Chapter 96
Hayden remained silent, his cold gaze enveloping me.
“Is he expecting me to explain myself? I thought,
I knew full well that no one in this room would believe what I said.
I hadn’t realized just how cruel he really was until now,
The tense silence lasted only a moment before Deborah’s voice suddenly broke through. “While I was at Rosy House, the two of them always went back to the same bedroom every nigla.
“Where’s the so–called separation Yvonne’s been busy these past few days, so she came back late.”
I froze for a second, stunned that Deborah would speak up for me.
While Deborah had mentioned helping me when we were at Rosy House, I thought it was just to get me to return. I didn’t expect her to actually stand by me like this.
At this moment, her words gave me a small measure of warmth
At least it made me feel like not everyone was as indifferent and heartless as the rest
Joanna, upon hearing this, clenched her teeth and shot me a furious glare.
But just as
as quickly, she sneered. “So Yvonne will be pregnant soon, then?
Her sarcastic question undid the relief Deborah had just given me, throwing me right back into the fire
Layla’s disdainful gaze dropped from my face to my flat stomach.
“She’s been married for over a year and still isn’t pregnant. Is there something wrong with her? Layla mocked, her words cuting
Her thin gaunt face was caked with heavy foundation, making it impossible to tell her true skin tone.
I couldn’t see a single resemblance to Hayden on her face
“Enough,” Deborah interjected, her tone icy. “When you first married, it took you three years to get pregnant with Hayden, Have you already forgotten that!”
Layla’s face paled as she was humiliated in public, and a flicker of hatred toward Deborah crossed her features. “Mrs. Parker, things are different.
“What’s so different?” Deborah shot back. “When the time comes for them to have children, they’ll have them. Yvonne and Hayden are still young”
I hadn’t expected Deborah to repeatedly stand up for me, and I was touched. My eyes welled up with gratitude.
Before, when I was in the Parker residence, it felt like everyone was against me. Now, with Deborah on my side, I finally understood what it was like to be protected.
Layla was silenced twice, and she rolled her eyes in frustration.
Xander, who clearly saw the tension between the women, said nothing but looked at me. “It’s good that you’re back. Have a seat.”
“Yes, Mr. Parker,” I replied, nodding before pretending to hesitate. “But it seems there’s no sest left for me
As I spoke, I glanced at Joanna.
According to the insual rules, as Hayden’s wife, I should be sitting next to him:
Vet Joanna had taken the seat that was rightfully mine.
Even though I didn’t want to spare Hayden even a single glance, I didn’t want them to make me feel disgusted either.
Nevin, who was observing the situation nearly, chimed in. “That seat was never meant for you. You’re still holding onto false hopes”
“What? You’re calling her delusional?” I repeated his words, raising my voice.
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Joanna’s face, which had been carefully made up, twisted in anger.
Nevin paused, realizing his mistake, and hurriedly tried to clarify, “I was talking about you. Don’t twist my words. Hayden doesn’t want to sit with
“Is that so?” I asked, then turned to Hayden, silently questioning if Nevin’s words were true.
Before Hayden could speak, Joanna cut in. “This set of utensils has already been used, Yvonne. Why don’t you find another seat? Are you seriously going to make a fuss over something so trivial!”
I lowered my eyes, staring at the utensils in front of her. That’s right. Since you’ve used them, they must be dirty”
“You” Joanna gritted her teeth, about to insult me, but then remembered this was the Parker residence. Even if she was pretending, she had to act gracious and poline, or all the patience she’d put in so far would be wasted.
She forced her anger back and quickly switched to a feigned expression of hurt. “Yvonne, are you saying I’m dirty? I don’t know what I did to offend you, but why are you..
As soon as she started to cry, Hayden’s face softened, and he seemed concerned.
“None of your business.” He handed Joanna a tissue, speaking in a solt, gentle tone.
Seeing it, I felt like my heart was being chopped with an axe, cut open everywhere.
Joanna, looking at the tissue in her hands, started crying even harder. “Mr. Parker, did I make Yvonne upset by coming here? Should I leave now?”
“You don’t need to leave. Just eat your meal Hayden interrupted her, then immediately turned his cold gaze toward me.
1 shrugged. “I haven’t said anything. Besides, if she leaves now, doesn’t that mean all the preparation was for nothing?”
“Preparation!” Hayden furrowed his brow, his expression sharpening as if he caught onto something
I didn’t answer him. Instead, I reached into my bag and pulled out my phone, opening the live–streaming app
This was something Lucy had helped me set up earlier.
In today’s age
e of social media, everyone loved to record videos or go live
Most people did it to make money or gain fame, but Lucy just did in our of boredom She would post videos from her mansion, flaunting her extravagant lifestyle, and it earned her quite a few followers,
When the first suggested that I start streaming. I wasn’t interested. All I cared about back then was Hayden. I couldn’t care less about these things.
So Lury used my account to gain a few followers and get me streaming privileges occasionally going live herself
But it didn’t take long before she grew tired of it. She stopped caring about her own account, much less mine.
I never thought I’d actually need it one day.
reason I’d gone to see Lucy earlier was to ask her for a quick tutorial on how to suram and what I should keep in mind.
Since the Parker family could treat me like this. I wasn’t going to sit idly by. It was time to expose their nasty behavior.
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As soon as the livestream started, Lacy was the first to comument.
[Hayden is sitting with Joanna? What a bunch of scum.]
She used the gifting function to send two piles of dog poop to both Hayden’s and Joanna’s heads on screen.
My phone was aimed right at them, framing them perfectly together. No wonder Lury was so furious.
Within minutes, more people started joining. In jus
This was
- g. In just one minute, there were already over five hundred viewers,
was part of the promotion Lucy had set up for me, designed to ensure as many people as possible saw what these two were up to
Sering the numbers quickly rise, I turned back to Joanna. “Go ahead, and keep performing. I’ve just brought you over two thousand viewers.”
Most of the viewers were here to gosip or satisfy their curiosity.
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After all, rich family dramas and the mistress fighting the legitimate wife were always a favorite.
[Happy holidays, everyone! Why is everyone here and not with family?)
[Where is this? Is this the Parker residence? Who’s Hayden sitting with?
I don’t know. But it’s definitely not Yvonne.]
This looks like Yvonne’s account though? Is she here to catch them in the act
[Shh, don’t say anything crazy. You could get banned]
Soon the chat was buzzing with excitement.
Joanna seemed to realize what I was doing. Furious, she stood up abruptly, painting at me and shouting. “You’re streaming Stop filming!”
“You were just crying all pitiful, weren’t you? Keep going. Let everyone see how I’ve been bullying you, I said with a forced, mocking smile.
Hayden’s face darkened. He coldly threatened. Turn of the live stream.”
I ignored him and instead shot back. “How about you introduce us to the woman next to yout Who is she?
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