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Chapter 591
All women in the Quillen family were extremely hostile toward Felicity for one
reason alone. Since marrying into the Quillens, she had been constantly
damaging their interests by taking advantage of her status as the family’s
daughter–in–law. She benefited her own family in every way possible:
projects, markets, funds, even landownerships or futures… She would give
whatever she could to the Lenoirs regardless of the situation. Sometimes she
succeeded, sometimes she didn’t. Still, she always based her interests on the
Lenoirs, not the Quillens. Because of this, the Quillen family’s women had long
detested this bloodsucking parasite of their family. Had Terence not focused
on the bigger picture, they would have gotten rid of her at the quickest
opportunity!
Taking heed of her example, most women in the Quillen family thus chose to
stay unmarried to prevent any man from marrying into their family. Even the
daughters who were married off had no real power in the family, so they
could never give away the family’s assets.
However, going on like this wasn’t the solution, considering that the Quillens
were mostly women in the first place. At the end of the day, the Quillen family
was in need of men. Therefore, it went without saying that Mackenzie’s
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇthusband was now the family’s top priority. Every woman in the Quillen family
would keep a check on him, so it wouldn’t be that easy for him to really
become part of their family! At the sight of the look on Mackenzie’s face,
Samantha hurriedly stopped Hannah. “Hannah, what are you talking about?
Stop it already!”
Hannah wouldn’t shut up, though. “Why should I stop it? I’m saying this for the
good of both Mackenzie and our family!”
Samantha stared straight at her, arguing, “Emmanuel was picked out by Dad
for Mackenzie, who only gave her approval after keeping him under
observation for three months! By saying that, do you mean you don’t believe
in Dad and Mackenzie’s judgment?”
Hannah retorted defiantly, “I know both Dad and Mackenzie have great
wisdom, but even they can slip up sometimes! And besides, Mackenzie isn’t
an expert when it comes to relationships. Is it wrong of me to share my
experience with her as someone experienced in romance?”
Knowing Hannah’s sharp tongue, Samantha was really at a loss for a
counterargument for a while. Even though she was also one of those who
helped keep a check on Emmanuel, she wasn’t of the same view as Hannah.
She sincerely didn’t think Emmanuel was the kind of “Socialite Collector” that
Hannah described.
Neither did Mackenzie believe this. She and Emmanuel had spent three
months together, but this idiot never spent a penny of hers. He insisted on
paying back the money he borrowed from her; not only that, he even chose
to leave without taking anything from her as compensation in the event of a
divorce. I know better than anyone else whether he’s pretending to be a
decent guy! If he’s really pretending and is able to fool even me, I’ll have to
hand it to him.
“What’s the matter? What’s all the argument about?”
“Mackenzie, why don’t you dump that Emmanuel guy? You two are from
different backgrounds!”
“I think so, too. At first, I thought he was pretty nice, but he dared to actually
disrespect our family! Who the hell does he think he is?”
“Don’t accept anyone who doesn’t know their place! We already have a
precedent here!”
More and more of the Quillen family’s women came in, each expressing their
own views, acting as though they were guardians of Mackenzie’s love life.
“Shut up, all of you!” snapped a really annoyed Mackenzie. “You’re so noisy!”
With that, she returned to her room, leaving these women stunned for a
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmmoment before they continued to argue endlessly in the living room.
Meanwhile, Hubert was sent back to the Verkade residence by the Quillen
family’s men.
“What happened? Where is Hubert? Is he okay?” asked Winona Zelinsky,
Hubert’s mother. She had just heard that something had happened to her
son. Before she could find out the details, the Verkade family’s servants
reported that Hubert had been sent home.
Hubert was lying on his stomach on the living room couch. Despite being a
man, he burst into tears of grievance as soon as he saw his mother. “Mom…
Mom!”
“What’s wrong, Hubert? What on earth happened to you?” Winona was only
relieved when she saw that her son was still in one piece. All her friends and
relatives had texted her just now, saying that her son was in great trouble or
that her son was really incredible. However, none of them let her in on the
details, and she was worried to death as a result.
Hubert sobbed like a baby with despair written all over his face. “Mom, I want
to die! I don’t want to live anymore…
Clasping him in her arms, Winona pressed his face to her bosom with loving
eyes. “Come on, son, be good and tell me what happened. Who bullied you?
I’ll stand up for you!”
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