All Chapters of His Defiant Bride: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

“You didn’t have to follow me into the bathroom,” Pen grumbled and Thea sighed.“Sorry, I didn’t mean to push you like that,” Thea answered as she leaned against the door stall.“I know. I was being prickly. But I’m not ready to talk about being part of a sick experiment that might or might not have tampered with my brain irrevocably,” Pen answered honestly and Thea stiffened,“For someone uncomfortable talking about it, you sure know how to explain it. I wouldn’t know when to start if I was to explain it to someone,” She trailed off and Pen looked at her.“Are you going to tell Lucian?” She asked and Thea nodded.There was no doubt in her mind about this, she was going to tell him one day. She just needed time to come up with the best way to face him with the truth. And before that, she needed to talk to his father.“Unlike you. I don’t see this as something that I should hide. In fact, if my relationship with him was as forward as yours I would have told him. It would have explained

As soon as they stepped into the party venue, they were greeted by an extremely cheerful James who was grinning at them from ear to ear walking in his usual jacket draped over his shoulders.He looked much livelier and more healthy than she’d ever seen him. She felt Lucian sigh in exasperation as he put his hand on the small of her back and walked toward his father.“I’m so glad to see you here, you two. I was wondering if you weren’t going to come,” He said as he stood before them.“As expected of my daughter-in-law. You look beautiful,” He said with a smile and Thea smiled at him.“Thank you, James although I would have preferred more time to get ready for such an important event,” She retorted and he laughed.“As blunt as always. Sorry, I will make sure you have enough heads up for the wedding,” He answered and Thea shook her head hopelessly.The man didn’t even seem sorry about this.“More importantly, father. You shouldn’t be walking around like this, what did the doctor say abou

“...more importantly, I want to know. What was going on between you and my parents?” Thea asked watching James’ expression carefully as he looked at her with a blank face.Then the man smiled chuckling at that and shaking his head. As expected he was too perceptive to be shaken by something this predictable from her.“So you’re finally asking me this question,” He trailed off looking down at his linked hands as if he was readying himself to be questioned by her.“Since the moment you told me about my father, you expected me to come ask you,” She said and he nodded.“I told you fully prepared for you to come asking about the past. I have nothing to hide about this. But it’s going to be a story you know very well,” he warned and she nodded.She already suspected what kind of truth was behind this mysterious encounter.“Before you were born your father and I used to be lab

“Hello, Thea? This is Sofia…”Thea had a hard time keeping her expression neutral as she looked up at Mrs. Kyle. But there was no fooling the woman.“Oh, hello. How may I help you?” Thea asked and Mrs. Kyle made a sign about putting the call on speaker. Thea Ignored her, there was no need for Mrs. Kyle to hear what she had to say. She still didn’t know whether to trust her or not too.“I, uh… I wanted to apologize for last night,” She said slowly.“Oh? This is unexpected…” Thea trailed off wondering why the woman sounded so remorseful about everything. She didn’t seem like she would be regretting anything she did last night.“I acted impulsively and was kind of aggressive,” Sofia said calmly.“Yes, you did. Which is making me less inclined to believe that you would feel remorseful from last night to today,” She said wondering if there was someone behind this attitude.“I heard some disturbing information about you and kind of believed it, I didn’t mean to treat you like that. I talked

Thea didn’t need to think to answer Sofia’s question. There was no need to hide the truth but she needed to hear her side of the story first. If her uncle was tattling about her because of what she did last time. This should be her responsibility. Something she should resolve before it got to affect Lucian’s inheritance.“If you’re asking if I begged my uncle for money then no, I did not,” Thea said confidently her tone steady and her eyes meeting Sofia’s who was looking at her with a critical gaze.“It seems like this is what your uncle is saying though. He went on about you barging in on his dinner with an associate and demanding money from him…” Sofia said, “To be honest, I thought that you needed money and this is why you got engaged to Lucian which made me worry about him.When I looked into it. I realized that you didn’t have access to your trust fund and that your mother left the account to your uncle so I directly assumed that you were in there for Lucian’s money. I doubted yo