Oswaldo thought his aging eyes were deceiving him. How could the deceased Victoria be alive? Yet, the woman standing beside Magnus looked exactly like his daughter-in-law!
He hastened his steps, leaning heavily on his cane, eager to find out who this woman was.
From a distance, Paul watched as Magnus coldly slapped Genevieve across the face, his own emotions a tumult of confusion.
He had known about Tina’s situation before. Would Genevieve regret coming here tonight?
“Deserved, that mistress will never be dignified,” Kimberly muttered with satisfaction as she watched Genevieve get slapped. She couldn’t pinpoint why she despised Genevieve so, feeling a strong repulsion likely due to her role as the other woman.
Hearing Kimberly curse Genevieve, Paul didn’t dare say anything.
While others whispered and speculated about what was happening with the Montgomery family, the large screen in the hall suddenly lit up, first broadcasting the sounds of a woman moaning.
The adults present likely knew what those sounds were, and all eyes turned to the screen.
To their shock, it wasn’t a mistake by the staff; the main characters in the video were recognized as Genevieve and Paul, engaged in indecent acts, necessitating the blurring of their intimate parts.
All the adults blushed deeply at the sight. What on earth was happening?
“Mommy, why does that man keep hitting that lady’s bottom?”
some children asked, not understanding the situation, their eyes wide and innocent.
Parents quickly covered their children’s eyes, urging them to look away.
Even if they tried to ignore it, the moans echoed throughout the hall, causing many unmarried girls to blush as well.
Magnus’s expression changed drastically, and both Genevieve and Paul turned pale as snow. After the initial shock, Kimberly furiously slapped Paul across the face.
Genevieve bit her lip tightly, and Zachary and Ivy finally understood what Magnus meant by her disloyalty in marriage.
Their mother had been involved with their father’s cousin, a major scandal in high society.
Oswaldo, leaning on his cane, was so angry his beard seemed to bristle.
“Turn it off, turn it off now!”
“Yes, yes,” a hotel employee scrambled to stop the video, but the computer suddenly froze.
The image was stuck on the screen, Magnus’s fists clenched tight, veins standing out on his hands.
Tina hadn’t expected such a sensational scene; Genevieve was also involved with Paul, making the drama even more intriguing!
She looked around and did not see Aurora. Could she have been the one to release the video?
“You shameless woman, the Montgomery family has treated you well, yet you commit such disgraceful acts,” Oswaldo shouted, swinging his cane at Genevieve.
The faces of the Blake family members turned sour, especially Kimberly’s. It was no wonder she despised Genevieve so much-women’s intuition is incredibly strong.
“You still claim you have nothing to do with her? You truly can’t change your ways, not even sparing your cousin’s wife, you scoundrel!”
Kimberly yelled as she scratched, bit, and kicked.
Paul couldn’t face the many gazes cast his way, especially since everyone knew of his unsavory reputation, highlighted by the recent scandal involving him and a company staff member. Yet, today held even more shocking news; Paul had an affair with his cousin’s wife. Many internally cursed him but kept their words to themselves out of respect for social appearances.
At the Blake family gathering, Paul was physically confronted, while Oswaldo used his cane to strike Genevieve repeatedly as she clutched at Magnus’s trousers, begging for mercy. Magnus kicked her away, wishing he had never known her.
Seeing Genevieve’s tear-streaked face, Tina, also a woman, felt ashamed to share the same gender with someone she considered disgraceful.
“Magnus, save me… I was forced, I didn’t want this, truly I didn’t,” Genevieve sobbed, her makeup smudged by tears.
Even Ivy and Zachary didn’t intervene; ashamed of their mother, they feared becoming targets of displaced anger. They couldn’t understand why Genevieve had acted as she did, and could only watch as she was brutally beaten.
“It’s all Aurora’s fault!”
Ivy recalled Aurora’s parting words, condemning her as cruel. Aurora had revealed Genevieve’s affair with Paul at the gathering, not caring about the Montgomery family’s reputation.
Ivy hadn’t realized that this was only the beginning of their nightmare; the whipping of Genevieve was nothing compared to what awaited them. Whether or not she intervened in Genevieve’s situation, Aurora wouldn’t spare them; they were considered a mistake from birth.
“Grandfather, stop, I have important news to announce,” Aurora said, rushing in with her hand bandaged and holding documents. Genevieve’s heart sank seeing Aurora, fearing what she held.
“What news do you have to announce, girl?”
Oswaldo fumed, his face red with anger. Despite the Montgomery family never acknowledging Genevieve as one of their own, society had already labeled her Mrs. Montgomery. Now, with this scandal, it was a significant embarrassment for the Montgomery family.
Aurora approached with the files, “Since it can no longer be hidden, I must reveal the truth. Ivy and Zachary are not my father’s children!”
“Aurora, what nonsense are you speaking?”
Both Oswaldo and Magnus were stunned; if Ivy and Zachary weren’t Montgomerys, whose children were they?
“Grandfather, I am not speaking nonsense. Today, it’s crucial to reveal the truth about how this woman schemed her way into the Montgomery family and has been tormenting me for years, seeing me as a thorn in her side.”
Aurora extended her bandaged hand, pointing at Genevieve, determined to expose her true character.
“Aurora, she tormented you?”
Oswaldo was utterly confused, while Tina clenched her fists tightly upon hearing about the torment.