The Heir's Secret Bride

Chapter 178

"Choose our son. No matter in our

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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 even

your son or your daughter? If you can't make a choice, I can only ask

wait any longer. "Let Maeve get a divorce. She can even sign it now. In short, I want

had a pained expression on his face. However, Valda had already said it out loud. He could only wait for Horace to come out before asking Maeve to think of a

please help us get our

temperature. The chill felt palpable, as if it was about to take form, wrapping around the room and intensifying the tension. Especially when he

end, he forced himself to

said, her voice steady despite the turmoil inside. "You didn't hesitate to sacrifice

by a sharp intensity in his once-hale eyes. "I was just testing you to you to be so

deciding whether could acknowledge you as my in-laws. Well, I didn't

of everyone in the dining ball changed

out on Scott's forehead, and his lips trembled.

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

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

difficult choice they thought was actually

who meticulously prepared this show for me today. If

said, "Dad, you're thinking too

Why would we do such a

she felt extremely

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

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

Her voice was a little choked as

her back disappeared at the entrance

as he said without a trace of warmth, "Send Ms. Booth

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

did I do wrong? How

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

unrelated to Karen? Byron won't

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