Nora

Chapter 170:.

Farrell entered the room, looking furious.

Miranda was quick to exchange a glance with Rachel when she saw him, and they both fell silent. Miranda stood up and stepped forward with a smile. “Why are you back so early today?” she asked.

She unconsciously wanted to take Farrell’s bag from him, but when she held it up, she discovered that Farrell hadn’t let go.

Startled, a bewildered Miranda called out, “Farrell?”

As soon as she said it, Farrell suddenly reached out his hand. A loud smack sounded as he slapped her hard across the cheek, causing Miranda to see stars as she turned her head to the side.

She was absolutely stunned.

The Woods had always been a studious family who preferred to talk things out rather than resort to violence. Besides, Farrell was a gentleman among gentlemen. During all these years, he had never raised his voice against her, let alone hit her!

After a moment of stupor, Miranda finally reacted. She shouted with derision, “What are you doing, Farrell? How dare you hit me? Are you belittling me because my family is broke? I knew it would be like this! The Woods are kicking me while I’m down! That’s it, I’m leaving! I’m going back to my parents’ house.”

Farrell looked at his wife in front of him with a sharp glint in his eye. The man, somewhat disappointed, let out a dismissive laugh and said, “You’re right, I won’t be lucky enough to have a Sonnets daughter with me. I’ll have someone pack up your things and send you home right away.”

A dumbfounded Miranda was in shock.

Rachel was quick to shout, “Dad, what are you doing? If you’re going to throw Mom out, then you can throw my brother and me out too.”

Farrell glared at her. He suddenly raised his hand toward her, startling Rachel into slamming her eyes shut.

However, when the blow sounded, Rachel felt no pain in her cheek. She opened her eyes in surprise and saw that Farrell’s cheek was red: he had slapped himself instead….

Farrell looked at Rachel with great sorrow and said, “Don’t punish her, spoil the child! It’s my fault for thinking you should be raised by your mother because you’re a child! That’s why you became crazy with jealousy, narrow-minded and petty at such a young age!”.

Rachel, who found his scolding ridiculous, said, “Has my aunt said anything to you again, daddy? How can she do that? Did she forgive us and call you, only to have the next moment complain to you? It’s too much!”

Miranda nodded as well. “Yes, it must have been her!”

Farrell stared at the mother-daughter pair in front of him and closed his eyes in pain.

He was still thinking it was impossible for them to do something like that when he got the call from Mr. Hunt earlier that day. His wife and his younger sister did not get along, but there were only verbal disagreements. His wife was always trying to get the upper hand over his younger sister.

He didn’t think his wife would do anything like that. If it had been someone else who had called him, he would certainly have trusted his wife without hesitation.

However, the person who had called him was Justin Hunt.

Mr. Hunt would never cause trouble for a woman for no reason.

Furthermore, he had also given him the evidence that they had bribed Roxanne, as well as paid for the live stream to trend on social media!

As incredulous as Farrell was, he had no choice but to believe it after that.

He made a somewhat tired gesture and said, “I’ll give you two choices.”

Miranda was stunned.

Farrell lowered his head and said, “The first: someone will watch your every action in the future, but I will continue to give you the title of Mrs. Wood. The second: we’re getting divorced.”

Miranda was stunned.

“No, I don’t agree with that. Dad, are you planning to put Mom under house arrest? You…”

Before Rachel could finish, however, Farrell looked at her again and said, “And you too. I’m going to give you three choices. The first: you can stay home, but you won’t be able to contact your mother again. Also, you have to attend college properly. The second: go abroad, but you are not allowed to come back for the next three years – you are not allowed to have any contact with your mother during this time either! The third: get the hell out of here with your mother.”

Rachel’s jaw dropped.

So was Miranda.

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Henry and Wendy after leaving the Anderson villa returned to the hotel where they were temporarily staying.

Henry looked furious. When he saw Angela waiting for them after arriving at the hotel, his expression instantly darkened even more.

Angela had watched the live broadcast from start to finish, so naturally she knew the truth as well.

She rushed over to Henry with red-rimmed eyes and said, “Dad, I know Mom let you down, but in my heart, you’re still my father!”

Henry, who was being hugged by his daughter, thought of how he had carried her and played with her when she was a little girl, the hint of disgust he had, disappeared along with the wind.

Ah, well.

It didn’t matter, he had raised her, after all. He still had feelings for her.

Henry took a deep breath and went into the bathroom to take a shower.

He was exhausted after making a fuss at the Andersons’ house.

When the running water began to sound, Angela sat down next to Wendy restlessly, lowered her voice and asked, “Mom, so I’m not Daddy’s daughter? What do we do now?”

Angela curved her lip in distaste. “I’ve never liked her since she was a child. She doesn’t work and has no motivation whatsoever. All she knows how to do is fool around at home every day. I couldn’t even answer when my classmates asked me what my father did for a living. It was very embarrassing. No wonder I don’t look like him at all. It turns out it’s because I’m not his daughter. Mom, I really don’t understand. Since the truth is out, and he doesn’t have any money left anyway, does that mean we can leave him? Let’s go by ourselves.”

Wendy whispered, “Shh, keep your voice down. Don’t let him hear you. We have to keep him happy for now. At least he still has that villa in California in his name. It’s worth over five million dollars! We can argue with him after he gives you the villa instead!”

The villa…

Angela thought about the five million dollars and let out a sigh. “All right,” she said.

As the two whispered to each other, Henry had already finished his shower and stepped out of the shower. When he came out, he saw that there were a few missed calls on his cell phone.

They were all from friends who were showing him concern after watching the live broadcast. He called them back, one by one.noveldrama

He spat angrily, “Nora has no conscience whatsoever! She is nothing like our affiliate Angela. Even if she’s not my biological daughter, how is she any different from one?”

“Hah, Nora is very strange. She’s always wanted to be close to me since she was a child, but I’ve never wanted to pay any attention to her. Angela, however, is different. We have emotional ties between us…”.

A stubborn Henry answered several calls in a row. Angela poured him a glass of water and asked, “Is your throat sore, Dad?”

Henry took the glass of water from her. He couldn’t help but sigh: at least this daughter of his was treating him with sincerity. Even though he wasn’t getting any money from Nora, at least he was still related.

At least they would still be a family of three, as long as he didn’t hold it against Wendy and forgive her…..

Ding-dong! The doorbell rang suddenly.

Henry got up and went to open the door. Some lawyers were standing in front of the door. They said, “Mr. Smith, since you have shown abusive behavior while raising Miss Smith, according to the agreement signed between you and Mrs. Anderson, we will now take back the property of the villa you live in!”

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