Chapter 1260
“So, Ms. Chloe‘ fiancé is really the CEO of the Harper Group?”
“And what about the daughter of the Alonso family?”
At this question, all eyes were drawn to Wendy, who was standing nearby with a terrible look on her face. She took two frightened steps back, tripped over her own feet, and only avoided falling on this high–profile stage by grabbing the microphone stand.
“Grandpa…” She thought of Presley in the chaos.
“Calling him won’t help!”
A voice full of authority suddenly rang out! It was then that everyone noticed Hannah pushing Alyssa slowly onto the stage. Alyssa’s face was cold and stern, without a trace of weakness.
Wendy was in a panic, but she instinctively called out, “Grandma…”
“Shut up!” Alyssa looked at her coldly. “I don’t have a granddaughter like you! And I can’t accept you calling me that!”
“The Alonso family is also a family with hundreds of years of history! You have been in the Alonso family for so many years, even being trained as a lady of the house! Yet, after twenty years, they have raised such a shameless descendant!”
Wendy’s body swayed, almost dizzy from Alyssa’s cold and ruthless words, and she nearly passed out.
Presley furrowed his brows and looked down at the person who had walked up to him. “What the hell are you doing?!“”
“You shut up too!” Alyssa didn’t even glance at Presley, her voice deep and emotionless.
“What do you know?!” Presley said sternly, obviously resolutely.
“I know you’re an old fool who’s blind and heartless!” Alyssa didn’t want to argue with this old man in this situation, but she had been holding back her anger all night. She had been controlling herself, enduring it, but in the end, she couldn’t help it! She said coldly, and at the same time, she reached out to grab–the–microphone stand and hit Presley with it.
“Madam!” Hannah quickly stopped her, “Tonight is Damon and Miss Chloe’s engagement party!”
Alyssa’s movement stopped, and she held the microphone stand tightly, putting it back in place.
The stage was filled with low rumblings. This old lady was tough, she actually called Presley an old fool.
Seeing the situation going downhill, Grace quickly walked onto the stage. She pulled Wendy aside and began to vent her anger at Alyssa. “Alyssa, what do you mean by this? What do you mean by ‘shameless‘? Wendy and Damon’s engagement was set by Presley, how can Wendy be the shameless one? Even if our two families have a relationship, you can’t be too harsh in your words, can you?!”
Alyssa sneered, “Ask anyone in the Alonso family, including all the employees of the Harper family, who doesn’t know that Damon likes Chloe?! Your daughter’s horse–riding skills are inferior, she started the fight, and got injured in the end, but insists on staying in the Harper family, isn’t this her doing? She has been openly and secretly hostile to Chloe, if she doesn’t know Chloe is Damon’s fiancée, why would she behave in such a despicable way?! She clearly knows everything but still wants to publicly announce that baseless engagement with Damon. If this behavior is not shameless, what is?!”
“You…” Grace didn’t expect Alyssa to speak so mercilessly, she was almost suffocating with anger.
In the heat of the moment, she suddenly calmed down, suppressing her anger. “Alyssa, Wendy and Damon’s marriage was decided by Presley. Your grandson is a top catch, and we don’t deny Wendy’s feelings for him. But if you say Wendy is clinging to him, that’s a bit too much!
“Wendy is the future head of the Alonso family, and the Alonso family will ultimately be hers! If she marries into the Harper family, what she can bring to the Harper family is beyond your imagination…”
“You always emphasize ‘Miss Alonso, ‘the future head of the Alonso family these identities, how many times do you have to say them to be satisfied?!” Elizabeth suddenly spoke up from below the stage, “Are these two identities really something to be proud of? Does the Harper family need money so much that they have to marry into the Alonso family? Will we go bankrupt without the Alonso family?”
Grace gritted her teeth. “But when it comes to qualifications, who can compare with the Alonso family? Can she?”
Grace suddenly pointed at Chloe and laughed coldly, her face full of contempt. “As the lady of the Alonso family, the future head of the Alonso family, what’s not to be proud of these identities? If we’re talking about marriage, who can compare with Wendy? What does Ms. Chloe have? What can she bring to you?! She has no family background, no connections, and her family members are all vulnerable!
“She’s vulgar, barbaric, and malicious! Well, that’s to be expected. What can you expect from a child without a mother’s education?!”
Damon’s eyes suddenly turned sharp. “Nate!”
“Slap-”
Before Damon could finish speaking, Nate had already slapped Grace.
Everyone below the stage gasped in surprise! Grace was caught off guard, knocked off to the side. Thankfully, Wendy was there to yank her back before she could hit the deck.
Grace was taken aback. She didn’t expect to get a public dressing down like this, and immediately glared at Nate.
“You dare to hit me?!”
Nate pursed his lips, staring at Grace coldly. “A piece of advice for you – watch your mouth.”
“I’m only speaking the truth!” Grace’s sanity was entirely scattered by that slap. “This ill–mannered kid, no class at all! Even if Damon does fancy her, there’s no way I believe she could truly become a part of the Harper family!”
From the start, Chloe had kept her lips sealed. At crucial moments, Nate also doled out some roasting to Grace. If it were about patience, she could show it too. But when her mother was mentioned, Chloe’s face instantly froze over. She stood up from Damon’s embrace, and walked towards Grace, hand raised, ready to smack Grace’s mouth.
“If we’re talking about being ill–mannered, based on your comments today, I’m afraid no one could outdo you.” A calm and composed voice slowly echoed, although gentle, it was clear and forceful, reaching everyone’s ears.
Chloe’s raised hand paused mid–air. She was stunned, slowly turning towards the doorway.
