Chapter 1235


    “Alright, I get it, he’s marrying my daughter. Stop rubbing it in.”


    Thinking of the little life inside Rose’s belly, her mood started to pick up.


    “It’s because I want you to love us more.”


    As they headed towards the vi, Chloe thought to herself, maybe there really isn’t much time to


    think about other things once you have a kid.


    Just as she stepped into the living room, Chloe was stopped by Presley. “Come to the study with


    me.”


    The smile on Chloe’s face faded, and her gaze grew serious. “Alright.”


    “No way!”


    Elizabeth suddenly stood up from the sofa, cing the apple she was eating on the table. “We’re all


    family here, so spit it out. No need to talk to her alone.”


    Presley frowned at her. “Do I need your permission to talk to someone?”


    “I don’t care who you talk to, but Chloe is now Damon’s wife, and I won’t let you mistreat her!”


    “You tell me, why would I mistreat her?”


    Elizabeth scoffed and walked towards Chloe, shielding her behind her body. “Just like before, you


    were against my marriage to Royce. You told me that if I really loved him, I should let him go


    because I would hold him back? Affect his future?” This text is ? N?velDrama/.Org.


    Chloe looked at Presley. He didn’t answer, and just bit his lips tightly, without any reaction.


    That’s what he intended to say. But didn’t he also object to Damon’s parents‘ marriage in the past?


    He didn’t agree with them being together. If they hadn’t been together, Damon might not have


    existed. At this moment, Chloe’s respect and admiration for Presley were rapidly fading.


    “I really don’t understand what’s going through your head? One moment you think something is


    good, and the next you think I did something wrong. Your attitude is always up in the air, and easily


    influenced by others. I wonder how much you’re to me for the Harper family’s current state?!


    Maybe, without you, the Harpers would be better off.”


    “How dare you!”


    “I dare to!” Facing Presley’s cane pounding on the ground, Elizabeth didn’t back down. “I’ve always


    been daring to stand my ground! If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t be with Royce! If I hadn’t been with him,


    Damon wouldn’t have been born! And there wouldn’t be a Nathan! I have every right to be daring! If


    I’m not, what can you give me?!”


    Elizabeth retorted loudly without any hesitation, Presley really made it hard for her to stay in the


    same room with him for long. Chloe finally understood why the olddy chose to live alone outside,


    and why Elizabeth had been outside for so many years, and yet Royce Harper was always by her


    side.


    If she were Elizabeth, she wouldn’t want to live with this moody Presley either.


    “You’re always self–centered, knowing nothing about others, yet always immediately treating them


    as people you’ll never like. What you think is right, who you favor, is always the best. You might


    never understand how tired the people living with you are. I tried to live with you, but I couldn’t. Like


    so many times before, I’ve reached my limit!”


    “Then get out!” Presley’s authority was challenged. An “outsider” rebuking him like this, he felt like


    his life’s dignity was being belittled!


    “I will leave, far away! But not now! My son is about to get engaged, about to get married. Even if


    you talk till you’re blue in the face, I won’t leave!”


    “I object to this marriage! The engagement the day after tomorrow is off, and the wedding after that


    is off too, and even if they’ve already got a marriage license, they must get a divorce!”


    Elizabeth’s expression was cold enough to freeze anyone. “Your objection doesn’t matter! Don’t


    forget, you almost killed Damon once! He’s my son, who I fought to give birth to, and you have no


    right to interfere with his life!”


    “You’re nothing but a wicked woman!”


    “Yes, I am wicked, so you’d better not mess with me, or I’ll do even more wicked things!”


    Elizabeth was clearlypletely at her breaking point with Presley.


    Upon hearing the noise, Royce hurried down from upstairs and saw the situation in the living room.


    His normally calm face was now covered with a thickyer of chill air. He didn’t ask any questions,


    and just took Elizabeth into his arms.


    The moment Elizabeth leaned into her husband’s arms, her anger instantly turned into hurt. She


    opened her eyes wide, refusing to show any weakness in front of Presley. But as the hurt turned


    into guilt, she buried her head in Royce’s chest, and the tears fell, nheless.


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    “I’m sorry, honey…”


    She knew that a good wife should support her husband and also respected his parents. But now,


    she was confronting Presley, not fulfilling her duties as a wife, and putting Royce in a difficult


    position.


    On one side was his father, and on the other was her. If Royce sided with her, he would be an


    ungraceful son in Presley’s eyes. If he sided with Presley, she would naturally feel wronged,


    resentful andin.


    She loved him, but she had brought him such a difficult choice. How could she not feel guilty? She


    made him an ipetent son.


    Chloe could empathize with Elizabeth’s feelings. Her feelings wereplex to the extreme.


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    She really didn’t understand. Why did this old man have to put his closest family in such a difficult


    situation? Couldn’t he see the concessions and patience of


    others?


    “We will have an engagement ceremony, and we will have a wedding. Damon and I, till death do us


    part, there will never be a day of divorce!”


    Chloe slowly said these words.


    Everyone in the living room was angry, but she, as the person who was getting married, was


    incredibly calm andposed. Her calmness showed everyone her intelligence, her wisdom, and


    her in but unshakeable words.


    “As long as I don’t give up, no one can dictate my choices and my life!”