Love At The Wrong Table

“What… What did you say? Try saying it again if you dare!” Althea’s voice quivered with rage as she pointed accusingly at Ashton and then at Julian, her face flushed crimson with anger. It seemed she had reached her breaking point.

“Enough! Both of you, calm down!” Zaiden finally erupted in anger as the head of the family.

“Julian, Ashton, you both speak of grand ideals, but do you truly not care about us and plan to abandon us? Did your mother and I raise you only for you to forsake us in the future? Are you both so self-centered?”

The barrage of questions momentarily silenced Ashton, but Julian continued to argue vehemently, “I want to take care of you, Dad! But can’t I marry Roselynn and still take care of you? Is Roselynn nothing but a monster in your eyes? Did you raise me just to manipulate me like a puppet in the future?”

Zaiden was rendered speechless. He was actually more open-minded than Althea, understanding that imposing their values on their children was wrong. However, not everything could be resolved just by uttering popular theories.

“Enough! Silence, all of you! Let me think about it first!” In the end, Zaiden silenced the entire family with a bellow.

Julian and Ashton left the room for the time being.

Althea, on the other hand, relentlessly confronted Zaiden, her words flowing like a stream of accusations. “Zaiden, do you realize what you’re doing? Why are you giving them false hope? As their father, shouldn’t you be deciding what’s best for them? Their hearts are all leaning towards the Quillen family. If this goes on, the Summerton family will be ruined-”

Slap!

his temper and delivered a stinging slap across Althea’s

what had just transpired. In their thirty years together, Zaiden had never laid a hand on her, always gentle and

anticipated

a while before he withdrew his

left the room without

emotions, tears streaming down her

the next morning, Emmanuel and Mackenzie hurried to a

lay unconscious in his hospital bed while Tia and Ryder

stood outside alone. He wasn’t afraid of Ryder but feared he would disturb Tommy’s rest in case he got into

“What’s the

circulation disorder. Without proper treatment, he could end

saving

would have administered acupuncture to Tommy then. But the delay had worsened Tommy’s condition.

this, Blake outside spat and cursed, “D*mn you, Tanners! D*mn you, Yosef Harper! You won’t

intervened, Blake believed he could have easily handled the situation, and Tommy wouldn’t