Chapter 23 Only For Her
Bryce furrowed his brow as he looked at his stepmother. He wondered to himself, what was wrong with this woman? Why was she so hysterical?
'It's weird.' Bryce speaks to himself
"Bryce, you can't just stand there like this. You have to do something. Don't call yourself a man if you can't do it!" Miranda said, still sobbing.
"Mrs. Miranda, I don't understand what you're talking about. Speak slowly to me and explain everything!" Bryce pleaded, then he sat in front of her and crossed his legs.
Ever since his father remarried Miranda, Bryce had never treated her as his mother. For him, his mother was only one person: the late Evelyn Johansen, recognized as a daughter-in-law of the Johansen family. Even though Miranda had always been kind to him and treated him like her own son.
"Calm down, Miranda, let me talk to Bryce." Gerald tried to calm his wife down.
Miranda nodded and began to wipe her tears with a tissue.
"Bryce, you must have heard what happened to the Jones family, right? Have you investigated this matter? What is actually going on?" Gerald asked while continuing to rub his wife's back.
"Yes, I've heard about it. The culprit is Miss Roseanne Cavendish, the new general manager of the Nexus Group, and she is the youngest daughter of the Cavendish family."
"The Cavendish family has a daughter? I thought they only had three sons." Miranda looked surprised. She then covered her mouth. "Isn't the Cavendish family the richest family in Aether City? Could Lily or Jake have offended them before? Oh My God, it's a total disaster."
"Our families were once enemies because of a past issue between our ancestors. Their great-grandmother even swore never to form a marriage alliance with our family. Anyone who broke that rule would have to sever ties with the family." Miranda stammered and squeezed her fingers.
She used to be calm because the Cavendish family did not interfere with the Johansen family's business, and the Johansen family had the support of the Jones family. But now that the Jones family was also having problems with the Cavendish family, Miranda was naturally thinking about her future and her biological daughter, Kelly.
Bryce didn't care about the agreement between his family and the Cavendish family. He was going to marry Lily, who had no connection to the trillionaire family whatsoever.
But still, this incident bothered him. Lily's problem was definitely his problem too.
"Hmm, could it be that the Cavendish family did this after hearing the news of Bryce's marriage to Lily? Could it be that the young Miss Cavendish likes Bryce? "asked Miranda, folding her arms across her chest." Hmm, I heard that the young Miss Cavendish lived abroad for a long time, and she must have brought back habits from abroad, where women reject arranged marriages and prefer a hard worker to an heir.
Didn't Bryce start his business from scratch? "added Gerald.
" But what about Lily? "Miranda looked worried and confused.
" Ah, never mind, it's better to let Bryce meet Miss Cavendish tomorrow and explain everything. Maybe Miss Cavendish just wants to get to know Bryce, and she is an educated girl, so it's unlikely that she would fight over a man." Gerald tried to calm her down.
"Yes, Bryce, you have to meet Miss Cavendish and talk to her, and make an appointment for the Jones family to meet her and apologize personally, even though the Jones family may not necessarily be at fault. However, as a family of lower status, they should be more respectful," continued Miranda.
"I'm only doing this for Lily. You don't need to think anything else, Mrs. Miranda!" Bryce replied coldly.
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned and left. Miranda bit her lip to hold back her emotions, but a second later, she looked down and wiped her tears.
"I've been married to you for years and raised her as my own child, but she always calls me Mrs. Miranda. Am I not good enough for her?" Miranda cried softly.
"Bryce, stop! How long are you going to be cold to Miranda? She's my wife, she's your late mother's replacement!" Gerald exclaimed, stopping his son.
Bryce paused for a moment, then turned. "She is your wife, but my mother is only Evelyn!"
That night, Dominic and his three younger siblings gathered at the dining table for dinner…
"Dad already knows your plan. He just said we can't let them get away with it if we have proof that it's true," said Dominic as he removed the fish bones and gave them to Rossie.
"Dad is very kind to women and knows how to treat them. He is also very wise," said Rossie.
"That's why Mom loves him so much. He never looks at other women or lets them get close to him. He also taught us how to treat a woman properly, and when he heard about you and Bryce..."
"Dad would be even angrier with the Cavendish family, especially with Bryce!" Marcus quickly interrupted his brother.
Ethan saw Rossie's reddened eyes and gently rubbed her shoulder. "I know this incident is very difficult for you and hard to forget. Just tell us what we can do to avenge you! "
" How could Rossie possibly forget? Bryce treated her so badly and couldn't let go of his first love. Huh! What a selfish man!" Marcus exclaimed, stabbing his fork into his meat.
Rossie couldn't look him in the eye and even stabbed him in the back. She also considered his kindness to be malicious.
She felt foolish for loving a man like that for ten years.
"Bryce hasn't contacted me at all for two days," said Dominic, sipping his red wine slowly.
Rossie snorted coldly. "I'm sure he's busy cleaning up the mess for his first love. He won't even have time to think about me."
She swirled her wine glass as a cold glint appeared in her eyes, "I'm not the Rossie I used to be. I am the youngest daughter of the Cavendish family."