Chapter 62
“Lucy, this was all your doing, wasn’t it? You planned for your nephew to ruin my daughter’s reputation at the banquet! How could you be so cruel!”
Carly stepped forward to explain. “It’s not what you think…”
“Get and Harl shoved her aside.
Carly stumbled backward, hitting her head on the wall. A red mark quickly formed on her forehead.
Lucy immediately pulled Hazel by the collar. “How dare you hit Carly!”
Hazel didn’t back down, she grabbed a fistful of Lucy’s hair and clawed at Lucy’s face. “Who do you think you are, Lucy? You’re nothing but a slut that married your own brother–in
As the Tate family rose to prominence over the years, Lucy’s scandalous past was slowly forgotten. However, Hazel had brought it out to the open once again.
The crowd broke into whispers.
“Wait… Lucy married her brother–in–law?”
“You didn’t know? Lucy’s first husband was the Tate family’s eldest son, Aaron. After he died, she married his younger brother, Hayden.”
“I can’t believe she slept with both brothers! That’s insane!”
Lucy was furious; she snapped. “Shut up, you bitch! I’m going to kill you!”
The two of them went at each other–clawing at each other’s faces and yanking at each other’s hair.
Just as Hayden wanted to break them apart, Wayne stormed in and landed a punch square on his face, leaving Hayden with a nosebleed.
At the same time, Tracy grabbed onto Carly’s arm and they began shoving at each other.
Soon, the entire room descended into chaos as the two families continued to lighteach other.
Sonia stood frozen on the spot. She couldn’t comprehend how her birthday banquet had spiraled into such chaos.
“Stop it! Stop fighting!” she shouted desperately
Suddenly, there was a loud crash.
Lucy and Hazel had crashed into the banquet table, sending the tired birthday cake tumbling onto the floor.
“My cake!” Sonia cried out.
Before she could recover, the two women crashed into the gift display table, knocking over the delicate painting Adam had gifted her. The painting bell onto the ground and was subsequently trampled over and shredded into pieces beyond repair.
Sonia sank to the floor as she cried out, “My painting! Stop fighting, please! It’s supposed to be my special day today!”
she was devastated.
Amid the chaos, Celine, who was still hidden behind the curtain, watched coldly as everything unraveled before her.
This was the special gift she had prepared for Lucy.
She had managed to bribe a maid to spill wine on Tracy’s dress. That was all she had to do to set the stage for this charade.
She watched as the two families locked up in a brawl, and a bitter smile appeared on her face. Nobody knew better than her the hypocrisy and selfishness of these p people.
If she had been the one caught in such a compromising situation today, the two families would have quickly teamed up to ruin her without any hesitation.
However, when their own stakes were on the line, they didn’t think twice about turning on each other.
Sonia’s Both birthday banquet had turned out much more dramatic than Celine had anticipated. A glint of satisfaction flashed across her eyes.
Suddenly, a deep voice interrupted her thoughts. “Could you remove your hand now?!”
Celine froze. She had completely forgotten that Adam was hiding behind the curtain with her. To make matters worse, she had been covering his mouth the entire time. She realized that her palm was now resting against his soft lips.
Celine quickly pulled her hand away.
Adam’s sudden appearance hadn’t been part of her plan. She still couldn’t figure out what he was doing here in the first place wasn’t he supposed to be with Tracy? Adam reached up to loosen his tie
“Celine.” Hecalled out to her.
Adam stared fixated at her I feel unusually warm…
Celine looked at him, puzzled. It was only then that she realized is usually cold gaze was now clouded with something else—desire.
Hecheart sank. She realized that Adam must’ve inhaled the traces of aphrodisiac lingering in the room.
