Chapter 22
Sitting at the head of the table, Henry and Maria had dark expressions on their faces. Henry slammed his cane heavily on the ground, catching the attention of everyone in the room.
“Adam, Benjamin, Charlie, you three explain to me clearly, what exactly happened?!”
With a bang, Henry smashed the teacup in his hand to the ground, instantly shattering it into pieces.
The three of them immediately knelt on the ground when they heard the sound, their faces turning pale in succession, obviously not in a good state.
“Grandpa, I’m sorry, I did something wrong, but I really don’t want to marry Alice!”
“She deceived us, that’s why we said we liked her, treated her well, and refused to marry Raelynn, but now I have fig- ured it out, I don’t want to be bound by the engagement, marry someone of low character, let me go!”
Adam spoke decisively, his expression firm.
Benjamin also quickly added, “I, like Adam, have never liked Alice, and I never will in the future. I will not marry her, please grandparents, cancel this marriage.”
“I feel the same way. A forced marriage has no meaning. If I have to spend my whole life with someone I don’t love, then I would rather travel and never come back.”
Charlie also persisted.
Maria listened to their words and only smiled coldly.
“Is this what you thought?”
“Yes, the three of them said in unison.”
“I am really disappointed. Maria sighed deeply and shook her head.”
“If it wasn’t for Joshua, when would you have ever found out that it was Raelynn who saved you all those years ago?”
“Have you all seriously investigated? Have you believed Raelynn’s explanation? None of you have! If it’s only up to you, I’m afraid you’re still in the dark!”
This sentence hit the three of them hard, their faces as white as paper, with no ability to argue back at all.
Because what she said was all correct.
If it hadn’t been for the nephew delivering the evidence to them, they might have continued to believe Alice.
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Under Alice’s instigation, they hurt Raelynn too many times.
Even the words of apology and begging for Raelynn’s forgiveness seemed particularly pale and powerless.
After all, those things were all done by them personally.
Many onlookers from the Norster family were whispering and pointing.
“Yeah, those little tricks of Alice’s, only those three kids couldn’t see through them. I advised them many times but they wouldn’t listen, stubbornly believing in themselves.”
“Sure enough, the three of them couldn’t compare to Joshua, they could barely keep up in terms of ability, but they re- ally misjudged him.”
“They three haven’t let go of Raelynn yet, have they? Raelynn is already their little aunt. If this news spreads, it will have a bad impact on the family.”
Hearing these not-so-harmful words, Adam, Benjamin, and Charlie couldn’t help but wonder how many hurtful things Raelynn had heard when she used to persistently follow them.
They treated her poorly, so naturally their brothers also stood on their side.
Just thinking about it, the three of them could recall a lot of humiliating words.
“Is a well-behaved young lady like her really so desperate for a man that she would act like that?”
“Chasing after the man until my face turned red, next time I’ll just say a few more sweet words, afraid he’ll come chasing after me again, he’s really shameless.”
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At one point, Adam, Benjamin, and Charlie all didn’t know how Raelynn managed to endure it.
The three of them looked pale and exhausted, their bodies swaying unsteadily.
