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Chapter 70
Suzette Grant grabbed hold of Mr. Charles by his shirt, her eyes seething with anger. Mr.
Charles barely reacted to her act of physical violence. Instead, he remained as composed
as ever, waving for the security guards who eventually came over and escorted the
mother and daughter out of the villa.
As Angie Grant watched the doors to the villa close right in front of her eyes, she felt a
dreadful sense of impending doom. She never imagined that Noah, who was usually so
prim and proper, could treat her like this. He was the one who said that he was a man of
principles. How could he chase her out onto the streets just like that? She could not, nor
did she want to understand.
“Mom, what do I do know?” Angie cried to her mother in desperation, falling to the ground
dramatically. “I’ve shared a bed with Noah all this time and now he just dumps me without
warning. I won’t get to marry into the Quincys anymore!”
“Angie, all this crying won’t solve your problems,” Suzette remarked in a surprisingly calm
tone.
“Wh… what should I do then…” Angie’s lips trembled.
“He took advantage of you, Angie. He won’t get away with it so easily, nor will his family,”
Suzette’s tone was clipped. She dragged her daughter back up to her feet and led her to
their parked car. At the same time, she was already looking for a contact number on her
phone.
Angie was sitting quietly in the passenger seat, her face ashen and depressed, when her
phone suddenly buzzed in her purse. Thinking it could have been Noah finally replying to
her, she frantically searched her purse and fished her phone out. However, she only saw a
Facebook headline that immediately caught her attention and sent her heart palpitating.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Mom, look at this! What is this?!” Angie passed the phone to her mother with shaky
hands. There was an eye-catching photo of Madeline Grant that was making its rounds on
Facebook, together with an equally sensational headline. That wench… how dare she?!
“What is this nonsense?!” Suzette uttered disagreeably. “Is Noah not doing anything about
these rumors? Shouldn’t you be the one putting out news about your engagement with
Noah?” Suzette did not know what exactly had happened, but her instinct told her that
Madeline Grant had something to do with this. She would not let Madeline nor the Quincys
off the hook so easily. Fortunately, she knew how to use Facebook too!
……
Although Madeline Grant had chase Noah out of her home early in the morning, she was
still reeling from the memories of the previous night. Her mind was on autopilot replaying
the vivid scene of Noah in nothing but his briefs, leaving her extremely frustrated.
Thomas was in a good mood of late since he got to spend more time with his mother. After
finishing his breakfast, he came over to chit-chat with Madeline. Noticing Madeline who
looked distracted as she sat on the sofa, he even brought her a cup of warm chocolate
milk to cheer her up.
“Mommy, mommy! What’s going on with you and the scumbag? Are you back together
again?” Thomas asked, fishing for information. Based on his observation these past few
days, he was beginning to think that the scumbag was honestly quite a decent person,
apart from his strange mood swings. He was rich and handsome, and treated kids well
too…
“Watch your language, kiddo. There’s nothing going on,” Madeline admonished gently.
“But I think he likes you, Mommy!” Thomas quipped.
“Hmm?” Madeline was curious now. “Why do you say so?”
“The last time I drew a little tortoise on him, he brought me to the hospital right away
because he thought I had ADHD, but when you drew a big tortoise on him, I think he quite
liked it…” Thomas shared his logical thoughts with his mother.
“He was in our home, so he had no other choice but to be polite. Don’t overthink it, Tom. I
don’t like him anymore!” Madeline huffed. Anyway, Noah had been her sworn nemesis for
years, and she refused to fraternize with the enemy. She took a sip of the chocolate milk
as her thoughts began to drift away once more.
Ding ding! Ding ding ---!
Madeline’s phone rang out loud and urgently, snapping her thoughts back to reality. She
sat up straighter on the sofa as she took her phone out of her pocket. The front screen of
her phone displayed messages from the family group chat that comprised of Madeline,
Thomas and Thomas’ sister, Zeke. Madeline’s eyes widened in alarm as she read her
daughter’s messages. She motioned to Thomas who was perched behind her.
“Did you read the messages?” Madeline asked her son.
“I did. Mom, do you think I can still turn my phone off right now?” Thomas asked
nervously.
“Hmm, I think so…” Madeline was just about to do the same, but she was too late.
Mackenzie, or Zeke as she was affectionately known to her family, sent the family chat
group another message.
Princess Zeke: Don’t you even think of turning your phones off, you two! I can tell!
Madeline: Darling, how’s your tour going? Did you like the present Mommy got you?
Madeline instantly switched into her caring mother persona, pretending she had not just
tried to avoid her own daughter just mere seconds ago. Zeke was Thomas’ older sister,
born just a minute earlier than her brother and the only daughter of Madeline’s triplets.
Zeke looked just like Madeline as a child, with strikingly beautiful green eyes and dainty
facial features. However, she inherited Noah Quincy’s personality, being far too wise and
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmcold for her age. A casting agent had scouted her on the streets a year ago, and she was
now a child model who was on tour for the Spring/Summer fashion season.
Zeke Grant was objectively the only person on this planet that Thomas was afraid of. No
one knew why Zeke was his kryptonite, but for all his cheeky antics and misbehavior, Zeke
was the only one who could put Thomas in his place. He affectionately called her Princess
Zeke and never disobeyed her. Even Madeline, as their mother, would occasionally be
envious of the sibling bond that they had.
Zeke: My dearest Mommy, could you tell me why the both of you are not back yet, even
though you said you’d be back before my birthday?
Madeline: Umm, Thomas likes the chocolate milk here, so I decided to let him have it for a
few more days. I promise I’ll come visit you next month, for sure!
Thomas, who had been content to disappear into the background, now had no choice but
to speak up.
Thomas: That’s right, Sis! You should totally try out this chocolate milk. Princess, I’ve been
a real good boy lately. We’ll come home very soon, ok?
Zeke: Oh, is it that good? Hmm, do you think a hundred million dollars is enough to buy
the milk production line…?
Madeline was at loss for words. Her children were too clever for their own good.
Thomas: Mommy, my stomach is acting up. Can you bring me to the toilet?
Madeline: Of course, darling?
Zeke: Are you guys putting on a show for me?
Madeline and Thomas left the chat group before Zeke could say anything further. Madeline
wanted to relax and enjoy her mug of chocolate milk, but a few headlines on her Facebook
account caught her attention.
“Noah Quincy, The Prince of Imperia – A Heartless Playboy!”
“Third Party Ends Noah & Angie’s Engagement…”
“Chairwoman of the Charity Association or Mistress?”
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