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CHAPTER 480
The liquid splashed from Tedmond’s mouth and hit Adeline square in the face.For a heartbeat, the room froze. No one said a word. Everyone just stared at Adeline, waiting for her reaction, expecting her to act as if nothing had happened.But her face betrayed her: shock, humiliation, disgust—all tangled together.Utensils hovered mid-air. Conversations died mid-sentence. Even the faint hum of the chandelier seemed to halt.Adeline shot up from her chair, the legs scraping harshly against the floor, and let out a high-pitched screech that echoed through the dining room.“Kahhhh!”“Ugh! Gross! Tedmond!” she shrieked, clawing at her face with trembling hands. She dabbed frantically, but the liquid only smeared, leaving sticky dark stains that ran down onto her dress.“Get it off! Someone—please!” she cried, panic rising in her voice. Her eyes darted around, pleading for help, but everyone remained rooted to their spots. Gerald gawked silently. Tina looked horrified. Even Evelyn’s us
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Otis glared at Tedmond.He could see the grin on Tedmond’s face, and he was sure Tedmond was mocking him with it.The more he looked, the more his anger burned, but he knew he couldn’t act rashly, not with their grandmother watching.“Watch yourself,” Otis muttered through clenched teeth before slumping back into his seat.The tension was still in the air, even as the others tried to focus on their meals.The clinking of cutlery was the only sound filling the room until Vivian turned her head toward Neil.Her voice broke the silence.“Alicia,” she said, her tone calmer now but still edged with authority. “You mentioned your uncle earlier… When is your uncle coming?”Neil hesitated for a moment, his hand tightening around his fork.Then he raised his head and met her gaze respectfully.“He’ll be here soon, ma’am,” he said softly. “He asked me to come first and make sure everything was ready. He’ll join us once his meeting ends.”“Call me Grandma,” Vivian said, a slight smile appearing
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Neil wondered what she was going to say, and his lips tightened slightly as he waited for her to speak. After all, her words were going to determine how the events would unfold.She paused, her expression darkening. “We will decide what comes next.”Neil blinked, stunned, then slowly nodded.His gaze shifted to Tedmond, uncertain.Tedmond met his eyes and gave a faint nod—barely visible, but enough to tell Neil to keep going.Neil drew a quiet breath and turned back to Vivian.“There’s… one more thing, Elder Griffin,” he said softly. “Before I came here, I invited my uncle, Mr. Lin. My father isn’t around, and I didn’t want to come alone, so I asked my uncle to come on his behalf to dinner.”Vivian froze.Her cane stopped mid-tap.Her eyes widened slowly. “Lin?” she asked, her voice almost a whisper. “As in the Lin family?”Neil nodded once. “Yes, ma’am.”Vivian’s eyes flickered over his features, the shape of his eyes, the fine line of his jaw, that faint elegance in his bearing, and
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And though she seemed kind now, Tedmond wasn’t going to let her off. After all, she must have done something to his mother, too.Vivian’s cane tapped once against the marble floor as she caught her breath, her gaze sweeping across the table like a queen surveying traitors.“From this day forward,” she said firmly, “Tedmond will have what he deserves—his place, his rights, and his name.”The words brought stunned, terrified looks to everyone’s faces.Before anyone could react, Lisa’s sharp voice cut through the silence.“So what does that mean, Grandma?” she asked coldly, rising from her chair. “Are you letting Alicia and her kids into this hous,e too?”No matter how Lisa thought about it, she couldn’t understand why Neil would still want to be part of this family after seeing all of this.Her tone dripped with disbelief and thinly veiled anger.“You’re suddenly all righteous about family blood and fairness,” Lisa continued, arms crossed tightly. “So does that mean Alicia—the woman car
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Everyone stayed quiet. After all, Vivian was still the head of the family. If they said what they truly thought, she might get angry, and worse, she might hand one of their belongings to Tedmond as an apology gift. No one wanted that.It wasn’t the first time she’d done something like that.They were used to it by now, and whenever she gave out someone’s property, they’d quietly return it to the original owner. But this time, the “owner” was Tedmond, and they all knew he wouldn’t give it back.After all, Tedmond hadn’t even returned Otis’s assets or money.When no one dared to speak, Evelyn swallowed hard and lowered her gaze.“Mother, please—there’s been a misunderstanding—”“Misunderstanding?” Vivian’s cane struck the floor with a sharp crack. “You call humiliation and rejection a misunderstanding?”She turned to Tedmond, her stern expression softening slightly. “Did they truly treat you like this, my boy?”Tedmond’s jaw tightened. She was one of those who had treated him the wor
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Tedmond, who was standing behind Vivian, looked from one person to another, his expression calm.The silence stretched for several seconds before he lifted a hand and gave them a small, casual wave.“Evening,” he said lightly, his tone almost teasing. “I didn’t really want to come, to be honest. But I bumped into Grandma on the way here, and, well…” He glanced at Vivian with a faint, amused smile. “You know how persuasive she can be.”The family exchanged doubtful looks.Evelyn arched a brow.Frank scoffed softly under his breath.Tina’s lips twitched as if holding back her words.“That’s a lie,” Evelyn said finally, voice stiff. “You never just bump into my mother. You’ve been causing a lot of trouble these days, and you might as well bump into Mother because you want to be at the dinner table!”“Yes,” Adeline added, crossing her arms. “And of all days—today? You just happened to meet her?”Tedmond’s smile didn’t fade.His gaze shifted toward them—steady, cold enough to silence the m
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