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Amber’s threat was obvious.
Ethan’s face turned gloomy in an instant. The Welch family couldn’t even afford to offend the Yates family, let alone the Wilson family.
Everyone present was too scared to utter a word.
After all, no one could afford to cross the Wilson family.
Chloe was on the verge of tears, her voice choked as she said, “Ethan, I had no idea she was Mrs. Wilson. Alice could have reminded me, but she didn’t say a word.”
She wouldn’t have offended Amber if Alice had told her.
Only then did Ethan turn to Alice and ask, “Why didn’t you tell us?”
This whole mess wouldn’t have occurred if she had.
Alice sneered, “You’re actually questioning me?”
She had just found out that this wealthy lady was Amber, John’s mother.
To Alice, the Welch family turned out to be just as despicable as before.
Amber stepped right in front of Alice and spoke coldly to Ethan, “Why are you yelling at her? She had no idea who I was. She didn’t do anything wrong.”
Alice looked at Amber and felt a touch of warmth inside.
Amber turned to Alice, her tone softening considerably. “I wasn’t feeling well earlier. She helped me to the lounge. But your so–called adopted sister was trying to stop her the whole time. How ill–bred she is!”
Ethan’s expression kept changing. He didn’t dare to say a word.
Chloe was even more terrified, only managing a whisper, “I just wanted to get food to Mrs. Yates as quickly as possible.”
“Don’t drag me into this. I didn’t tell
you to do any of this,” Madyson quickly denied.
She then spoke courteously to Amber, “I acted that way to see how the Welch family would react. Just as the rumors say, they mistreat their biological sister while favoring the adopted sister.” Ethan immediately explained, “Mrs. Yates, that’s not true.”
“There was the assault incident that went viral on the internet. Didn’t the Welch family do that?” Madyson’s tone was laced with sarcasm.“All of us have just witnessed how you’ve defended a sister who isn’t related by blood. I heard that she’s just a driver’s daughter. You treat her like she’s a princess’s daughter.”
Ethan’s face turned much colder.“My parents passed away in a car accident. Chloe’s father sacrificed himself trying to save them when the gas tank exploded. That’s why she’s been raised in the Welch family.”
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Upon hearing this explanation, Ansber felt even more distressed for Alice
They were so biased against Alice. Amber wondered how they might have mistreated Alice when she was young.
Chloe put on a pitiful look again and said to Amber, Toe been an orphan since I was little. Alice never likes me. She thinks I took everything away from her, but I’ve never thought that way.”
Amber slapped Chloe across the face, leaving her stunned.
Amber’s face was stern “Stop acting pathetic in front of me. I’m not buying it! There are many ways for the Welch family to express their gratitude. I’ve never heard of mistreating one’s own sister as a way to repay a debt of gratitude.”
She thought,“Are the Welch family out of their minds?
Chloe instinctively glanced at Ethan, but this time Ethan said nothing as if he hadn’t seen her genting hit
Amber turned to Alice.“You’ve been wronged today. How would you like to resolve this?”
Alice was a bit surprised that Amber was being so kind to her.
She thought for a moment and said, “Let’s put this matter aside for now. The charity sale event has started.”
A lot of time had been spent on this incident.
Amber said, “Oh right, I almost forgot. Let’s attend the event first. We’ll talk about this later.”
Alice breathed a sigh of relief.
Everyone took their seats as if the conflict had never happened.
Amber glanced at Alice.“You go ahead with your business.”
Alice then moved aside.
Ethan approached Alice with Chloe, and he whispered, “You did a good job just now.”
Alice’s face was expressionless. She didn’t say a word.
Ethan wanted to say more, but Noah stopped him, saying, “Ethan, I think you’d better not say anything. Don’t you think Chloe is innocent? Then you should think about how you’re going to explain to Mrs. Wilson later.”
Chloe tried to explain,“But I didn’t know she was Mrs. Wilson.”
“Even 50, she’s our guest. How could you be so rude and refer to her as an old woman? No wonder Mrs. Yates said our family are ill–bred.*
Being present to see the entire event, Noah was fully aware of what had happened.
Chloe was scolded harshly, but she was at a loss for words to refute. She looked at Ethan.“Ethan, I
didn’t mean it.”
“Chloe, how could you treat today’s guests with such prejudice? No wonder Mrs. Yates looks
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down on you. You were also raised in the Welch family. Did you see how Alice handled things today?”
Ethan was still intimidated.“Fortunately, Alice took Mrs. Wilson to rest. If not, you’d have dragged our family down. How could you be so foolish!”
Tearful, Chloe dared not argue with Ethan.
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Ethan then looked at Alice, his tone much softer as he said, “I’m leaving this event in your hands. You must handle things well with Mrs. Wilson. If not, we won’t have such a good chance for the foundation again.”
“You’re worried now?” Alice raised her eyelids, her eyes filled with sarcasm.“Didn’t you believe everything Chloe said? You should let her handle it. I’m not the one who made this mess.”
Ethan’s face turned grim.“What’s the use of saying these now? Do you want to watch our parents‘ charity foundation dissolve?”
“Yeah, Alice, we need to put aside our differences and focus on solving the problem at hand now.” Noah stepped in to mediate.“As for Chloe, I believe Ethan has seen what she’s done today and would punish her accordingly.”
Ethan nodded immediately.“After the event, I’ll give you an explanation.”
Alice glanced at Chloe. She needed to make good use of this opportunity.
A cold smile appeared at the corner of Alice’s mouth.“I have only one condition, and that is to kick her out of the Welch family.”
Chloe agreed readily.“I’ll move out.”
Her life had become increasingly difficult since Alice had returned to the Welch family. It’d be better for her to move out and live on her own.
“But Chloe can’t take a single cent from the Welch family. She has to leave with nothing,” Alice added.
Chloe’s expression changed dramatically. She asked, “Why should I?”
She would have nothing left to live on if she left with nothing.
Noah mocked, “Chloe, have you forgotten your past? Have you forgotten what kind of destitute
in?” life led before we took you
you
Of course, Chloe hadn’t forgotten, which was why she was so desperate to replace Alice to avoid living a miserable life.
“Alright, let’s talk about this after the event is over.” Ethan looked at Alice and said, “If you want to mess up today’s event, go ahead.”
He was certain Alice wouldn’t do that.
After all, although Alice had a bad temper, she had been always caring when it came to their late parents.
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Alice didn’t say anything, but she had already made up her mind.
Amber turned out to be the biggest donor when the charity sale event ended.
Alice checked and found that this charity sale event had raised over 1.7 million dollars, with Amber donating 1.3 million dollars.
The others, likely inspired by Amber’s generosity, also increased their donations.
After the event, there was a group photo session.
Everyone wanted to stand next to Amber.
But Amber waved Alice over.“Come stand by me.”
Chloe glanced over and shamelessly stood next to Madyson.
Madyson frowned.“Don’t stand next to me. I don’t want to be next to someone with no manners.”
Chloe became angry, her face burning with anger.
She didn’t understand why Alice got to stand next to Amber.
