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Meanwhile, Emelia sat down in the living room, watching a tv series. Although she seemed concentrated on the show, her mind was somewhere else. She was thinking about her young daughter-in-law, with hopes that she wouldn't be able to finish cooking on time, or better still her food should be poorly cooked. That way, she would have another reason to scold her.On the other hand, Hero and Harris walked into the living room, pausing abruptly to look at their grandmother. "Why is she dressed like that?" Harris whispered to his elder brother who rolled his eyes and said, "How would know?" Before walking toward their grandmother to greet her.'He's so mean. He doesn't even treat me like his brother,' Harris thought, before following suit."Good morning grandma," Hero and Harris said at the same time bringing the old woman's attention to them.Emelia smiled, as she tilts her gaze in her grandchildren's direction. For a while, she forgot about Jules and faced them."Hero, when are you gettin
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The family members waited for Emelia to taste the food before digging in. It was like they were waiting for her opinion before eating.Meanwhile, Hardin watched them with a smirk playing at the corner of his lips. Unlike everyone else, he didn't start eating, instead, he waited to see their reactions_Their disgusted and angry face when they taste Jules's food. He was sure that they were going to be disappointed especially his grandmother. However, no one said a word but ate their food in silence. Also by the look on their face, you could tell they were enjoying it. How can this be? Letitia surely spiked the food with a lot of salt, why is no one saying anything? Why are they still eating the food? Hardin thought, looking very confused.He tilts his gaze from his grandmother to the rest of the family_What even shock him the most was the fact that Hero who hated Jules was eating the food without a word or so much as a scrunched face. What the f*ck!Meanwhile, Emelia smiled slightly as
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when he tried passing the plate of food to Emelia, Harley immediately snatched it from him and dropped it in the process away."Oops! It was an accident," She mumbled, putting on an innocent font. she could tell what was going on in Hardin's mind just by looking at his face. 'he looks innocent, but has a black mind,' Harley thought.Meanwhile, Hardin glared at his sister and gritted his teeth. Now more than ever, he was convinced that Harley was behind his salty food, who else would do such a thing?Although he wouldn't admit it, he knew Jules was kind and would never think of doing something like that to him..."Harley, you did that on purpose didn't you?" Hardin pointed at his sister and yelled"How can you say that? I was only trying to taste your food but mistakenly knocked it over. why are you accusing me?" Harley let out in her bubbly voice while pouting her mouth. Hardin scoffed. "You...""Leave it, Hardin, what's done is done! Forget it," Emelia cuts him off, handing her own
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"Fine, she would go to the party_ However, it won't be with Harris, but with Hero," Emelia muttered.She had wanted to say Jules should go alone in a separate car, but she knew Mr.Harper and Harley might not agree. So instead she said Jules should go with Hero, knowing that he was not close to Jules and would probably ignore her during the party, which would attract less attraction.But in Harris's case, it was different. seeing that he liked Jules and was close to her. He would definitely be around her during the party and that would attract attention. People would want to know who she is, and what she does. And Emelia wanted to prevent that from happening. She was oblivious to the fact that even if Jules went with Hero, Harris would still find a way to be with her.Meanwhile, the whole family looked at Emelia like she had grown two heads. They wondered why she wanted Jules to go with Hero, knowing how much he disliked her. what could she be up to?"Grandmother, I don't understand..
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Meanwhile, Jules turned to the man beside her once they were inside the hall. "Thanks for your help," She let out, biting her lips shyly... She had least expected him to show up at that moment and save her from her embarrassing situation, but he did."It's nothing, Miss Verne. I was only helping a friend," Mason clay answered, looking at the woman in front of him with so much admiration. At the same time, he couldn't help but wonder why a young and beautiful woman like her married, someone old enough to be her father.Earlier when he arrived at the party, he saw that she was standing alone while the Scott family stood together, as the paparazzi took photos of them."Isn't she a part of the Scotts? why is she standing over there, when she should be with them?" Mason muttered to himself. Now more than ever, he was convinced that Jules's marriage to Mr.Scott was a complicated one. That is if she was even married to him at all...Concurrently, Jules gave Mason a small smile before saying
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By now Jules's skin was red and it was starting to itch profusely, that she couldn't help but scratch it. One could tell she was having an allergic reaction to the wine, Sasha poured on her.Seeing Jules in her current condition, Sasha chuckled evilly, instead of being worried or even helping Jules. Instead, she said, "I warned you didn't I? If only you had listened to me, none of this would have happened."The people around who had witnessed what had happened started to panic and worry about Jules. Although at first when Sasha had called her a husband snatched, they couldn't help but see her as a bad person. But seeing her skin so red from the wine spilled on her, they also couldn't help but feel Sasha was too extreme and pity her.A drop of tears trickled down Jules's eyes and she tilted her gaze to Sasha."Help me," she mumbled in a low and pitiful voice. however, Sasha scoffed and replied, "Why should I? You got what you deserve you, husband snatcher."Jules chuckled in pain, as s
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"She's my ex-girlfriend," Harris said, scratching the back of his head awkwardly.Hero couldn't help but chuckle in disbelief... Here he was, thinking Sasha was his father's woman since she called Jules a husband snatcher. Instead, she turned out to be his younger brother's woman. Although he was not surprised, knowing Harris's history with women.Harris stood there expecting his brother to say something or even reprimand him, however, Hero said nothing. Nonetheless, Harris tilted his brow curiously, before asking, "Are you not going to say anything?" "What do you want me to say?" Hero rolled his eyes and replied. He was not in the mood to chit-chat. However, when he recalled that Sasha had called Jules a husband snatcher earlier, he got confused and asked. "If she's your Ex, why did she call Jules a husband snatcher, what did you do?"Hero couldn't help but think Harris might have done something, thereby leading to Sasha's vile action toward Jules.Hearing his brother's question, Ha
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Emelia sighed and thought for a while... As much as she wanted to, she knew she couldn't just fix her son's marriage to another woman when he was already married. Although she didn't like Jules, it doesn't change that fact. Furthermore, she observed that Harley and Harris were already so accustomed to her.Nonetheless, Emelia couldn't tell Peggy that Mr.Harper was already married to someone else. Because she would want to know who it is and Emelia did not want that. Besides she knew that her son would never agree to take a second wife, so she told Peggy the partial truth. "Peggy, I would have loved the union between your daughter and my son, however, Harper already has someone he's interested in."Peggy gasped in surprise and tilted her gaze in Mr. Harper's direction then back to Emelia. "You mean Harper is interested in someone, But who?" She asked, with her brow knitted up.Since Mr.Harper has been single for years after his wife's death, she found it surprising that he was now int
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