Chapter 469


    Allie''s words angered Alina.


    She could not bear hearing her favorite niece and beloved father being spoken of this way.


    She leaped to her feet. “What do you mean by that, Mrs. Moore? If you won''t forgive Avery, that''s fine,


    but there is no need to use such harsh words. Even if our families are not bound by a marital alliance,


    my father is still an elder. How could you use such disparaging words against him? I still showed you


    respect as Cayden''s mother, but your attitude has shown me that you do not deserve respect from


    anybody. You called us bad apples. What about you? Even addressing you as Mrs. Moore more than


    what you deserve. The real Mrs. Moore is Mdm. Lily Berry, who is the legitimate Mrs. Moore per our


    maritalws of Chanaea. You are only a nobody who happened to take her ce, and all you do is


    throw your weight around using Cayden''s name. Are you proud of yourself? How much mightier are


    youpared to us, anyway?”


    Alina had caught her ex-husband''s attention by pretending to be more aplished than she was, and


    he courted her persistently. After their marriage, they ran argepany together.


    Having met various difficult characters in the upper echelons of society, she knew how to deal with


    women like Allie. Attacking the problem at its core, she found and pressed on Allie''s weak spot.


    Lily spectated the scene with interest, and her lips curled upward when she heard Alina''s sharp


    rebuttal.


    It feels good having somebody take care of this b*tch on my behalf.


    Sitting on the couch in the corner, Zachary and Rory were still d in their suit and dress of flower boy


    and girl, going deaf from the din of the adults yelling at each other.


    The hostile atmosphere filled them with unease, and nobody told them where their parents were.


    Do Daddy and Mommy not want us anymore?


    The children''s eyes grew red at the thought of their parents'' engagement falling apart. They missed


    their gentle mother.


    Allie was livid by Alina''s words. To have the fact of her being Bruce''s mistress brought up was


    something she did not take kindly to.


    The fact as it was, nobody was allowed to mention it in her presence.


    Allie lost her temper at Alina''s jeering words. Disregarding the children''s presence, she raised her palm


    to teach thetter a lesson.


    Before she could do so, Alina caught the former''s iing hand, flung it aside, and gave her a hard


    shove.


    Pushed off bnce by Alina, Allie staggered and nearly fell onto the ground.


    She stood up with great difficulty, bracing herself against the coffee table as she did so, and gazed at


    Alina with eyes filled with disbelief.


    This woman looks so skinny. How is she so strong?


    ke did not expect Cayden''s mother to strike his daughter on top of her verbal tirade. A ball of fury


    rose in his chest.


    With immense effort, ke braced himself against the couch to stand. Every line on his wizened face


    hardened with anger. “If the Moore family does not wee us, Lina, we will leave! Avery will find a


    good husband anywhere. Though Cayden is a decent fellow, the Rumpley family cannot hope to meet


    his prestige. Come here, Zach and Rory. The manners they teach you here arecking. Come home


    with me, and we''ll find your mother.”


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    He beckoned kindly at the twins.


    The children gazed warily at Jeffrey and Allie, wondering if they should go with their great-grandfather.


    Allie grabbed both children by the wrists. “Zach and Rory are Moores. Why should we allow you


    outsiders to take them?”


    She squeezed the children''s frail arms so hard that she did not notice she was hurting them.


    ke was beside himself with a mixture of panic and anger at the sight of the children holding back


    fearful tears.


    With a shudder, he led his daughter away. “Let''s go, Lina. We don''t need them, and I won''t being


    back here for as long as I live.”


    Alina gave Allie onest contemptuous nce before helping ke out of the house.


    “Don''t leave! We can talk about this.” Shaking his head exasperatedly, Jeffrey beckoned Kendrick to


    help him up.


    He was determined to stop the Rumpleys from leaving. As angry as he was for Avery embarrassing the


    Moore family, she carried their heir in her belly.


    What if they''re serious? What would happen to our heir if Avery married someone else?


    Allie, who was thoroughly humiliated, stopped Jeffrey. “That pathetic family is not worthy of us, Dad. Let


    them go if they want to. When Avery gives birth, we''ll take her child away and let her marry whoever


    she wants. Cayden is a catch. I''ll find him a better wife.”


    Jeffrey red at Allie, wanting nothing more than to strike her on her foolish head with his cane. “You


    have embarrassed us!”


    Shoving her aside with his cane, he had Kendrick hold him as he chased after the Rumpley family.


    Kendrick turned and cast Allie a gaze tinged with me and disapproval.


    “Great-granddad...”


    Upon seeing how the Rumpleys had been angered into leaving by their grandmother, the twins went


    after them tearfully, but Allie held them back.


    As Jeffrey had already left the room, she did not hold back in smacking them on their buttocks. “You


    ingrates! I was the one who raised you both, and now you''re abandoning me for two strangers?”


    “Great-granddad isn''t a stranger, Grandma. He and Grand-aunt love Rory and me very much.” Zachary


    red up defiantly at Allie through his tears.


    “You''re horrible for making Great-granddad and Grand-aunt go, Grandma. I don''t love you anymore.”


    Rory wrenched herself free of Allie''s iron grip and ran after ke and Alina.


    “Wait for me, Rory!” Zachary ran after her.


    Turning pale with rage, Allie gnashed her teeth as she gazed at the departing silhouettes of her


    grandchildren.


    You will never be my daughter-inw, Avery!


    Avery was unaware of the heated quarrel between the Moore and Rumpley families about her.


    Cayden had turned off his phone the night before to keep herpany.


    Nestled in his embrace and leaning against his firm chest, Avery was in a deep sleep.


    When she awoke at dawn, she realized she was alone in bed, save for the note he had left behind. It


    read: I have matters to attend to, Ery, and will be back in two hours. This is our new home. The


    surroundings are peaceful, and the air is fresh. It''s good for you and the baby. All five of us will live here


    where no one will bother us. I love you.