Chapter 1259
hapter 1259
Before she even declined, Meredith mocked, “Right, this is a once-in–a–lifetime good offer that other
people would die to be in your ce. I just don’t know if you are fortunate enough to live with this bliss.
Since you are already my aunt’s goddaughter, you should do something too, go on, pour wine for my
aunt, and give her a toast.”
Ashlynn did not do it.
Corentin said, “Go on.”
His two simple words reminded Ashlynn that she was supposed toply and even make sure she did
it well.
She had to suppress her emotions, and said coldly, “I do not want to be involved with the Hilton family,
thank you for your kind offer.”
What Beth offered was already shocking enough. They did not expect things to take another even more
shocking twist.
Ashlynn was declining it?
Meredith was so pissed that she almost mmed the table. “Ashlynn, do you really think you are
someone important? Don’t you be so disrespectful.”
“I did not ask for you all to offer me this!” Ashlynn rebutted.
“Ah, I know it. You wanted to keep Corentin to yourself and not let him go, right? But now, you don’t
even have your kid anymore. What else do you have to keep him?”
To bring up the kid was undoubtedly an attempt to bring more pressure to the conversation, and the
atmosphere immediately turned tense.
Suddenly, everyone heard a loud cracking of the ss, and everyone turned to look at Corentin
immediately.
Corentin’s crystal ss was shattered in his bare hands, and the water inside spurted out. There was
also blood from the shards cutting into his palm.
It was a bloody sight.
“Corentin, are you alright? Do you need to go to the hospital?” Meredith expressed concerns.
Corentin acted as though he did not hear that. He turned his face around, and his eyes were
intimidating, “Give her a toast!”
Ashlynn suppressed the fear in her, and with a shaky voice, she said, “Why are you forcing me? You
know it well enough that I am not willing to…”
Corentin’s voice was scarily cold. “Ash, I don’t have much patience.”
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Ashlynn clenched her jaw. She could only stand up and pour Beth a ss of wine before raising her
own ss, waiting for Beth to ept the toast.
“Ashlynn, you have to kneel so that this counts, Meredith reminded.
Ashlynn kneeled on the ground. The hard floor hurt her knees slightly.
Beth did not raise her ss to ept the favor. Instead, she asked her husband, ” Marshall, what do
you think? You agree with me taking her in as my goddaughter, don’t you?”
“Your call.” Marshall Hilton had always been tolerant and respectful to his own wife. The Hilton brothers
did not express an opposing stance as well. They left it to their mother to decide.
Beth seemed to be about to say something touching. “I had never expected myself to have such a
present today. This was a surprise gift for myself. I have to thank the Lloyd family for this. Thank you for
giving me a goddaughter.”
Cory Lloyd immediately looked terrible.
Only Corentin watched without batting an eye as everything unfolded, as though everything was
irrelevant to him.
*Auntie, now that you have your goddaughter, you will still love me as you did, won’t you?” Meredith
fawned.
“Why wouldn’t I? You are always the apple of my eye. No one can overtake you,” Beth said.
“Perhaps someone would think otherwise and think that their value inted overnight!” Meredith hinted.
“No, they won’t.” Beth patted Meredith’s hand. They interacted as though they were mother and
daughter.
The two of them had a good time chatting while Ashlynn kneeled on the ground the whole time. No one
cared how long she had been kneeling and whether her knees were already numb.
There would also certainly be no one asking if her arm that was still rising was sore.
Even Corentin himself was watching coldly from the side.
The ss in her hand was already shaking, and just when she finally could not stand it any longer,
Beth remembered her. She looked down at Ashlynn and said, “Now, as soon as we drink from this
ss of wine, you will be my goddaughter. I will… be nice to you.”