Chapter 217 Chapter 217: Ruining Her Uncle’s Family
At this moment, Gretchen was in a panic. The basin with hot water was less than twenty centimeters away from her face and would be poured on her at any time.
Swallowing hard nervously, she looked in the direction of the door with a guilty conscience.
At the same time, Melody shouted hysterically, “I don’t even know who Mr. Wright is. What do you want Gretchen to say? How could you threaten her and force her to slander me?!”
Suddenly, Gretchen felt the hot steam rising from the water, and she couldn’t help shivering.
It was not until then that she smelled the pungent smell of the water. And she guessed that Estelle had added some kind of corrosive liquid to it.
Thinking about this, she looked at Estelle in horror.
“Now is the moment of decision,” Estelle declared to Gretchen. “If you reveal the truth, your face will remain unscathed. Cristofer will still marry you as you desire, and you will become the mistress of the Hans family. However, if you withhold the truth, your mother’s marriage to my uncle will be destroyed, and you will be forever barred from marrying Cristofer. Haven’t you and your mother always aspired to move into elite social circles? Consider carefully. Who holds the key to your desired life, my uncle or Cristofer?”
Hearing this, Gretchen wavered and was lost in thought.
Estelle has gotten divorced from Cristofer. ‘I’ll marry Cristofer and get what I have longed for soon. I can’t give up such a precious opportunity.’
‘Mom is getting old. It’s hard to say whether York will have a mistress and abandon Mom in the future. So, we can’t count on him.’
‘Moreover, Cristofer is young and promising. He’s much better than York, who is incompetent…’
After weighing the pros and cons, Gretchen made a choice and showed a determined look.
“Gretchen, don’t listen to her!” Melody said outside the door.
“Mom...” Gretchen called out in a trembling voice. After hesitating for a while, she made up her mind and said louder and louder, “Mr. Wright from Storm Finance Group has helped you a lot. Have you forgotten that? Back then, you didn’t have a medical license. It was he who helped you apply for it. You are not good at foreign languages and failed to get a visa. It was also him who helped you get the visa.”
Hearing this, Melody’s face turned pale.
With a sneer, York asked, “Storm Finance Group? Is she referring to Gavin Wright from Storm Finance Group?”
With a long face, Melody panicked, “York, just let bygones be bygones. I knew him before I met you. I wouldn’t have been with him if I had known that I would meet you earlier. As you know, it’s hard for me to raise Gretchen alone. When I was helpless, Mr. Wright helped me, so I...”
York’s face was darkened, and he said coldly, “It’s well-known that Gavin is a pimp! Who else have you ever been with except him? Last time I invited all the men in the upper class of Hadale to your birthday. And you had an affair with many of them before, right? Humph. They must have thought that I’m a stupid man who married a whore and laughed at me behind my back!”
“No. York, listen to me. I’m not that kind of person!” Melody explained.
Hearing the noises outside, Estelle couldn’t help but chuckle.
She knew York very well.
York was sensitive, suspicious, conceited, extremely arrogant, and a male chauvinist. Such a person couldn’t stand his wife deceiving him or cheating on him at all.
Under the vigilant gaze of Gretchen, Estelle walked to the window, poured the hot water out, and then walked to the door.
The next moment, the door that Gretchen and Melody had tried to open with all their strength just now was easily opened by her.
“This door...”
“Do you want to know how it was locked?” Estelle smiled and said. “This is my room. I certainly know how to lock and unlock the door. As for this lock, it was Cristofer who installed it. Back then, one of the street lights was out. I was afraid of darkness, so Cristofer often climbed the wall and came in from the window to keep me company at night. He was afraid that my parents would find it, so he bought this lock. And every time he came, I would lock the door. The lock can only be unlocked with my fingerprints.”
Without the threat of hot water, Gretchen gradually calmed down. But the scalded part of her calf was still severely painful.
Upon hearing Estelle’s words, Gretchen felt a rush of anger and retorted, “What are you trying to prove by saying this? Are you boasting about how well Cristofer treated you in the past? Well, it doesn’t matter. No matter how well he treated you, he left you and is now with me.”
“You are mistaken,” Estelle corrected her. “It was he who was abandoned by me.”
York and Melody were no longer outside the bedroom.
When Estelle was about to leave the room, a series of loud bangs came from the living room downstairs, accompanied by York’s roar and Melody’s crying.
The servants were frightened, and all went back to their rooms. And no one dared to come out to mediate between them.
Estelle slowly went downstairs and walked to the kitchen, ignoring York and Melody. She remembered that Aurora liked cooking very much and used to cook delicious food for her here. Fortunately, the kitchen was not redecorated by York and Melody.
She then took out several eggs, some toast, and tomato sauce from the fridge. Then she made several sandwiches and put them on the table in the dining room.
When she finished all this, she saw York still in a rage and asking Melody about her affairs with other men.
“Uncle York,” Estelle called him in a soft voice.
York stopped arguing and looked at her with an unfriendly look. “Are you here to ruin the peaceful life of my family?”
Estelle smiled and said gently, “Uncle York, I just don’t want you to be taken advantage of. Alas. You don’t have a biological child and spend your money on supporting the daughter of another man. Gretchen does call your Dad, but don’t forget that her family name is not Grantham but Abrams.”
“What do you mean?” York asked.
“What I’m trying to convey is straightforward, Uncle York. You are my mother’s sole younger brother, and we are family. When I visited my mother a few days ago, she inquired about your well-being. She genuinely cares about you. Furthermore, she requested that I apologize to you for my impolite behavior,” Estelle explained.