Chapter twenty three Pure Chaos

Knox’s POV

My raging jealousy aside, Susie looked like she was about to choke in her drink just because Melissa was actually getting married, and her fiancée was rich.

“How wonderful,” Susie said, her voice was extremely tight though. “But I was wondering sister—why didn’t you bring the children with you today? Surely they would have loved to see the festival.”

Melissa tensed up immediately and her eyes flickered away from Susie for a moment. It was subtle, but I noticed it.

She was very uncomfortable to hear Susie mentioning her sons, and I couldn’t really guess why. Sure Susie was unpleasant, but Melissa reacted like she had just heard a death sentence.

But as I already expected, Melissa quickly composed herself and shot Susie a tight-lipped smile.

“My boys are too young for this kind of event. I didn’t want to overwhelm them.”

“Of course, of course,” Susie said, nodding as if she agreed, but the glint in her eyes told me she didn’t believe a word of it. “I can’t wait to see them, t