The Cherished Wife by Chweety

Chapter 781

Chloe's face showed a cold smile as she replied, "Family? Madam Baker, you're not even one of the Hoffmans, are you?"

"You..." Clarisse's expression immediately changed. "Chloe, how could you speak to me like that?"

"And how exactly do you expect me to speak to you? To me, you're nothing more than a stranger," Chloe sneered, clearly showing no respect for Clarisse.

Clarisse was shocked to realize that both her son and daughter harbored such hostility toward her.

Her face fell. Feeling humiliated, she turned her anger toward Mateo, "Look at the daughter you raised!"

Mateo frowned. "Chloe, is that any way to speak to your mother? Apologize!"

Chloe snorted coldly. "I did nothing wrong. Since I was old enough to remember, I haven't had a mother." Chloe's stubbornness mirrored Charles', and she was not one to back down easily.

"Enough!" Maxwell slammed his cane on the floor and stood up with a scowl. "Chloe, come with me!"

Chloe patted her husband, Jordy, on the shoulder and said, "Take care of Anna."

was left seething, unable to vent her

people the Hoffmans have raised! They all have no manners. I knew it from the start. When a child isn't your own, you can't expect someone to truly care for them!"

his brows together. "Are

him a

who abandoned Chloe and Charlie back then,

she was not someone who could be easily bullied. "If you're upset and need someone to take

"Enough, Clarisse. Haven't you

trouble?" Mateo snapped,

home, not

to leave right

If you're so

you're the one who

Nancy to her feet, his

so unbearable, Madam Baker, you can leave. And for the record, no one is allowed to lecture my wife. Come

could not stand to

upset Nancy had become due to her comments. He

Clarisse's rage further. "The Hoffmans are treating me horribly! Mateo,