After Rachel and the others left Howard Mansion, the living room was awfully quiet.
Luna sighed and looked at Gwen, who happened to meet her gaze. The two best friends
simultaneously looked helpless.
Based on Yannie‘s reaction, a rift had formed between her and Thomas, and they were powerless to
mend it. Thinking from Yannie‘s perspective, they probably would not be able to accept it, too.
Gwen stood up angrily as she stalked toward Denise and, upon reaching her, kicked her harshly.
“Don‘t you know whether or not Thomas likes you? Do you have to be so disgusting? Are you happy for
being a slut and wrecking their relationship?” She did not go easy on the kick, and it caused Denise to
fall to the floor. However, she looked up at Gwen and smiled haughtily.
“Of course. I‘m very happy! If I can‘t get him, then no one can!”
After that, she gave Gwen a cold look.
“If you know so much, know that being a slut to wreck a relationship is to insult yourself... What about
you? Aren‘t you a whore, too? How are you any better than me?”
Gwen could not tolerate it and kicked Denise a few more times. “I told you, I‘m not the whore!”
Kate was the one who broke Luke and her up. The Hughes family was the one who used Steven‘s
mind and memory to take over Luke‘s body. Why did they accuse her of being the other woman who
spoiled Steven and Kate‘s relationship? She was not going to bear the name of being the other woman!
“If you aren‘t, then who is? Kate?” Denise sneered.” She‘s been with my brother for five years and did
everything she could to cure my brother. Everyone knows it!
“It was just a short time since you arrived in Saigon City and you‘re already wrecking their relationship!
Don‘t you dare deny being a whore!”
“You–!” Gwen furrowed her brow and wanted to say something, but Joshua stood up indifferently.
He walked slowly to Denise and squatted, staring at Denise with a pitiful look. “You probably don‘t know
it yet, but your brother isn‘t the same man anymore.”
“What... What do you mean?” Denise was no longer arrogant and proud when she faced Joshua‘s
strong breath. She furrowed her brow and confusedly replied, ” Joshua Lynch, I don‘t know what you‘re
talking about.”
“Based on your reaction , I think your family never told you that they had changed Steven with another
person.” Joshua sighed and gave Denise a look of sympathy.
“I guess they never treated you as part of the family all these years. They didn‘t tell you the truth.”
This startled Denise as she gaped at him.
“You…” she wavered.
“What does that mean?”
What did Joshua mean when he said her family did not treat her as part of the family? “Don‘t tell you
that you‘re still in the dark now.” Joshua narrowed his eyes and turned to look at Lucas. Immediately ,
Lucas threw the information he prepared earlier on to Denise.
“You‘re not a member of the Hughes family by blood.” Joshua looked at Denise coldly. “In the past, your
family threw away a son because of that absurd curse. A few years later, they wanted to atone for the
sin of giving away their own son, so they adopted a baby girl from a children‘s home.
“You, Miss Hughes, have always been a tool for the Hughes family to compensate and atone for their
sin. They never treated you as a real family. They wanted to marry you off to Thomas because they
wanted to get some benefits after raising you for so many years.”
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