Chapter 695 - 692: Be Grateful I Didn’t Hit You

Chapter 695: Chapter 692: Be Grateful I Didn’t Hit You

Sure enough, some of the guests started to agree with Chloe Grant.

"Chloe Grant, you can’t use that against her!" Sarah Shelby immediately jumped in to explain on Clara’s behalf. "I was the one who sent that text to Miles Quinn from Clara’s phone. She didn’t have the courage, so I took matters into my own hands and sent it without telling her first.

I chose a hotel because I was afraid she’d back out. If I’d picked any other place, she might have gotten scared and not gone. But a hotel is different. I told her I had already booked and paid for the room. She hates wasting money, so she couldn’t refuse.

You might find that ridiculous. Yes, the cost of a hotel room is nothing to any of you, but it’s different for Clara. She and her mother were thrown out of their home with nothing. She had to pay her own tuition and earn money to support them. She couldn’t afford to waste a single penny."

Clara Grant couldn’t help but look down and smile. She had to admit, ’It was true. Back then, she’d only mustered up the courage to go because she couldn’t bear to waste so much money.’

After she finished, Sarah Shelby looked at Seth Quinn and joked, "President Quinn, you should thank me. If it weren’t for me, you and Clara never would have had such a fateful encounter."

Even though he knew she was only joking, Seth Quinn looked at her with complete seriousness, his tone just as sincere. "Thank you. I really mean it."

He wasn’t just thanking her for creating the opportunity for him and Clara to meet a year ago. He was also thanking her for stepping forward to take the blame for Clara at such a critical moment.

He was thanking her for giving Clara such a pure friendship, for being a friend who genuinely cared for her.

His sincere thanks actually made Sarah Shelby a little embarrassed. She quickly smiled and waved her hand dismissively.

But before her smile could even form, Chloe Grant turned on her. "Sarah Shelby, you’re not just defending Clara Grant because you’re such good friends, are you? A big part of it is because, in a way, you’re both in the same boat, isn’t it?

She’s a lowly bastard who doesn’t even know her own father, and you’re just another pathetic illegitimate child. Hmph. Who knows if a single word from people like you can be trusted."

Chloe Grant was truly getting desperate, and she started spouting words without thinking.

Jean Jarvis and Cedric Grant were also startled by Chloe Grant’s escalating agitation and her increasingly reckless words.

’How could she say something like that?’ Even though what she said was true, blurting it out like this would completely alienate the Shelby Family.

In truth, her words didn’t matter to Autumn Shelby and Yvette Zimmerman, but Evan Shelby was a different story. By calling Sarah an illegitimate child, she was essentially calling him an irresponsible man!

Just as he was about to speak, he saw Ewan Stratton guide his wheelchair over to Sarah Shelby’s side.

Evan Shelby grew worried. ’Sarah’s status as an illegitimate child must be a source of deep humiliation for Ewan, right?’

’What if he flies into a rage out of shame and tries to divorce Sarah?’

As he was worrying, he heard Ewan Stratton speak in a chilling tone. "Miss Grant, you’re a real piece of work. You’re an illegitimate child yourself, yet you have the audacity to stand here and mock someone else for it! Your head must be filled with shit."

"You!" Chloe Grant was both furious and flustered at being so mercilessly and publicly berated. For a moment, she couldn’t find the words to argue back, finally choking out, "Why are you cussing at me?"

"What about me? No one gets to badmouth my wife. You’re bullying her right in front of me, so why can’t I cuss you out? You should be grateful I haven’t hit you!"