Chapter 2438


    Chapter 2438


    “Even if the Dunhill name isn’t shining as brightly as it once was, it’s still out of your league. Without


    your sweet talk, how could I have ever ended up with someone like you?


    Don’t act all high and mighty now. At your age, you should be grateful I’m not sending you out to work


    your fingers to the bone. Do you think I have it easy out there hustling and wining and dining for


    business? Don’t bite the hand that feeds you. Just y your part as Mrs. Dunhill at home, or is that too


    much for you? If you really want to parade yourself around town, I won’t stop you. Just spare me the


    sarcastic things.”


    Tessa’s tears streamed down her face as her husband’s mocking words cut deep, “You heartless jerk!


    Do you not remember the state of the Dunhill family when I married you? Now you paint it as if I was


    wing to be with you. Do your past promises to me mean nothing? Are they all lies? I simply said that


    Ivy is our daughter, too. How dare you dump all the me on me?”


    Seeing his wife so distraught, Finn’s expression also soured. He had spoken in anger and spewed out


    harsh words without a filter. But his man’s pride was too strong to apologize. He was the head of the


    household so he felt that he had nothing to apologize for.


    As Tessa wept, ra walked in, her initial smile fading at the sight of her stepmother in tears and her


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    father with a stern face.


    “What’s going on, Dad? Are you two at it again?”


    She feigned her concern there. This couple had been fighting a lot for these days so her concern was


    also tinged with a sense of amusement. Her father had abandoned her mother without a second


    thought, and now it seemed Tessa was getting her just desserts.


    Tessa forced a smile and wiped away her tears, “It’s nothing, ra. Are you hungry? There’s some


    meatloaf in the pot. Why don’t you grab a bite?”


    Finn, also ying along, steered clear of the previous argument. They had an unspoken agreement not


    to fight in front of their daughter.


    “Oh, is that so? I’ll skip the meatloaf, you eat it. I’m off to a party. And Tessa, don’t forget what I asked


    you to dost time.”


    With that, ra grabbed the car keys she just dropped. She slipped on her shoes and left without


    looking back, despite Tessa calling after her.


    “She even didn’t tell us when she’ll be back. I made her favorite dishes tonight,” Tessa murmured,


    instructing the housekeeper to serve dinner, then inviting Finn to join her.


    “What did ra want you to talk to Ivy about?” Finn asked bluntly at the dinner table, worried Tessa


    might stir up trouble at Ivy’s.


    The Dunhill family couldn’t afford any more gossip.


    “Why don’t you ask your baby daughter? Oh, am I just a servant to the Dunhill family, expected to do


    everything and report every little detail?”


    Finn mmed his bowl on the table with a thud, “What was that? If you don’t want to eat,


    then don’t!”


    Tessa’s chest heaved with barely contained anger. With a scornfulugh, she shot back, “And why


    shouldn’t I eat?”