The Promise of Happiness novel Atalie and Samuel

Chapter 318

Chapter 318

“Is that the pendant?” Minerva exclaimed.

Milton froze conspicuously at the sight of the pendant, his bruised-covered face showing signs of panic. His clumsy reaction was not lost on his parents.

With a surge of fury, Leonard leaped to his feet and gave his son a resounding slap across the face. “Tell me the truth, Milton. What is really going on here?”

As he was the sole heir of the Swan family for the third generation in a row, Milton was accustomed to the most luxurious circumstances and throwing his weight around as the elders of his family doted on him.

At the first slap ever received in his life by his father, Milton clutched his cheek and began to cry.

“Daddy… I… I am jealous of them!” he confessed through broken sobs. “Though they are clearly not as rich as us, the teachers and the girls seemed to like them more than they like me. I hid the pendant under my blanket to teach them a lesson, but I didn’t expect it to…”

I’m used to getting what I want! If I can’t be more likable than they are, I will have to give everyone a reason to dislike them. I didn’t expect this to get so far out of hand!

Milton and Minerva’s face grew ever paler than before.

to frame somebody for a crime. Worst of

flurry of slaps across his

being subjected to such brutal disciplinary actions, it was all she could do to cry

truth is

moment, Natalie freed herself from Samuel’s embrace and knelt before

regarded Minerva’s bloodshot ones

you to do that at home. What you and your son need to do right now is to apologize to my

mind being misunderstood or even injured, she would not allow her children

I would be fighting with the Swans to the

had been quietly sobbing, gave a start at Natalie’s voice and gazed up

imagine how she’s Samuel’s woman. If I had married him instead, I might not even be in this

a kick at her back

asked you to apologize, what are you

her unctuous husband

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