The Heir's Secret Bride

Chapter 178

"Choose our son. No matter in our

supporti

old age rich the Mcdaniel family is, Marve won't share the wealth with us. Our son can even

Valda persuaded Scott in a low voice.

Scott disagreed. The reformatory isn't a prison. It doesn't matter for him to stay in there for a while longer."

"You make it sound so easy, but you're not the one suffering there. Even if you don't feel sorry for your son, I do!"

"You're really shallow and short-sighted!"

They thought that their voices were very low, but in fact, Gilbert and the others heard them clearly.

The sneer in Karen's eyes was undisguised.

Maeve's face turned pale, and it felt as though she was nailed to her seat. She couldn't bring herself to meet the gazes of the others, let alone look at Byron.

These are my parents. I'm sitting here, but it feels like they can't see me at all. All they care about is their son and the Mcdaniel family's wealth. If they had even a shred of pity for me, they wouldn't use my marriage as a bargaining chip to gain more benefits. Perhaps my family truly is my original sin

Just as Maeve was thinking in that way, she suddenly felt someone grabbed her hand.

Byron said, "You're not the one who did anything wrong. Keep your head up."

Maeve opened her eyes and looked at Byron's calm face. Her expression was stunned.

"Well Gilbert coughed lightly and interrupted Scott and Valda's argument. He slowly asked, "Have you guys made up your

mind?

"No, not yet." Scott smiled obsequiously. "Can you give us more time to think about it?"

and felt

son or your daughter? If you can't make a choice, I can only ask you to leave now." "Well... Scott looked

any longer. "Let Maeve get a divorce. She

had already said it out loud. He could only wait for Horace to come out before asking Maeve

Mcdaniel, please help us get

dark eyes, and the atmosphere around him seemed to drop in temperature. The chill felt palpable, as if it was about to take form, wrapping around the room and intensifying the tension. Especially when he saw

forced himself to calm

voice steady despite the turmoil inside. "You didn't hesitate

a sharp intensity in his once-hale eyes. "I was just

care about your daughter before deciding whether could acknowledge you as

of everyone in the dining ball changed

forehead, and his lips trembled.

anxious. "What test? Didn't you say that you would get our son out of reformatory after Maeve divorced your

are qualified caring parents, it doesn't matter. Since you are not, let me tell you, we will take care of Maeve

and grabbed Scott and Valda to send them

were still immersed in

choice they thought was actually

hall became quiet, Gilbert's dignified eyes swept across everyone at the dining table. "I wonder who meticulously prepared this show for me today. If you have the time, why don't you go to be

you're

would we do such a disrespectful thing?" Alexis

saw Gilbert's eyes that could see through anyone, she felt extremely guilty. Gilbert said, "Whether it's you or not, remember what I said just now. Maeve is my

saying that, he smiled kindly at Maeve and

recover from the shock of the turn of what happened just

was a little choked as she stood up

back disappeared at the entrance of

cold as he said without a trace of warmth, "Send Ms. Booth away. In the future, you're

speaking, Karen's expression changed drastically. She looked at

"Byron, why? What did I do

up for Karen, but when she recalled Karen's words to fan the flames just

unrelated to Karen? Byron

Is this how you treat the daughter of your benefactor? If it spreads out, what will others think of the Mcdaniel family?* 09:16