The Daughter in the Shadows (by Una Norris) novel Chapter 160

Chapter 160 Scorched Earth

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Yunice and Elianna were both startled, but since they were seated on Wyatt’s side of the table, they managed to avoid the

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Jackson’s face was already dark with fury after such blatant defiance. “You little bastard! Think I can’t handle you? Go kneel!”

“Heh” Wyatt kicked aside a shattered porcelain bowl with his cane, took Yunice by the hand, and swaggered right out of the dining room.

her he left, the rest of the guests, now splattered with sauce and stunned into silence–didn’t know whether to sit or stand. Everyone stared nervously at Jackson, terrified he’d turn his wrath on them next.

Just then, rushed footsteps echoed from the hallway. Taylor appeared at the dining room entrance, panting and out of breath.

She froze when she saw the wreckage.

Linda, noticing she was alone, quickly asked, “Ms. Taylor, where’s Paul!”

Only then did Taylor seem to realize Paul wasn’t in the room. Her face turned cold. “I didn’t see him.”

After that, her cheeks flushed with humiliation, and she stormed off, clearly furious,

Linda stood frozen for a moment, then suddenly caught on. Don’t tell me Taylor never found Paul at all?

“Ms. Taylor Linda’s face turned pale as she hurried after her.

Of course Jackson and Jensen understood exactly what had happened.

Paul had always been tangled up with Elsie. Ignoring Taylor was one thing, but making her lose face in front of everyone! That kind of embarrassment–how was the engagement supposed to go forward now?

Jackson, already seething, exploded. “Find that useless brat and bring him back to me?”

Everyone knew exactly who he meant

When they found Paul, he was entangled with Elsie–again.

Jackson immediately dragged him to the ancestral hall, where he struck him with his cane over a dozen times, hard enough to break the skin. Paul’s mouth was bleeding from biting down too hard.

He had never been punished like this in his life. And worst of all, he genuinely didn’t understand what he’d done wrong.

Jensen and Linda stood silently by, not daring to intervene. Jackson pointed at him furiously. “You were supposed to be with Taylor What the heck were you doing?”

Linda tried to smooth things over. “Paul, Ms. Taylor felt humiliated because you ignored her. Apologize to Mr. Jackson.”

He felt the beating had been completely unjust. So he snapped. “It’s not like I invited Taylor here! She came running to the Powell family to make a fool of herself–that’s not on me!”

I’m serious What, she can’t get marned to anyone else, so now she’s got her claws in me?” Paul continued. “She acts like: (man–bossy and self–centered. I never even liked her!”

No one answered. They all just stared at him–heavy, silent, as if the accusation had already been decided. And he, flustered as he was, only looked defensive.

And the women he dated were all schemers. Hooking up with a wealthy heir like him, any one of them would’ve killed to have his kid and leverage it into status.

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