Brenda Adler furrowed her brow, just about to speak to dissuade Old Master North from this absurd action.
Before she could open her mouth, Claire North couldn’t hold back and immediately jumped up, shouting: "I disagree!"
Claire North stubbornly stared at Old Master North: "I won’t marry Beau Shelby, and I won’t meet anyone else, I want to marry Elias Hawthorne!"
"Elias Hawthorne is your brother-in-law!"
"No! He initially wanted to marry me, not Raina North. It was Raina who pretended to be me!"
"Are you sure it was Raina pretending? Or was it because of the rumors about Elias Hawthorne that you refused to marry him?"
Claire North suddenly choked, paused for a while, and said, "Anyway, I must marry Elias Hawthorne."
Brenda Adler spoke: "Dad, just let Claire be. Not to mention anything else, if Claire marries Elias Hawthorne, it gives the child a home, a real family reunion."
Old Master North’s gaze swept over their faces, finally resting on Gideon North’s face: "Gideon, do you think so too?"
"Dad, Baby is still young, it’s better for him to be with his biological mother." Although both Raina and Claire North were his daughters, Raina was naturally rebellious and not close to him at all, so even if she married into the Hawthorne Family, it wouldn’t benefit him in the slightest, unlike Claire.
"You... you all..." Old Master North was so angry he gasped heavily, banging his cane: "You all are blinded by wealth, utterly foolish. The matter of Raina’s disguised marriage has long been exposed. Have you seen any of the Hawthorne demanding an explanation from us? What does the Hawthorne mean by this, isn’t it obvious?"
Gideon North said: "The Hawthorne have not raised any objections, but this doesn’t mean our Raina should remain silent. Our North Family, although weaker, is still a legitimate in-law to the Hawthorne."
Old Master North, seeing their greed, felt an unprecedented sense of helplessness, he sighed deeply: "No wonder the ancestors always said to marry a virtuous wife. It’s all my fault for not marrying a good wife for my son, which has caused such a mess in the family."
A flash of embarrassment crossed Brenda Adler’s face.
She was always proud, yet her father-in-law made her kneel and scolded her face, how would she have any dignity in front of the servants after this?
Especially with her father-in-law repeating the phrase, marry a virtuous wife, was he implying she was less virtuous than Amanda Lewis?
What Brenda Adler could not tolerate was probably this.
If it weren’t for her father-in-law being fond of Amanda Lewis back then and wanting his son Gideon North to marry her, there wouldn’t have been so many issues, and there wouldn’t be an extra Raina North.
Now if her Claire wanted to marry into the Hawthorne Family, it wouldn’t be so difficult, nor would Claire resent her in her heart.
These grievances suddenly erupted at this moment.
"Dad, even if you regret it now, it’s too late. Gideon’s wife is me, Brenda Adler, not Amanda Lewis. As for Claire’s situation, don’t worry about it. I, as her mother, have my plans. If I don’t nod as her mother, no one can marry off my daughter just like that! It’s a society ruled by law now, if I were to sue you for arranging a marriage, it wouldn’t be good!"
"You..." Old Master North was so angry he failed to catch his breath, clutching his chest and trembling all over.
Gideon North was shocked, hurriedly rushed over to support the old man: "Dad, are you okay? Are you all right?"
Speaking while vigorously rubbing his chest: "Dad, don’t get so worked up, watch your heart."
"Di... divorce... our North Family... doesn’t want such a daughter-in-law..." Before he could finish speaking, a severe heartache attacked, and Old Master North’s eyes rolled back as he fainted.
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