Chapter 594
Nydia felt as if she’d plunged into an icy abyss, a hurricane of cold dread rising from her trembling chest. Her cheeks, once flushed with embarrassment, now drained of color, her pallor heartbreaking to behold.
She stared into Mrs. Dempsey’s tear–filled eyes, seeing through the facade of her performance to the disdain she harbored within.
In the past, Nydia might have turned on her heel and fled to a lonely corner to wallow in self–pity and tears.
But this time, a reckless courage surged through her, a daring to confront the Dempsey clan head–on.
All she did was love Jason.
Was love a crime? Why should she bow to them?
If she ran now, tail between her legs, wouldn’t she be admitting that Mrs. Dempsey’s words were true?
“Ms. Nydia, did you understand what I’ve said?” Mrs. Dempsey maintained her frail demeanor, yet her tone was icy.
Jason’s broad shoulders quivered, the veins in his neck bulging as if they might burst, “Why lash out at me? How can you, as an elder, say such things to the woman I love? What has Nydia done to deserve this?”
“Jason, how dare you speak to your mother like this! You’re way out of line!” Dave finally lost his patience and scolded sharply.
This was a first for Dave, feeling both anger and astonishment.
that his normally sensible and considerate youngest, for this woman, had turned against the
son’s nature. If she continued to influence him, Jason would sever ties with the
have I done? I merely shared some womanly insights with Nydia, which you wouldn’t understand. Can you comprehend them? Ms. Nydia, you are the daughter of Chairman Emeric and Myra. Though not born to the main wife like Ms. Evadne, you too are his daughter, raised with a fine education,
at the sight of the woman before
same nurturing mother
when did her love
pupils contracted slightly.
gone too far, but without such measures, how would the Dempsey family save face? How would Jason cleanly break with this
anger, Nydia bravely met Mrs. Dempsey’s hostile gaze, her voice calm
twisted in shock!
gentle and timid woman standing
Mrs. Dempsey stiffened, taken
and I are truly in love. You pretend to be blind
eyes reddened as she took a
back, “Though I love Jason deeply, I never intended to cling to him. Neither I nor my family would ever shame the Dempseys or be a burden. Moreover, you claim my sister has been using Jason, trampling
and Mrs. Dempsey were shocked–godson?
and why had Jason never mentioned
connection with the Ashbourne family himself. If only he had, he might now be living
if your disdain stems from my mother being Myra, then I’m sorry for your shallow, opportunistic views,” Nydia’s gentle gaze turned steely, her tone growing colder, “I cannot change my origins, nor do I wish to. I’m not
clenched, her cheeks burning with shame as if slapped
last time I hear
Nydia’s fearless expression, his heart pounding.
one, soft–spoken, like a delicate
limitations, radiant and bold, even casting the shadow
No.
Nydia he adored, unlike
watched as his wife choked on her
the other hand, his wife’s sharp tongue
mental gears grinding to a halt, her authoritative air dissipating.
we, the Dempsey family, can’t recognize true worth, as if we’re all
flames, how could
Dempsey
Jason’s fists clenched in anger, no longer interested in
gone that everyone has forgotten.
pain, as if
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