Chapter 352 Confronting Tiffany
Old acquaintance?
The eyes of everyone present were wide with disbelief as they all turned to Tiffany!
Besides Evelyn, who remained equally calm, and that was Edward.
Because as soon as Evelyn started suspecting Tiffany, he had already been suspicious of her too. It was just that at that time, he had suffered a severe head injury and undergone a risky craniotomy; then Jessica came out causing trouble, delaying his further investigation.
Tonight, when Evelyn came alone to find Tiffany, he pulled her upstairs, indeed wanting to stop her actions.
He didn't want her to get into trouble. If Tiffany dared to have someone attack Joyce in front of so many people, she could also do something dangerous to her!
He could handle it for her, without shady methods.
He admitted he was angry, he resented her, and even somewhat hated her for not trusting him.
But deep in his soul, he still loved her. This love made him extreme, made him stop weighing the pros and cons, and only wanted to make her the center of his life.
"Tiffany, Ms. Taylor said you knew that thug from before? Is that true?" Patrick's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but ask in a deep voice.
"Patrick, are you questioning me? Evelyn, an outsider, comes over and inexplicably doubts me, and you want to step on me too?" Tiffany's eyes widened, and she poked her chest, full of grief and grievance.
This reaction was somewhat exaggerated.
At this moment, Debra, who had sobered up in the room, also staggered out.
She had heard their conversation, and her heart pounded in shock!
In her impression, Patrick had always been very fond of Tiffany.
Evelyn's mere probing, how did it make Patrick suspicious of Tiffany?
"I didn't mean to question you, you're overthinking it." Patrick frowned, clenching his fingers tightly.
"Of course, it's completely untrue! How could I possibly know someone like that!"
Tiffany's meticulously groomed hair at her temples was already soaked with sweat, and she looked at Evelyn with hatred, "Evelyn, I know you hate me, and we did have some unpleasantness before, but I don't hold grudges! Now that something has happened to your family, you want to blame me! How dare you?"
Evelyn smiled slowly, "I just asked if you knew each other, I haven't asked anything else yet, why are you in such a hurry? Could it be that you have a guilty conscience?"
"Evelyn!"
Tiffany was furious, "Don't overstep your boundaries!"
Tiffany stared at Evelyn, "Evelyn, this is Riverside Villa, not Oasis Villa! As the hostess here, how can I allow you to slander me?"
Edward couldn't bear it any longer and was about to speak, but Evelyn beat him to it, sneering, "Hostess? Does Byron recognize you as the hostess?"
Everyone was shocked.
Daring to speak so arrogantly against Tiffany, Evelyn indeed lived up to her reputation!
Debra originally wanted to step up and explained on Tiffany's behalf, but seeing Eric and Edward present, she knew they would unconditionally support Evelyn.
What made her most timid was that Patrick hadn't spoken up for Tiffany, and she instantly lost most of her courage.
It was better to observe in the dark for now.
"Also, you have the nerve to call yourself the hostess of the Wellington family, but it's just because Patrick dotes on you. As far as I know, whether in the entire Wellington Group or in the upper circles of Mugden, no one really acknowledges your status, right?"
Evelyn put her hands in her suit pockets, tilting her head slightly, looking bright and arrogant as if no one could match her, "If we talk about the hostess of the Wellington family, it should be Caleb's biological mother, Patrick's first wife, Heather."
Everyone was shocked.
Tiffany's heart ached, but before she could feel the pain, Evelyn added, "Otherwise, it should be Mr. Wellington's mother, Amanda."
Edward's thin lips pressed tightly together, staring at Tiffany's pale face, his clenched fingers seemingly about to embed into the flesh of his palms.
His heavily beating heart felt as if a pair of cruel hands had ripped it out, brutally squeezing and twisting, as if trying to wring out every drop of blood from his heart.
Back then, when he and Amanda were brought back to the Wellington family by Patrick, Caleb's mother, Heather Phillips, had just passed away a year earlier.
At that time, the Phillips family was at its peak in Mugden, ranking among the top six families in the country, and the Phillips family had deep business collaborations with the Wellington family in many aspects. The Wellington family indeed did not dare to fall out with the Phillips family back then.
So, back then, when Heather's father Ivan Phillips and her brother Ethan Phillips heard that Patrick was going to marry Amanda, who had a low status and a five-year-old son, they were furious. They withdrew investments worth hundreds of millions of dollars and terminated three project collaborations. The two families broke off relations, causing the Wellington family's stock to evaporate by tens of millions of dollars overnight.
Later, it was Byron who personally went to negotiate with Ivan and Ethan to restore the collaboration.
The conditions were that Patrick could not marry a new wife within three years, Amanda could only live in the Wellington family as a servant, and Edward would forever be considered an illegitimate child of the Wellington family!
Byron immediately rejected the last condition.
The children of the Wellington family, even if illegitimate, were not to be dictated by the Phillips family. Besides, Patrick's infidelity hurt two women, and the fault lay with the adults, not the child.
This was why, even though Heather had passed away, Amanda was never officially married into the Wellington family.
Because she had no status and was not recognized by the Wellington family, Edward spent his childhood and teenage years living in rumors and humiliation.
Two years later, Tiffany, heavily pregnant, was openly brought back by Patrick, and the child she was carrying was Debra.
Amanda was naturally gentle and kind, treating others with generosity. Such a pure-hearted woman was destined to be no match for Tiffany.
In the end, this absurd and cruel struggle for status ended with Amanda's depression and her suicide by jumping off a building.
The year Amanda died was exactly the end of the three-year period set by the Phillips family.
Tiffany, in a grand manner, later replaced Amanda's position and became Patrick's wife.
"Edward, don't be sad. We all felt bad when Amanda passed away. From now on, I will be your mother, and Debra will be your sister. Your mother was a good person, but compared to me, she was less fortunate. I hope she won't suffer from illness over there. I think she wouldn't blame me for taking her place, right? She was so kind; she definitely wouldn't blame me."
Edward could never forget the words Tiffany said at Amanda's funeral, words laced with hidden mockery.
Even though he was young at the time, he could still sense the insincerity behind her friendly smile.
Over twenty years, in the entire Wellington family, in the entire world, it seemed only he had not forgotten Amanda.
Now, hearing Amanda's name from Evelyn's mouth, Edward's eyes inexplicably reddened, and he felt like crying.
"Amanda, Amanda."
Patrick's expression was dazed, murmuring Amanda's name.
In his mind, from the depths of his memory, Amanda's gentle and beautiful face gradually emerged.
The deepest, softest part of his heart was suddenly pierced with pain.
Tiffany was closest to Patrick.
At this moment, she also heard him repeatedly calling Amanda's name, and she was so angry that her bloodshot eyes directed at Evelyn.
"Amanda was just Patrick's former mistress! Later, she was nothing more than a servant in the Wellington family. What kind of hostess was she? The only hostess of the Wellington family is me! She doesn't measure up to me!"
"Tiffany! That's enough!"
Patrick, as if a long-numb emotional nerve had been struck, roared at her in anger, completely forgetting there were others present, "Amanda was not a mistress! Nor was she a servant! And she's no longer here, you have no right to speak about her like that!"
"Why don't I have the right?"
Tiffany's eyes widened in rage, "Am I not telling the truth? She was just a mistress!"
Before she could finish her sentence, she suddenly felt a chilling coldness enveloping her!
Tiffany was stunned and looked up to see Edward standing right in front of her.
"How dare you!"
Suddenly, a crisp, resounding slap echoed through the hall!
Everyone was shocked, including Evelyn, all stunned with their mouths agape.
Edward raised his hand and slapped Tiffany hard!
Tiffany's cheek instantly turned red and swollen, blood oozing from the corner of her mouth. She was hit so hard that her eardrums buzzed!
She staggered back two steps, grabbing the back of the sofa to avoid falling to the ground in embarrassment.
"Edward." Evelyn's pupils contracted, and she couldn't help but feel a pang of worry for him.
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