Mrs. Hughes’ eyes widened in shock. “What the hell are you talking about?”
“Oh, stop pretending like you have no idea.”
Gwen raised her head innocently and slumped into Steven’s arms. “Are you denying the truth? How can you possibly expect to do something without anyone finding out, Mrs. Hughes?”
The color drained from Mrs. Hughes’ face as she replied, “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
“Alright then.”
Gwen curled her lips into a small smile but did not intend to pursue this topic any further.”
Well, just because you don’t admit it doesn’t mean we can ignore all the things you did.”
With that, she turned to shoot Steven a tender glance and added, “Are you afraid, my dear? Please don’t cry if your mother sets up an arranged marriage with other people for you! After all, not even Denise cried when she had to go through that.”
Steven furrowed his brow when he heard this. A split second later, he reached out to clasp Gwen’s hand and said calmly, “Don’t worry, I won’t, but more importantly-“
He lifted his head to stare in Mr. and Mrs. Hughes’ direction. “I’m sure Mother and Father wouldn’t do this to me.”
“Why wouldn’t they?”
Gwen said, smiling. “After all, they had promised the Millers to allow you and Kate to become a couple should they successfully revive you. At that time, they had signed the contract regarding you and Kate’s marriage while you were still in a coma… How are you so confident that they wouldn’t do the same to you as they did to Denise and sell you off to Kate?”
The expression on Steven’s face turned sour, and both Mr. and Mrs. Hughes balked at this.
Mrs. Hughes narrowed her eyes and stared coldly at Gwen. “How do you know all this?”
The contract between the Hughes and Miller families was a secret, not known to anyone outside of the family.
Not only that, but besides the few people who were physically there during the contract signing, not a single person had access to those documents-not even their personal assistants or butlers!
How did Gwen learn all of this?
“The best way to hide a misdeed is not to commit it.”
Gwen smiled mischievously at Mrs. Hughes. “I have more information up my sleeve. Do you want to hear it?”
With that, she took out her phone and pretended as though she was about to recite something off her screen.
Mrs. Hughes furrowed her brow in displeasure.
“That’s enough.”
Mr. Hughes, who had been silent all this while, finally interjected. “Alright, alright. It’s established that you possess a lot of evidence against us at this point, but since you know so much…”
He lifted his head to glance coldly at Gwen. “You should understand that you’re not going to fit into our family, and neither will we welcome you.
“You have plenty of admirers to choose from, and based on your looks and background, you can easily find someone else, so why are you insisting on dating our son?”
Gwen could not help smiling at this. “You’re right, Sir. I can easily find someone else, and truth be told, I know that myself, but you guys should know full well why I insist on dating Steven, don’t you?
“You tricked Luke into giving his body up and stole him from me. Am I not allowed to find a replacement after this injustice?”
Mrs. Hughes was outraged by this. “Is Steven nothing but a replacement for you?”
Gwen raised her eyebrows. “That’s right.”
She turned to glance at Steven, who still had his arms wrapped tightly around her. “My dear, you, too, know that you’re just a replacement for Luke, don’t you?”
Steven lowered his head to meet her sparkling gaze, then gulped. “Of course I do.”
With that, he lifted his head to stare at his parents. “I know I’m just a replacement, and I know that Gwen doesn’t truly love me at all-she just wants me for my body, but…”
His grip around her tightened as though he wanted to inhale every single particle of her body into his. “I’m willing to do that.
“On second thought, I have both of you to thank for this, Father, and Mother. If it weren’t for you, I would never have regained my consciousness, and would never have discovered that I had a twin brother.
“Most importantly, I would never have met this beautiful girl.”
He chuckled as he added, “The reason I brought Gwen here to meet you is to let you see what a miracle you guys created. If it weren’t for you, I would never have met Gwen, and I wouldn’t have the blessing to become her replacement lover.”
The color drained from Mrs. Hughes’ face.
When she first initiated the deal with the Miller family a year ago, she never thought things would end up this way. All she wanted was for her beloved son to wake up from his coma, and she was willing to pay any price for that!
Never in her wildest dreams had she imagined that after Steven’s awakening, they would inadvertently cross Thomas and Brettley, and even wound up with that annoying Gwen!
Not only did they lose their precious pawn, Denise, overnight, but even led to their son being put under another woman’s spell…
At the thought of this, Mrs. Hughes narrowed her eyes and shot Gwen a murderous look. “You bitch!”
Gwen chuckled at this. “Thank you.”
Mrs. Hughes widened her eyes in shock.
She had thought her insult would ruffle Gwen’s feathers, but to her surprise, Gwen had thanked her instead.
What was going on?
“Calling another woman a bitch is the highest form of praise you can give,”
Gwen explained, smiling, as she could sense the confusion in Mrs. Hughes’ eyes. “You calling me a bitch is indirectly complimenting my charm and seductiveness as a woman.”
With that, she got up from the chair, picked up the pot on the table, and proceeded to pour two cups of tea. “Would you two like some tea?”
Mrs. Hughes clenched her fists. “Never! I wouldn’t want to get poisoned by you!”
“Suit yourself.”
Gwen smiled as she handed the cup to Steven. “Are you worried about getting poisoned, my dear?”
Steven shook his head, took the cup from her, and emptied it in one sip.
Then, he placed the cup back on the table and glanced at his mother. “Mother, if you don’t feel like drinking anything, shall we order some food? We should have a nice meal as a proper family.”
“A proper family?”
Mrs. Hughes frowned and slammed the table in indignation. “Steven, no matter how hard you try, you’ll never be able to convince me into blessing your relationship! You’d better break up with her as soon as possible!”
With that, she stood up in preparation to leave.
“She can’t leave yet,”
Nigel’s voice rang out in Gwen’s earpiece. “My Daddy hasn’t managed to find Uncle Sean yet. If they leave now, they’ll probably return home, and we’ll lose the trail!”
Gwen furrowed her brow, leaped up, and blocked Mrs. Hughes’ way with her arms extended. “Now, now, let’s not leave so soon.”
Mrs. Hughes glowered at the woman standing before her. “What the hell do you want now?”
She had already said what she wanted to, so this woman must have been out of her mind to think she would sit with them and have a meal together!
“Mrs. Hughes.”
Gwen smiled at her. “Steven and I have already ordered, so it wouldn’t be appropriate to leave just like that, would it? And besides…”
She curled her lips into a smirk and tucked her hair behind her ear. “You claim that you’d never approve of our relationship and seem as though you care a lot about Steven’s wellbeing…but you don’t seem to be concerned about him at all.
“Don’t you think it’s a little absurd to want him to obey your commands, considering neither of you showed him any warmth or concern at all? If you truly wanted him to give up on me, surely you’d try to win him over by being good and caring parents?”
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hughes furrowed their brows upon hearing this.
Mr. Hughes paused for a moment, then reached out to tug on his wife’s sleeve. “She…she’s right.”
They had been so preoccupied with their personal lives that they neglected Steven, which led to this woman having the opportunity to pounce on him.
If they had placed all their attention on Steven, he would not have acted out in this way at all.
“What do you mean, she’s right?”
Mrs. Hughes scowled at this. “Didn’t you notice that she seems to be desperate to stall us?”
If this woman truly wanted to be with Steven, she would be overjoyed at their mistreatment toward him, which would push him right into her arms.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.