Freya grimaced from the pain and she asked the servants around her for help.
"Are you all blind? Can't you see that I'm being bullied? Come here and help me!"
The servants took a look at Harley before backing away nervously.
He was too terrifying. Who would dare to confront him?
In the end, it was Mina who had come in from the outside to try to dissuade them.
"Thea, you don't have to do this. Freya had indeed been a little discourteous just now, but I think that it would do any of us no good if somebody got hurt just as a new year started, not to mention that news of this might spread out as well. Aren't I right, Thea?"
Thea snorted and said, "Oh, so you've just realized that it would do us no good? Where were you when she derided me and wanted to hit me just now, Mina?"
Mina choked on her words and said, "Thea, you..."
"Freya, you owe me and my mother an apology! You keep saying that I'm an illegitimate child and how shameless my mother is, yet do you think she wanted to turn out this way? She had no clue about any of this, yet she has already become a sinner in your eyes. I won't allow anyone to speak badly about her!"
Mina clenched her fists and said, "Freya is your elder sister after all. If you continue to embarrass her in such..."
"It's fine if she doesn't apologize. You don't have to stand up for her."
Mina's face darkened. Freya was her younger sister and they were used to working hand in hand against other people. She could not leave her alone!
She turned to Freya and said, "Just apologize to Thea!"
Freya had always been stubborn. Upon hearing that, she showed an obstinate refusal to compromise.
"You want me to apologize to her? Dream on!"
Before her voice died away, Harley tightened his grip. Freya was in so much pain that her face turned pale, but she still scowled at Harley defiantly.
"When my husband comes, you will be in serious trouble! You are just a lowly worker in your company, aren't you? Believe it or not, you will be kicked out of the company straight away once my husband gives his orders!"
Harley acknowledged her words with a condescending sneer and said, "Why don't you give it a try?!"
As they were quarreling, they heard a voice come from inside, "It's the new year, yet you guys are already arguing?"
The voice belonged to their father, Isaac Stewart.
Freya seemed to have seen a glimmer of hope.
She shouted indignantly, "Dad, please help me! My arm is almost broken!"
Isaac tended to dote on his second daughter and son the most. Upon hearing her pleas, he immediately snorted and demanded, "Let her go."
Harley stayed still, continuing to hold Freya's arm harshly.
Isaac's face scrunched up and he demanded again, "Can't you see that I'm talking to you? I told you to let go of her!"
"I heard you, but I don't want to!"
Mr. Stewart was exasperated and said, "Thea, is he the man you've married? He's not polite at all. How can such a person be my son-in-law? I want you to divorce him right away!"
Upon hearing those words, Thea instantly laughed as if she had heard a joke.
"Since things have escalated till this point, I guess we won't be staying here for dinner today. Dad, this will be the last time I call you that. You've mistreated my mother and have never done your duty as my father after taking me in."
"The only thing you know is how to adore Freya, but have you ever asked her how she scolded me? She called me as an illegitimate daughter and a b*tch! She also called my mother that!"
Mr. Stewart's facial expression shifted slightly and he said, "Freya really was in the wrong this time! However, since you have hurt her, you two are even. We're all one family!"
"One family? I thought since I was very happy now and you guys took the initiative to make peace with me, I could leave all the unhappiness behind in the past. However, it seems that I was mistaken! Mr. Stewart, you don't have to be disgraced in the future, because you'll no longer have a daughter who has brought disgrace upon you anymore!"
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