Mrs. Jordan said helplessly, “If she wasn’t so disobedient, I wouldn’t have treated her like this, but now… Ah, Mrs. Brandy, it’s better to chase her away. Don’t let her ruin the banquet.”The surroundings instantly fell silent. Everyone, including Mrs. Jordan and Bryan, could sense that Mrs. Brandy was angry. Susie was secretly delighted. North was such an idiot. Offending Mrs. Brandy would not end well for her. Mrs. Brandy sneered. “Is that so? Mr. Bryan, don’t you have anything to say?” Bryan choked and subconsciously wanted to speak up for North, but he was glared at by Mrs. Jordan. In Mrs. Jordan’s mind, this was the best opportunity to suppress North. Mrs. Jordan sighed and deliberately said, “Mrs. Brandy, Bryan is North’s biological father after all. He feels bad for his daughter… Don’t ask any further.” Mrs. Brandy mocked them. “Since he feels guilty, why did you chase her away?” “We couldn’t bear it either, but we have to look at the big picture. North needed
What was going on? North was not related to the Brandy family by blood! At this moment, Marlin said calmly, “Speaking of which, I still have to thank you, Mrs. Jordan.”“Although you knew of North’s existence twenty years ago, you had always despised her and did not acknowledge her. That was why we had the chance to acknowledge North as the Brandy family’s adopted daughter.” In an instant, everyone looked at Mrs. Jordan and exchanged glances. She was really… She clearly knew the whereabouts of her biological granddaughter, but she hid it and did not say anything, causing North to be away from her family for more than twenty years. Bryan felt everyone’s mocking gazes and broke out in a cold sweat. Mr. Brandy also nodded. “Although North is not related to the Brandy family by blood, we all love her very much. She is the true daughter of the Brandy family. It’s understandable for her to sit at the main table. As for you, Mrs. Jordan…” Everyone held their breaths and focused,
North’s eyes darkened. She suddenly curled her lips into a smile and called out softly, “Marlin, do me a favor.” Marlin raised her eyebrows. North rarely asked him for help, so… “Mom,” Marlin suddenly said in a voice that everyone could hear. “It’s not good to chase Mrs. Jordan and Mr. Jordan out. After all, they’re North’s relatives. Let them stay.” Mrs. Brandy roughly understood what her son meant. He wanted them to stay, so he could continue mocking them!“Alright, for North’s sake, Mrs. Jordan, please sit down.” After saying that, Mrs. Brandy did not even look at the Jordan family. She arrogantly brought North to sit at the main table with her. Mrs. Jordan swallowed her dissatisfaction and sat down. As long as they were not chased away, outsiders would not know what had happened at the banquet. At least their reputation was preserved. However, who gave North the guts to treat her like that?! No matter what, she was North’s elder! She had to find a good opportunity
North had already called. What else could Mr. Brandy Senior say? “Answer it.” Gerald chuckled and answered the call. North’s voice came through. “Gerald, where are you?” Gerald glanced at Mr. Brandy Senior and said slowly, “The Brandy Residence is too big. I got lost.” On the other end of the call, North seemed to be speechless for a few seconds. “Should I get someone to bring you here?” Gerald chuckled. “No need. I’ve found the way. I’ll be there soon.” After hanging up, Gerald said gently, “Sir, North is looking for me. If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave first.” Mr. Brandy Senior felt a lump in his throat and waved his hand impatiently. “You still have some self-awareness.” North had asked where Gerald was, but Gerald did not mention him. Gerald raised his eyebrows slightly. “I’m not a fool.” Mr. Brandy Senior looked at Gerald’s back and narrowed his eyes. It was not that he was deliberately targeting Gerald. He just wanted to find out the truth. He a
North raised her eyebrows slightly and looked over meaningfully. “You’re right.” Mrs. Jordan felt much better. Just as she was about to mock North again, she heard her say, “But at least my husband is reliable, unlike you and my mother’s husband, who can’t be relied on at all.” Bryan’s face turned red. Nobody said anything.Mrs. Brandy fought back a smile. She had misunderstood.Who said that North could not tell that Mrs. Jordan was mocking her? Wasn’t she leading Mrs. Jordan into a trap? The guests fell silent. That made sense. Mr. Jordan Senior had never had a say in family affairs, and Bryan was incompetent and weak. Weren’t these two men unreliable? At least Gerald was afraid that North would be bullied, so he had rushed to the Brandy family. He was much more responsible than the men from the Jordan family. Gerald walked toward the main table calmly. With his status, as soon as he entered, many people were tempted to build connections and find an opportunity to g
“You actually had the gall to show me that you cheated on me on our wedding day? How could you be so vulgar, North?!”North Myers stared at the shameful pictures on the screen, and her mind simply could not process what she was seeing. Her fiance, Eiger South, stormed over and slapped her. Her half-sister, Melinda Myers, started crying. “North, why didn’t you treasure Eiger when he’s such a good man?!”North suddenly understood something. She had been engaged to Eiger since childhood, and they were to be married today. But when she entered the church, she saw Eiger hugging Melinda intimately. She had been furious and gone over to question them, only to have pictures of her “cheating” with different men start playing on screen. The guests looked over. “How disgusting. She actually slept with so many men? She can’t possibly compare to Miss Melinda, who is as pure as snow.”“North is actually so wild in private? How embarrassing.”Henry Myers, her father, was furious. “You t
Since the tragic lovers had a love that was oh-so-great, North should give them a huge gift to celebrate their love. North made a call. The next moment, Linda received a message and screeched. “What did you do?!”She stormed over to slap North. “How could you say my daughter slept with her brother-in-law?! You’re so despicable! How could you say such a thing?! You hurt Melinda and even tried to ruin her reputation?! I’m going to fight you, you b*tch!”North sneered. Linda called her a b*tch whenever she felt like it, and she could not believe anymore how long she had tolerated it for Eiger’s sake. She grabbed Linda’s hand and slapped her. “Can’t stand me saying a few bad words about your daughter? Both you and Melinda are using my mother’s inheritance, and you have the gall to yell at me?!”When Linda heard North talking about the inheritance, she did not even care that she had just been slapped and started yelling. “What’re you planning to do, huh?! You can only get the i
”All I’m looking for is to marry someone. I’m not trying to get anything out of you by asking you to marry me. You’ll be able to do whatever you want after marriage as if I didn’t exist. The other socialites can’t offer you that.”Eiger’s uncle was a powerful man in Peacevale. Since his parents were forcing him to marry, he was definitely against the idea of marriage. This meant that he should be interested in the opportunity to tell his parents that he got married and retain his freedom at the same time. North believed that he would agree to marry her under such a condition. Gerald bent down, and his eyes shone with a dangerous glint. “You’re not trying to get anything out of me, you say?”North’s heart sank. Why did she have the feeling that Gerald was not happy? What was wrong?Was it not better for him if she was not trying to get anything out of him in the marriage?The atmosphere was suffocating. Worried that he was going to say no, North tried thinking of something to sa