“That’s enough, Amanda…” Simon warned in a low voice. “You shouldn’t speak of Charlotte like that.”
“Why can’t I do that?” the woman scowled, her eyes wide with indignance. “I’m telling the truth, aren’t I? Why do you keep trying to stand up for her?”
“You…”
“Dad, don’t stick your nose into this! Go upstairs first,” Luna said, pushing her father away. “Mom will discipline this wench on behalf of all of us!”
“Who’s the real wench here? Who’s the one who has no shame?” Charlotte challenged. “You know perfectly well what happened four years ago, don’t you? Don’t you dare act stupid!”
“You… What nonsense are you spouting now? What happened four years ago?” Luna asked, looking a little panicked. “It was your foolish idea to go down to Sultry Night and hire a gigolo, and you were the one who made the choice to have his children! Why are you slandering me now?”
“Who was the one who dragged me to Sultry Night? Who was the one who told me to find another man to make Hector jealous so he would go up against his family and marry me? It was you, Luna! You tricked Hector and I into breaking up before turning around and marrying him instead! And you still insist that you had nothing to do with it? What rubbish!”
“Shut up!” Amanda rushed forward and gave Charlotte a slap across the face.
The latter’s head jerked sideways with the force of the slap as blood gashed out of a wound on her lip.
a wave of
that knocked some sense into you,”
She raised her hand to strike
her back, “what are you doing? Talk things out nicely. Why
threw him aside and pointed at
blame it on my daughter? I’ll have you know that I invited you
her teeth angrily, “I’ll make sure you pay the price for your words
funny. Are you trying to threaten me?”
that moment, an angry roar erupted. “Stop
over her. She wondered if he had overheard her heated conversation with
at Charlotte, pity written over his face. However, he didn’t make his way over to her—instead, he
Owen wheeled Charlotte out of the room as instructed and
send them off to
and
the
voice, “Hector, you have to believe
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