Chapter 67
Chapter 67
Celena took a few deep breaths to calm herself down. The warmth of Liam’s palm against hers also helped to slow down her racing heart. and remove her anxious thoughts. All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.
“Alright. Let’s go inside.”
With that, Celena, Liam, and Jovie entered the hall, much to everyone’s surprise.
The Stone family all turned to stare at them in fury when they walked in, but no one stopped them as they made their way to a table in a
corner of the room.
They had just sat down when a familiar voice rang out behind them. Do my eyes deceive me? It’s good, old Celena. Long time no see. Weren’t you kicked out of the family and banished for life? What are you doing here then? I see you’ve also brought the bastard you married and the scum of a daughter you have!”
He was none other than Qemal Stone, Celena’s half-brother and Cheryl’s biological brother. Celena’s mother was Yafe Stone’s firs wife, but he eventually cheated on her with his current wife, Shera Labar, who got pregnant not long after with Cheryl. She confronte Yafe and announced her existence to Celena’s mother, Lucy, whic ultimately devastated Lucy so much that she passed away.
Not long after Lucy’s death, Yafe married Sherah, who then gave birth to Cheryl. After that, she got pregnant with Qemal, who would later grow up to become the eldest heir to the Stone family fortune. As a result, Qemal had been the apple of his family’s eye and spoiled.
Because of Sherah, Qemal grew to detest his half-sister, Celena. Not only that, but the dissolution of Cheryl’s engagement with Patrick caused him so much humiliation that he did not even dare to leave
the house for the past few days. Therefore, he was even more outraged to see Celena, Liam, and Jovie turn up here. He had so much pent-up anger and shame that he had to take it out on Celena.
“My dearest sister, I can’t believe how terrible your taste is. It’s one thing to keep such an ugly scum of a child but another thing entirely to marry some useless man with nothing to his name!” Qemal’s gaze landed on Jovie, then glanced contemptuously at Liam and raised his brows. “Who is he even? I know you’re desperate to raise your child with a father, but you should at least put some thought into the kind of man you’re looking for. He doesn’t look rich at all!
“Is that the reason you decided to show up here? Are you broke and thinking of begging Grandpa for money? In your dreams! Have you forgotten what you’ve done to our family name? Do you honestly think Grandpa will forgive you for humiliating us? Let me give you a piece of advice, Celena. You should leave before Grandpa arrives and sees you!”
Qemal’s tone was seething with rage and disgust.
Celena was so ashamed that she lowered her head and tried to explain tearfully, “No, Qemal, that’s not what it is at all. I received an invitation! Grandpa was the one who invited me here…”
With that, she took out the invitation from her bag and handed it to Qemal.
Qemal snatched it out of her hands, tore it into shreds, and tossed the pieces back to her disdainfully. “So what if you have an invitation? Get out of here, you whore! If it weren’t for the fact
that you’re my half- sister, I would’ve called the guards by now! I’m showing you plenty of mercy by even talking to you, so you’d better save us all the trouble and kick yourself out!”
Celena quickly got onto her knees and desperately picked up the torn invitation, sobbing. “It was Grandpa who invited me! I was invited…”