You, Me And Our Genus Twins

Chapter 114 Too Cruel

Michael gazed at Angie darkly and asked, “Will you listen to me?”

Angie met his gaze as panic seized her, wondering what the man might say. Will he stand up for me and call the shots? Will he make Nicholas marry me?

If these were old times, she was confident that he would be on her side, but now, she wasn’t sure. However, as things were, she had no choice but to listen to him.

She nodded and said earnestly, “Of course I will, Dad!”

“Very well,” Michael began. “In that case, get changed. I’ll take you away from here and drop you off at the pied-à-terre so you can stay there for a few days. Once you feel better, I’ll have Jonathan bring you to Dusktown where you will stay with your biological father from then on.”

He spoke so quietly, but his voice was clear and carrying in the deathly silence of the living room, and each word sent chills down Angie’s spine.

He’s too cruel! Indeed, this father of hers, who had been nothing but good to her all these years, was being cruel and heartless right now.

He hadn’t asked Nicholas to marry her, and instead wanted her to pack up so he could send her back to the Colts!

Granted, she wasn’t Michael’s biological daughter, but that didn’t mean the last two decades of their relationship had been paper-thin and so easily discarded. How can he be so heartless to me?

an act, but now, they were replaced by real despair and anguish; it was as if Michael had turned into a stranger. The longer she stared at him in disbelief, the faster her tears raced down her cheeks. “How could you do this to me, Dad? I know I’m not your actual daughter, but I’ve filled that role for over twenty

met her gaze and said soothingly, “Angie, maybe you haven’t done anything wrong before, but you have today. You played Nicholas like a fool and lured him into

had always believed that Angie was innocent this whole time, and while he had agreed to send her away from the main house, he never stopped feeling apologetic toward her. He even thought about putting her up at the Colts’ until he could placate his wife and Madeline. Once

was a will, there was a way. Crystal and Madeline were inevitably livid after recent events, and they could get impulsive. As such, Michael didn’t think

firmly believed that time could

calm down eventually, and as long as he tried, he could come up with a way to make them accept Angie back into the family. By then, he could have both his biological and adopted

but the reality was often

stubborn, she was kind-hearted and endearing. He had been sure that she was nothing like Cameron even though she was her biological daughter. After all, he was the one who had raised Angie; she must be sweet and considerate, the complete opposite of

to

tree no matter how much he wanted to believe

Cameron’s mother had plotted against and hurt Crystal’s father. Then, he thought about how Cameron had plotted against

had spent guiding Angie did not make her a dignified, kind-hearted, and self-sufficient young woman. She was endearing and lovable when things went her way, but in the face of

I didn’t!” Angie sobbed as she shook her head

drunk. She did not force herself on him, and everything happened consensually. On that premise alone, no one here should be able to pinpoint her crime and accuse her of plotting

out differently from what she had expected, and even Nicholas’ behavior

be smart enough to get to the bottom of this and insisted that she

tried to hug and kiss him. He did not object to her advances, and instead naturally pulled her into his arms and pinned her down on the

been set up by her, insisting that she had planned all this from the beginning. Not only was he refusing to take responsibility for what he had done, but the affection and