บททั้งหมดของ You Had This Divorce Coming: บทที่ 421 - บทที่ 430

Leonardo's hysterical roar blasted through the speakerphone, cracking through the dead-silent hall like thunder.Elaine and Michelle's faces flushed a deep, liver-purple shade, their expressions twisted with humiliation.Furious and mortified, Michelle opened her mouth to snap back, but a long, strong hand snatched the phone from her grip and abruptly ended the call.It was Daphne. Her face had turned iron-gray. "Enough! Even now, do you two still not understand? Stop making things worse! Apologize to Joanne Sandwell and Madam Carroll right now! In business, keeping the peace is everything. Don't let your foolish personal outbursts drag the entire Prescott Group down with you!"Daphne had long since had enough of her mother and sister's ignorance and arrogance. This time, she could no longer hold her tongue.Michelle's nostrils flared with fury. "You want me to apologize to them? Not a chance! I will never apologize!"Elaine tugged at Michelle's sleeve and was about to say someth

Milena shouted those final words, each one ringing out like struck iron and thundering in everyone's ears. Every heart in the room seemed to jolt with them.These society women were accustomed to climbing over those beneath them and steering clear of anything that might cost them, but most had not lost their basic sense of right and wrong.When they heard that Milena was willing to damage her own family's reputation just to expose their humiliation to the entire world, they put themselves in her shoes and immediately understood who was in the right.In an instant, everyone rallied behind Milena of their own accord.Jannett even stepped forward with tears in her eyes and took Milena's hand. "Madam Carroll, we were wrong to listen to only one side of the story before, and we misjudged your family. We never imagined a family with this much integrity could be pushed to such a point. On this matter, I stand with you!""Me too, Madam Carroll. You've been through so much!""What family

"Exactly. I remember Rayne's 18th birthday, when the Prescott and Sullivan families were touting her as the first lady of Coasthaven. Even my own son had a crush on her back then. Thank goodness our family never went so far as to propose, or my son would be the one wearing the horns right now.""Their own daughter does something like this, yet they act as if it's something to be proud of. So self-righteous, without a shred of guilt toward the Westbrook family... Truly something to behold.""I never expected this either. The Prescotts always seemed so well-bred on the surface, with every one of their children accomplished, yet it turns out their upbringing leaves quite a lot to be desired."Wasn't there a rumor not long ago that Mr. Prescott had been living with his secretary for years and even had an illegitimate child with her? Tsk, tsk. This family really isn't what it appears to be."The murmurs around her made Elaine's face alternate between shades of green and white, but this

Lucille was just about to answer with a cold laugh, ready to take him on, when, to her surprise, a panicked figure rushed forward first.Like a cat whose tail had just been stepped on, Rayne grabbed Gideon's arm. "Giddy! Forget it! There's no need for another test!"Her face was bone-white, and her nails nearly dug into his skin. "Otto and I are already divorced. Everything's settled, so there's no need to stir up more trouble! As for Lucille's daughter... the test result is already in. Why bother going through all this again? Why?"Rayne clung desperately to Gideon, her eyes filled with terror and pleading. She silently begged him to keep quiet.She was terrified that Gideon would actually call Otto there and that this so-called "on-the-spot blood draw" would become the execution ground where all her lies were exposed.The moment the on-site paternity test came back and proved that Lucille's daughter really was Gideon's, Rayne knew she would face his complete and utter disgust.

Gideon glanced at Michelle beside him, insufferably pleased with herself, and for the first time felt a deep sense of disgust toward his third sister.How could she be even more foolish than Rayne, even more hopelessly stupid? She had agreed to everything far too quickly. What a useless ally.What had begun as a negotiation had now devolved into a four-way brawl among the Prescotts, the Sullivans, Lucille and her mother, and the Westbrooks.And Lucille's condition was brutal. She had staked the Prescotts' carefully cultivated reputation for charity, built over years, on a single roll of the dice.Now that the arrow was already nocked, there seemed to be no choice but to let it fly.Gideon closed his eyes as his heart pounded frantically. He opened his mouth, desperate to stall for time.Just then, Rayne, already on the verge of collapse, let out a sharp, anguished scream. As if she had lost her mind, she threw herself into Gideon's arms in front of everyone, wrapped her arms arou