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.
for this woman, had turned
adept at manipulating men’s hearts, had shifted his son’s nature.
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, understanding, and reason. So I believe
rage, his vision blurring at the
the same nurturing
possessiveness and control, when did her love become so twisted?
pupils contracted slightly.
would the Dempsey family save face? How
throbbed with anger, Nydia bravely met Mrs. Dempsey’s hostile gaze, her voice calm and steady, “Mrs. Dempsey,
Dempseys‘ faces twisted
stunned, the normally gentle and timid woman standing her
you say?” Mrs. Dempsey stiffened, taken aback by the young woman’s boldness.
in love. You pretend to be blind
as she took a deep breath.
burden. Moreover, you claim my sister has been using Jason, trampling
Mrs. Dempsey were shocked–godson?
why
only he had, he might now be living a life
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 ashamed of my mother.
burning with shame as if slapped by Nydia’s words.
be the last time I hear such words from you.”
expression, his heart
been the quiet one, soft–spoken, like a delicate
that moment, Nydia seemed to have suddenly matured, breaking through her own limitations, radiant and bold,
No.
the Nydia he adored, unlike
on
beneath his dignity; on the other hand, his wife’s sharp tongue had indeed gone too far. Who wouldn’t snap
her mental gears grinding to a halt,
if we, the Dempsey family, can’t recognize true worth, as if
was like a fan fanning the flames, how could he resist adding fuel to the fire?
the Dempsey family, might not compare to the Ashbournes, we may be of modest means, but we come from a lineage of integrity. We wouldn’t just let any girl with a questionable past into our home. That’s fair, isn’t it?”
clenched in anger, no longer interested in words.
Byron, don’t think just because he’s gone that everyone has forgotten. You say you were forced, but who really knows the
as if struck at
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