are my son-that's why I'm doing this. That family... they just-lack class, Finn. I think Nina is a nice girl,

next head of the

and I..." Finn trailed off, unable to finish

what to say it was that their words made it painfully clear how little they considered his feelings.

compare, but after just one night with the Bennets and Cortezes, he realized that business was rarely discussed at their table. And never had he heard Charles or Allison dictating to their children

after everything— after

it made him wonder if they had even mourned him the first time, or if they had

breath escaped him as he muttered,

lifted his head, meeting their eyes. "And my marriage will not be a

Mrs. Davis halted when Finn suddenly rose

break off

his voice firmer this time. "You said it

lowered his head slightly, and turned away. There was so much more he could have said. But he knew it was pointless. There was no use

clear: They had no say

happen, whether

my will," Mrs. Davis called after him, her voice sharp. She huffed staring at his back. "Leave through that door, and consider it severing

but he didn't look back.

this time, he didn't stop-even as his mother's