Chapter 191 Kieran Returned
The birthday party was over, but things weren't finished yet.
Although Hayden tried to keep it under wraps, the embarrassing things Bianca did still spread throughout their social circle.
The atmosphere at the Taylor Villa was oppressive.
Bianca stood before Hayden with clenched fists, not daring to say a word, looking like a frightened quail.
"You're really something, Bianca!" Hayden roared angrily. "I raised you all these years, and this is how you repay me? You wanted to harm my real daughter? Who gave you the nerve?"
As Hayden spoke, his anger rose again.
He raised his hand, grabbed a cup from the table and smashed it hard at Bianca's feet. "This is my final warning, Bianca! Isabella is my real daughter. If you dare go against her again, get out of this house!"
Every word from Hayden was about Isabella.
Every sentence declared that Isabella was his real daughter, while Bianca was just an adopted daughter.
In such a short time, everything had changed.
No one could have imagined that the timid, unwanted country girl who first came to the Taylor Villa would now become the treasure Hayden wanted to hold in his palm.
She once had nothing, then she had the title of the Taylor family's daughter, and today, she not only had that title but had also solidified that identity.
"Don't sleep tonight. Kneel at the door and reflect!" Hayden ordered.
Bianca's face changed at his words, and she quickly looked at Olivia.
Olivia sighed, pressed her temples, and finally, unconsciously looked at Isabella sitting on the sofa.
Olivia knew well that since Isabella came home, she had been an inadequate mother. Isabella was her real daughter, yet now she wouldn't even speak to her, treating her like a stranger.
She couldn't defend Bianca in front of Isabella anymore, or she would only drift further apart from Isabella in the future.
Olivia chose to remain silent.
When Olivia didn't plead for her, Bianca turned her gaze to Chase.
Chase pressed his thin lips together, his eyes showing some conflict.
After hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but speak up: "Dad, please let Bianca off this once. She's still young..."
Isabella glanced at Chase, a disgusted sneer curling at her lips. "Still young? When you all wrongly accused me of pushing Bianca down the stairs and made me kneel, why didn't you stand up and say I was still young?"
Chase choked, his face turning ugly.
Bianca then turned her gaze to Tobias.
"Dad, I'm willing to take Bianca's punishment for her," Tobias said.
Isabella let out a cold laugh.
What deep sibling affection.
When she was kneeling, Tobias mocked her with cold words, but when it was Bianca's turn, Tobias didn't hesitate to kneel for her.
Sometimes, people are just treated differently.
Isabella got up from the sofa and walked out.
Isabella's sudden movement startled Hayden. "Isabella, where are you going?"
"I'm going back to school."
Hayden's expression immediately became anxious. "Why are you leaving?"
It was so late, he thought Isabella would definitely stay home tonight. Why was she suddenly going back to school?
Olivia also looked nervous and couldn't help saying, "Why won't you stay home?"
"Home?" Isabella frowned. "If the person who harmed me can't even get the punishment she deserves, why should I continue staying in this house? I might get strangled in my sleep with nowhere to seek justice."
Hayden immediately glared at Tobias. "Who allowed you to kneel for Bianca? She did such a vicious thing - what's wrong with me making her kneel?"
Then Hayden coldly swept his gaze over Bianca. "What are you waiting for? Go kneel!"
Bianca was stunned by Hayden's yelling, then went crying to kneel at the door, looking very wronged.
Tobias's face also turned ugly.
"Dad, Kieran's back. I'm going to pick him up at the airport," Chase said.
Kieran was supposed to come back for Bianca's birthday party today, but his flight was delayed and just arrived at the airport now.
Chase received Kieran's message and planned to pick him up personally.
Hayden glanced at Chase. "Alright."
Chase immediately grabbed his keys and left, driving straight toward the airport.
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Kieran didn't know what happened at the birthday party yet. He was in a good mood, about to see his sister.
"Chase, look, this is the birthday gift I got for my sister. She'll definitely love it."
Kieran came out of the airport and spotted Chase right away, pointing at the teddy bear in his hand. "This bear is super popular abroad. Even money can't always buy it. I pulled so many strings to get someone to buy it for me."
Chase glanced at what Kieran was holding. "Which sister did you buy it for?"
Kieran was stunned.
Which sister?
What other sister did he have besides Bianca?
"What kind of dumb question is that? Of course it's for Bianca. Did you think I bought this for Isabella?"
Chase didn't respond.
Kieran had been abroad basically all year, so his impression of Isabella probably still stopped at Isabella's first day at the Taylor Villa. After all, Kieran and Isabella hadn't seen each other since then.
"Get in the car." Chase led Kieran to the car.
Kieran tossed his luggage in the trunk and sat in the back seat. "Chase, I came back late. The birthday party must be over already, right? How's my sister? She must have been really happy today. I've always been with her on her birthdays before, but this time was just too rushed, otherwise I definitely wouldn't have missed it..."
"By the way, Chase, Bianca's not upset with me, is she? Did you explain it to her? My flight was delayed - I didn't come home this late on purpose..."
Chase listened to Kieran's words and interrupted him: "Bianca is kneeling at the door."
Kieran: "..."
Kieran thought he'd heard wrong. "What did you say?"
Chase sighed. "Bianca did something wrong. Father punished her by making her kneel and reflect. She'll probably have to kneel all night."
Kieran was stunned.
The next second, he was furious. "Has Dad lost his mind? Today is Bianca's birthday and he's making her kneel? How can this be okay?"
Chase turned the steering wheel, his eyes slightly lowered. "Kieran, at the birthday party today, Bianca and Abigail conspired to get a man to violate Isabella's innocence. Although it didn't succeed, all the guests at the scene found out about it. Father was very angry, so he made Bianca kneel and reflect."
Kieran immediately objected instinctively: "Impossible. How could Bianca do something like that? This must be Isabella's scheme! Chase, how can you believe Isabella's words? Isabella is just someone from the countryside!"