When Love Turns to Ashes (Beatrice and Caden)

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The usually calm and indifferent Jessie was so angered by Beatrice's words that she covered her chest and gasped heavily. "Mom!" Oscar didn't even kneel down, quickly stepping forward to support Jessie, angrily reprimanding Beatrice, "My mom is not feeling well! Is this how you speak to her as a junior?" Beatrice

"You..."

took

deep breath a

and

retorted, "Mr. Oscar,

it wasn't

Mrs.

Jessie Baldwin

who hurt me first?"

Oscar frowned, his eyes turning a few degrees colder.

Suddenly, there came a not-so-light, not-so-heavy sound from above.

Caden put down the teacup, lifted his eyelids lightly, and looked at Oscar coldly. His condescending posture made people unable to help but feel a trace of submission.

"So, you actually know how to respect your elders, huh? You've been here for half a day and I haven't seen you apologize to me, Uncle Caden, and your grandfather. Do you plan on just letting it slide like that?

His tone was not high, but the voice that was not deliberately emphasized contained an undeniable power of intimidation. at Xander.

Oscar

looked

at

him,

that Xander

his

would

shouldersnoveldrama

visibly

shrunk,

and he

spare

him this time,

considering

He hoped But Xander remained unmoved and continued to drink tea.

instinctively

glanced

that he was his eldest grandson.

Oscar

clenched his

fist,

his

neck

and

face turning

red,

and

he

knelt

on

the

ground stiffly.

Grandpa... Uncle Caden, I'm sorry."

He gritted his teeth before shouting out the words "Uncle Caden".

Hatred stabbed into his heart like thorns, his sinister eyes scanning the surroundings as if searching for

an outlet to vent. I happened to catch glimpse of Beatrice's little gesture.

a

A trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes.

Beatrice, I

was so

good to you,

and yet you

humiliated me like this!

You should have

accompanied me...

felt

a sudden tightness in her chest.

By t

gave Jessie

Whe

hard as

she noticed Oscar's strange look, it was already too late.

a look.

Beatrice was pulling Jessie pulled Although she managed to steady herself in the end, the bite marks

back

her

scarf,

Beatrice

almost

fell

down.

on

her neck were exposed to

Xander.

Jessie grabbed her hand and pointed at the bite mark, saying, "Dad, look! I didn't lie to you! This is the evidence of her fooling around with Caden! It's clearly a man's bite mark!"

Beatrice covered her neck and retorted, "No! It has nothing to do with Uncle Caden!"

"You

very well keep saying it's irrelevant, but why did you get into bed with Caden in the first place! Don't tell

me it was an accident, we know w about your dirty secrets! You're just like your mother! Always trying to climb up by relying on whoever has money!"

and more

she spoke, excited as Jessie became more Beatrice quickly stepped forward as she saw Ryan about to stand up.

and

she

directly

involved

Monica as

well.

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