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?"

felt even more

can only make a decision now. Do you want your son or your daughter? If you can't make a choice, I can only ask you to leave

son back!" Valda could not wait any longer. "Let Maeve get a divorce. She can even sign it now. In short, I want my

it out loud. He could only wait for Horace to come out

us get our son

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

forced himself to calm

the turmoil inside. "You didn't hesitate to sacrifice your daughter's

long disappeared, replaced by a sharp intensity in his once-hale eyes. "I was just testing you

before deciding whether could acknowledge you as my

expressions of everyone in the dining ball changed

on Scott's forehead, and his lips trembled. "Mr...

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

Since you are not, let me tell you, we will take care of Maeve from

The butler came over and grabbed Scott and Valda to send them

were still immersed in the disillusion that they

thought was

dining table. "I wonder who meticulously prepared this show for me today. If you have

said, "Dad, you're thinking

right. Why would we do such a

Karen wanted to say something, but when she 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 approved granddaughter-in-law. Even if Byron bullies her, let alone

he smiled kindly at Maeve and said, "Maeve, come

the turn of what happened just now. After she heard Gilbert's

voice was a little choked as she stood up and

retracted his gaze until her back disappeared

without a trace of warmth, "Send Ms. Booth away. In the future, you're not allowed to let her in without my

expression changed drastically. She

"Byron, why? What did I do wrong? How

for Karen, but when she recalled Karen's words to fan the flames just now, doubt surged

Karen? Byron won't

treat