Chapter 344 This Was Originally My Wife's
Seeing Declan lose his temper at her, Elizabeth felt a twinge of sadness in her heart.
But she quickly swallowed that sadness deep down.
She had always longed for family affection, but never begged for it.
She looked at Declan with neither humility nor arrogance, even with pride.
Alexander also looked at Declan with a stern face, saying, "I'm sorry, Grandpa Jones, but this is my home."
Declan was too angry to speak, "Alexander!"
He coughed in anger, saying, "You promised me! I helped you! You were supposed to divorce this wretched woman Elizabeth!"
"What do you mean by 'wretched woman'?" Before Alexander could say anything, Elizabeth retorted fearlessly.
Declan shouted, "How dare you talk back to me in public?"
Elizabeth laughed, "Why wouldn't I dare? I have nothing to do with you! Why can't I talk back to you?"
Declan was left speechless by her words.
Elizabeth wasn't done. She sarcastically questioned, "Is it because you are highly respected in this city, recognized by all of Sunwillow City for your integrity, and the Jones Family is known for its good upbringing and education? Mr. Jones, I admit it! The Jones Family does have a good upbringing, as can be seen from your grandson Simon. But you don't have the right to repeatedly oppress me, do you?"
She added, "My name is Elizabeth Spencer! And I have parents! Even if I make mistakes in this life, it's my parents' responsibility to educate me. And if I break the law, the police will discipline me. When did it become your place to criticize me?"
Declan was silent, his face turning red with anger.
But Elizabeth had no intention of letting him off.
She was not a person of few words; she often chose not to speak, but that didn't mean she couldn't reason or wouldn't fight back.
On the contrary, her rebuttals were always direct, decisive, and sharp.
"Mr. Jones! Let's be clear; you just want to leave the best husband for your granddaughter, right? For your own selfish reasons, you try every possible way to break up my family?"
"Even though my husband has already announced on his official Twitter that I am his wife. Yet you still want to make deals with my husband to get us divorced! Mr. Jones, aren't you afraid of bad luck?"
"I suddenly understand why your daughter ran away from home at such a young age! You never found her because it's your karma!"
These words were harsh enough, also showing the guests present just how sharp Elizabeth could be!
In the past, she almost never fought back.
Just like three weeks ago, when she was trapped in the Lavien Family's hotel banquet hall, she endured all the insults from start to finish without saying much.
But now, no one expected her resistance to be so powerful.
Declan stammered, "You're just using Alexander's power to bully others! You wretched woman, you gold-digger who will do anything to climb up, you just think Alexander is backing you up."
"Enough!" Elizabeth's eyes suddenly turned red.
No matter how hard her heart was, hearing Declan call her a wretched woman and a gold-digger made Elizabeth feel a pang of sadness.
Did she not deserve family affection in this life?
Her closest mother had passed away.
And her mother's father...
Did they all have to treat her this way?
Elizabeth swallowed the bitterness in her heart and sneered, "Mr. Jones! How you think of me is your business, but I won't give you any chance to fantasize! The reason why I didn't fight back before and why I let you insult and bully me, wasn't that I didn't want to rely on my husband's power. It was because I didn't know if he loved me."
She added, "But now, my husband loves me so much, and my child is adorable. Mr. Jones, do you think I would be foolish enough to hand over my happy life to your granddaughter? You really are getting more naive with age!"
Declan was silent.
After a while, he shouted at Alexander in anger and shame, "Alexander! I want you to say something! What do you really think? If you didn't want to marry Clara, why did you give her hope? Why did you order such a high-end, luxurious dress for her? Tell me! Tell this gold-digger!"
Alexander glanced at Elizabeth.
Before speaking, he praised Elizabeth in his heart.
Elizabeth was not weak at all.
He finally understood why she could evade the Guise Family's pursuit while pregnant and taking care of a disabled Samuel.
Her survival and resistance abilities were top-notch.
If she fought alongside him, it would be truly spectacular.
Alexander spoke steadily, "Grandpa Jones, your health really isn't suited for excitement. I hope you can stay calm."
Declan was shocked into silence.
Alexander continued, "I never promised you anything. You just said you wanted to team up with me, and that you wanted to help me, but you had conditions, which was for me to divorce my wife. Grandpa Jones, did I agree to your conditions?"
Declan was silent.
Alexander indeed hadn't agreed.
This proposal was given to Alexander by him. Before he could get a definite answer from Alexander, Clara excitedly told him, "Grandpa, Alexander ordered a dress for me, the most expensive dress in all of Sunwillow City. It alone costs over a million dollars just for the diamonds. Grandpa, your influence is really great. As soon as you negotiated with Alexander, he immediately agreed."
Just because Alexander ordered a two-million-dollar dress for Clara, both the Jones Family and the Guise Family thought Alexander would definitely abandon Elizabeth.
At this moment, Clara spoke up.
She was in tears, extremely aggrieved, and asked Alexander, "Mr. Windsor, if you didn't intend to divorce Elizabeth, why did you order such an expensive, beautiful dress for me?"
Alexander sneered, "Do you think wearing that dress makes you better than all the women here? Don't you feel like the dress is cutting into your flesh and that even after altering the dress, it's still tight on you? Don't you think you look completely out of place and ugly in that dress?"
Clara felt a chill in her heart, her voice trembling, "What do you mean?"
Alexander's voice was flat and cold, "Because that dress was originally meant for my wife, Elizabeth."
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