Mrs. Chandler didn’t want to give up so easily, and said, "You may not have much say in front of President Hawthorne, but you can always whisper in Mr. Hawthorne’s ear. Everyone in Southgate knows Mr. Hawthorne spoils you and will listen to anything you say."
"Susan, you shouldn’t decline anymore, or I’ll think your words just now were deceiving me. You’re not taking me seriously." Mrs. Chandler spoke with evident displeasure.
"How could that be?" Susan Kensington forced a smile, "Well, I’ll give it a try, but I can’t guarantee anything."
Mrs. Chandler’s complexion improved slightly and she said, "Although I wish for my insensible daughter to have a good home, it’s also for your own good. Think carefully about what I just said and see if it makes sense."
Upon hearing this, Susan Kensington couldn’t help but sneer internally.
She said it was for her own good, but wasn’t it just to use her as a ladder to the Hawthorne Family?
She still remembered the last time she met this Mrs. Chandler at a banquet, who wouldn’t even give her a second glance.
Now she wanted to make use of her and was willing to lower herself to make friends.
Unfortunately, she’s not exactly a fool!
Outwardly, however, Susan Kensington appeared very grateful: "I will always remember Ms. Chandler’s kindness towards me. Don’t worry, once Vincent comes back, I’ll make sure to talk to him."
Mrs. Chandler was very satisfied, exchanged a few more pleasantries with Susan Kensington, and then left with her daughter.
Susan Kensington hastily escorted Rhoda Kensington to see them out, and when she returned to the living room, Vincent Hawthorne was already seated there.
His expression was dark and unpleasant, and before Susan Kensington could speak, he exploded, "I asked you to find some reputable ladies for Elias, and this is what you show me?"
Susan Kensington remained silent.
Vincent Hawthorne’s anger grew, "The Chandler Family is nothing but nouveau riche without even washing the mud off their legs, and their daughter expects to marry my eldest son and become the matriarch of the Hawthorne Family! What gall to make such a request! And you, you even agreed to help them!"
Susan Kensington explained, "Vincent, don’t be mad. I said that just to appease Mrs. Chandler. Otherwise, she wouldn’t leave peaceful, let alone easily." Get full chapters from novel✦fire.net
"Then just have someone send her away! Do I need to teach you that too?" Vincent Hawthorne’s anger flared further: "Susan Kensington, have you also got it in your head to stuff such a person into Elias’s life?"
Scolded by Vincent Hawthorne, Susan Kensington couldn’t help but feel heartbroken and finally spoke up, "Do you think I don’t want to choose a good match for Elias? But who do I know? And who takes me seriously? If it weren’t for you publicly stating your intention to select a wife for Elias, even Mrs. Chandler wouldn’t bother associating with me!"
Vincent Hawthorne looked displeased, "So, are you blaming me for putting you in a difficult position? Or are you blaming me for not making you the official Mrs. Hawthorne, earning everyone’s admiration!"
Susan Kensington was shocked and hurt as she stared at Vincent Hawthorne, "Vincent Hawthorne, is this how you see me after all these years we’ve been married? Do you, like everyone else, believe I’m a woman who is greedy for vanity?"
Vincent Hawthorne, still simmering with anger, coldly replied, "It’s not that I want to see you this way, but your actions make people perceive you as such!"
"Vincent Hawthorne!" Susan Kensington couldn’t bear it any longer and shouted, her voice breaking with emotion, "How can you talk like that! Do you have any conscience left? Have you forgotten? It was you who pleaded with me to help find a wife candidate for Elias, not me insisting on it! If I had known, even with your begging, I wouldn’t have agreed! Forget it..."