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?"

frowned and felt even more

only make a decision now. Do you want your son or your

longer. "Let Maeve get a divorce. She can even

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

us get

palpable, as if it was about to take form, wrapping around

he forced himself

despite the turmoil inside. "You didn't hesitate to sacrifice your daughter's marriage for your son. It's truly an eye-opener for

long disappeared, replaced by a sharp intensity in

if you care about your daughter before deciding whether could acknowledge you as

everyone in

forehead, and his

extremely anxious. "What test? Didn't you say that you would get our son out

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

over and grabbed Scott and Valda to send them

still immersed in the disillusion that they lost everything and forgot

choice they thought was actually

eyes swept across everyone at the dining table. "I wonder who meticulously prepared this show for me today. If

said, "Dad, you're thinking

we do such a disrespectful

matter how much Alexis disliked Maeve previously, she had never thought of using this method to embarrass Maeve. 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

kindly at Maeve and said, "Maeve, come

of what happened

Her voice was a little choked as she stood up and

gaze until her back disappeared at the entrance

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

soon as he finished speaking, Karen's expression

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

wanted to speak up for Karen, but when she recalled Karen's words to fan the flames just now, doubt surged in her

to Karen? Byron won't punish her for

benefactor? Is this how you treat the daughter of your benefactor? If it spreads out, what