Chapter 143
Cayden was standing at the door.
Avery couldn''t tell whether he was doing it deliberately, but he was blocking her pathpletely. There
was only one door, and his body took up the entire space.
Sitting on the couch, Allie remained silent. Toby was there to preside over things for the Musk family,
and if all else failed, there was still his wife. As for the Moore family, there was Jeffrey.
Therefore, she basically had no right to speak.
Besides, her son, who had always been the head of the household, had arrived then.
No one in the living room dared to speak up.
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Seeing that, Allie couldn''t help panicking as she was desperate to get rid of Avery.
Ultimately, she snapped. Leaping up from the couch, she walked over to the door and took her
grandson''s hand. At the same time, she said to the two people standing at the door, “Have a seat first.
Dn should be back in a while.”
“Why did you call me over, Grandpa?” Cayden''s low and calm voice rang out. Obeying his mother''s
advice, he strolled over to the couch in the living room and sat down.
When he moved away from the door, he surreptitiously pushed open the door behind him a crack with
his long and slender fingers.
That action of his was a signal for Avery to leave.
At that, Avery''s eyelid twitched imperceptibly. Twisting the door handle in her hand, she pushed the
door open.
Following her departure, only members of the Musk and Moore families remained in the living room.
Utterly embarrassed, Talia dered derisively, “Having lived for more than half a century, I thought I
had a discerning eye and that no rotten characters could deceive me! Now, however, I admit that I was
blind!”
Meanwhile, Toby was wholly bewildered by the show his wife was putting on.
Then, she continued to speak on behalf of her son, who hadn''t yet returned. “You all know the kind of
girlfriends Dn dated in the past. They were all often featured in tabloids. Someone like Ery appears
innocent, so she inevitably snagged his attention. Defeated by her charms, he was totally bewitched.
They had only been acquainted for days, but she had already persuaded my son to marry her!”
Hearing that, Jeffrey lifted his head. “So, your son got the short end of the stick?”
“Of course—” Talia red at the man indignantly, but before she could finish speaking, Toby squeezed
her arm.
Left with no other choice, Talia could only stop short and swallow the rest of her words.
Jeffrey cast a look at his grandson, who seemingly didn''t give a whit about that matter. “Cayden, you
didn''t even know that Ery suddenly married Dn?”
Zachary likewise swung his gaze at Cayden.
Meanwhile, the housekeeper of the Musk residence made some coffee and respectfully served
everyone a cup.
Cayden eyed the cup of coffee before him, but he didn''t bother drinking it. Lighting a cigarette, he
arched an eyebrow and remarked, “Ery''s grandfather went missing out of the blue. I went to the
countryside with her to look for him and also lodged a police report. We slept together the night before
she got married.”
The instant Jeffrey heard that, his eyes went wide.
As the man''s uncle, Toby could no longer remain calm either after hearing that.
One is my son, and the other is my nephew! What kind of nonsense is this?
Taking a puff of the cigarette, Cayden added, “I''m also curious to know why she hastily got married
when her grandfather was missing and hadn''t been found then.”
Jeffrey put the cup of coffee down, no longer in the mood to drink it anymore.
“Has her grandfather been found?”
“He was found and sent to the hospital the night she got married.” Cayden swept an unfathomable
gaze over the few elders sitting there, intentionally revealing some information through hisments.
He believed that both his aunt and uncle were intelligent people. Having cleaned up after Dn for
more than ten years, they couldn''t possibly fail to realize that their son hadmitted a misdeed again.
Anyhow, he didn''t n on going too far during his visit this time. It was considered a warning, and he
was also demanding an exnation.
Avery was easy prey and endured everything silently, but he was different.
Upon hearing all that, Talia could no longer put on airs, and her hands shook slightly.
“Is there still any need to spell things out? I hope the two of you can educate your son well and give Ery
an exnation as soon as possible. Of course, the Moore family wants an exnation as well.”
Snagging his cane and propping it against the floor, Jeffrey got to his feet with a frosty expression on
his face.
Toby went out to see the Moore family off.
Talia, on the other hand, remained in the living room.
Right then, the housekeeper stood by the kitchen door, not daring to go over to collect the coffee pot
and cups on the coffee table.
Even after the Moore family had left, Toby remained standing at the door for a long time before he
turned around and went back into the house.
As soon as he entered, he pointed at thendline. “Phone him! Call that treacherous son right away!
Tell him I''m dead and have hime back for my funeral!”
Talia hurriedly phoned Dn.
After making the call, she didn''t dare anger Toby either. She sat on the sofa anxiously, racking her
brains for a solution to resolve that matter.
More than an hour had passed before the sound of an approaching car was heard from outside.
Soon, Dn reached the door.
Bang!
No sooner had he entered the house than his father threw a cup at him.
It was a top-notch kiln ceramic cup bought by a rtive at an exorbitant price and given to his father
five years ago in return for a favor. He knew about its existence before he got into prison.
Right then, however, his father simply threw the cup at him.
The cup fell to the floor and shattered into a million pieces.
The wrath of his father was evident.
“Come over and exin to your father why exactly you and Ery got married!” Talia tugged at her
enraged husband and had him take a seat.
At that, Dn frowned. “What do you mean by why? What other reason could it be other than love?”
“Nonsense!” Toby''s face went as ck as thunder.
“Did the Moore familye and say something to you both?” Dn sat down. Picking up a cup, he
languidly poured himself some coffee. “Did they say that I was the one behind Avery''s grandfather''s
disappearance and used that to ckmail her into marrying me?”
“Are you admitting that you indeed did that?” Toby was so livid that his face flushed bright red.
Snagging a cup, he threw it at Dn again.
“Put it down! Quick, ce it down! Listen to what Dn has to say first!” Talia was so frantic that she
was on the verge of tears.
Dn took a sip of coffee before cing the cup down. Lifting his head, he stared right at his father. “It
wasn''t me who kidnapped Avery''s grandfather. I believe that the culprit will soone to light.
However, I did take advantage of the situation and force her to marry me.”
“What a b*stard!”
Toby wanted to spring to his feet and pummel that unscrupulous son of his.
However, Talia held her husband back. “Dn didn''t vite thew. It was someone else instead!
Didn''t you hear that?”
Turning the cup in his hand, Dn muttered in an ominous voice, “If I hadn''t gone to prison, she might
have been your daughter-inw since five years ago.”
“What did you just say?”
Talia tried to get more information from her son, hoping to hear that it was the Moore family''s fault.
Even if that wasn''t the case, Avery was to be med. In short, the Musk family did nothing wrong.
However, Dn stood up and merely replied, “Nothing. In the future, don''t poke your nose into my
affairs. I know what I''m doing.”
Talia looked at her son, who was about to leave. “Where are you going?”
“Pick my wife up and drive her home to sleep.” Dn was sure that Avery was taking care of ke at
the hospital at that hour and headed there right away.
When he went upstairs and pushed open the ward door, he wasn''t at all surprised by the scene that
greeted him. Zachary is here. Then, his father must be here as well.
At the sight of him, Zachary kissed Avery on the face provocatively.