Chapter 22
Sylvia thought, “Why should I?
“Mira is nothing.”
“Dad, don’t get mad. Sylvia will apologize to her.”
Seeing that, Brady pulled Sylvia and walked to Mira. “Mira, we’re sorry. What we did today was not right. We got you wrong. It will never happen again. As your elder, I shouldn’t have said those harsh words. I’m sorry.”
Then he pulled Sylvia hard and said sternly, “Apologize to Mira now!”
Sylvia gritted her teeth hard, feeling humiliated and unwilling.
Yet she knew that if she didn’t apologize to Mira today, neither Brenden nor Brady would forgive her.
“I’m sorry. OK?” Sylvia forced herself to say so, and then she pushed Brady away and ran out of the villa with red eyes.
Brady went after her helplessly.
Taryn had never seen Sylvia like that, and she felt distressed. “We’re family. Did you have to push Sylvia like this?”
Mira was a bit speechless for a second. She then said, “You’re right. We’re family. So, did you have to push me like that? Even the police were here.”
This time, it was Taryn who was rendered speechless.
“Enough! Just shut up, all of you.” Brenden was getting a headache.
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40 volts
“Hugh, don’t you have a villa out there? Take Mira to live there. She and Sylvia can’t live under the same roof.”
Hugh was stunned. If Mira moved out, there would be no way for her to irritate Brenden and Taryn.
“What? You want me to live with him alone?” Mira’s surprised voice rang out. “Mr. Leopold, why don’t you let us get a divorce? I can never fit in your family.”
Hugh was speechless.
For the first time, he vividly realized that Mira really wanted to divorce him. She wanted even more than he did.
“Mr. Leopold? I’m your father.”
Brenden had the urge to knock her on the head should he have his cane. “Hugh, get her suitcase upstairs. I forbid you to divorce.”
Hugh had no choice but to carry Mira’s suitcase upstairs.
“Don’t! I don’t want to be here anymore. I want to go.” Mira hurried after him.
Looking at them, Taryn clutched her chest. “If I saw her every day, I’d have a heart attack. You should have agreed to their divorce. Don’t you see the way Mira looks? She’s so uneducated.”
Now that Mira was out of sight, Brenden calmed down a lot. “Think about it. Wouldn’t you be angry if you were taken for a thief for no reason?”
“Brenden, are you confused, as you are too mad at her?” Taryn reached for his forehead. “You don’t have a fever.”
“Do you think I’m the same as you? I’m the head of the family,”
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40 Vouchers
Brenden said impatiently. “First of all, we were wrong indeed, because we took Sylvia’s word for it and made Mira out to be a thief. In view of subjective consciousness, we genuinely looked down on Mira. Second, after the truth came out, we refused to apologize to her because of our pride and her low status.”
“We should. We are Mira’s elders. Your parents are the only ones I’ve ever apologized to in my life. Why should I apologize to my daughter- in–law at my age?” Taryn said unhappily.
“I’m not happy about it either.”
Brenden snorted, “Yet given her courage, I guess she is the material for the daughter–in–law of the Leopold family after all. What’s more, she talked back to us with organized thoughts and without fear. None of the rich girls I’ve seen can be as good as her. Hugh is in charge of the Leopold Group, and his wife ought not to be weak.”
“Jacey is much better than her…” Taryn disliked Mira a lot.
“But Jacey didn’t get to marry him. They aren’t destined,” Brenden said indifferently.
***
Mira was upstairs.
She treated Hugh with nothing but impatience.
“Why did you bring my luggage up? You should have sided
up
with
me so as to get your dad to grant us a divorce. You and your family hate my guts now, aren’t you?”
