Chapter 60
“The Sullivan family will not have a daughter-in-law like you!” Mrs. Sullivan declared. “Zebulon, if you don’t divorce her, you can get out of this family too p>
With that, she grabbed Rebecca and stormed out. At the door, she turned back. “And this house, even though it’s rented, I forbid you from paying her rent!” she shouted at her son. “A barren woman who can’t even have a child has no right to live in a place like this p>
“This is my house!” Penelope finally roared. “All of you, get out p>
She was truly furious now. The injustice was suffocating.
“Zebulon, your mother wants us to get a divorce? Fine! Let’s get a divorce! And
whoever backs out deserves to get hit by a car p>
Zebulon’s face was ashen. “You really think I’m afraid to divorce you p>
“You’ve already got another woman! Why would you be p>
“Penelope p>
“Even if I was with another man, Zebulon, you were the one who cheated first p>
He stared at her, his eyes burning with hatred. “You will regret this. I will never forgive you. We’re over p>
“That’s my line!” Penelope took a deep breath, her gaze resolute. “Zebulon, I am breaking up with you. From this moment on, we are done p>
His eyes flickered with something unreadable. He clearly hadn’t expected things to escalate this far. But his pride was wounded. She had cheated on him and now she was humiliating him. He couldn’t back down.
“Fine. We’re done p>
He turned and strode out of the house.
Penelope felt the world spin, and she grabbed the staircase for support, trying to catch her breath. But she had business to attend to. Forcing her anger down, she walked out the door.
LnF Group was a giant in the construction industry. As a design and renovation firm, Stone Group needed to maintain a good relationship with them.
As fate would have it, she ran into the Sullivans again at the entrance to the gala.
“Have you no shame, following us all the way here?” Mrs. Sullivan taunted. “Let me make one thing clear when they throw you out don’t you dare. mention you have any connection to the Sullivan family p>
“Penelope, please don’t make a fool of yourself,” Rebecca added, her voice dripping with fake pity. “You need an invitation to get into an event like this Even you don’t care about your own reputation, its
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for us to watch you be humiliated p>
Mr. Sullivan just snorted. “I was so wrong about you p>
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Zebulon gritted his teeth. “Don’t you dare act like you know me in there. I won’t be helping you p>
The four of them walked toward the entrance, where staff were checking invitations.
Penelope sighed. What a bunch of clowns. She was about to take her own invitation out of her purse when she saw Michael, the heir to LnF Group, jogging out to greet guests.
Mr. Sullivan’s face broke into a wide smile. “Michael, you must be so busy tonight! You didn’t have to come out and greet us personally p>
Michael, only just noticing them, offered a polite nod. “Mr. Sullivan, we’re honored to have you at our 30th-anniversary celebration. Please, head inside p>
“Michael, you and Zebulon were high school classmates. You two should get together more often p>
Before Mr Sullivan could finish,
Michael, having offered a
perfunctory greeting, hurried past them and ran
straight toward
Penelope. He rushed down the
steps, his hand extended from afar.
“Ms. Laurier!” he exclaimed, shaking her hand warmly. “I was waiting for you! I
was starting to worry you wouldn’t grace us with your presence tonight p>
Not just the Sullivans, but even Penelope herself was a little bewildered. They had met before, but she didn’t think they were that close.