My Three Darlings by Anonymous novel Chapter 22

Chapter 22

The surroundings quieted down instantly.

Esme and Presley looked at the couple in shock. Then, they stared at each other in disbelief.

“Are… are you Mr. Valentine?”

Esme mustered up her courage and asked.

Beau smiled and placed his hand on Eliza’s shoulder, “Yes, that’s me.”

Presley was so shocked she couldn’t even speak!

“How is this possible?” she thought.

The whole reason Presley forced Eliza to get married in Esme’s stead was that Mr. Valentine was a cruel and ugly monster!

Rumors had it that the fire had wrecked him, both inside and out.

Now, the monster was standing before them, but he was nothing as the rumors described. Beau had incredibly handsome looks which radiated his intimidating aura.

“Honey, let me introduce you to my family.”

Eliza wrapped her arm around Beau and smiled proudly. “This person here is my stepmother, Presley Stafford. The other one is my stepsister, Esme Lawson.”

Beau raised his eyebrows and smiled. “Oh, my apologies. I didn’t know they are your family.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t make things difficult for you.” He shifted his gaze to the ring on Esme’s finger. “However, you still have to return that ring to me. It’s a wedding gift I prepared for my wife.”

Esme gritted her teeth and clenched her fists in anger.

That ring should have belonged to her!

She should’ve been the one married to Beau.

“Eliza, that b*tch! How dare she snatch my man away!” Esme thought. 2

“Since we‘re a family, we shouldn’t be that hard on each other right?”

Presley walked towards Beau and laughed sheepishly, “Mr. Valentine, you’re a rich man. I’m sure a ten karat ring means nothing to you.”

“Can you treat it as a gift to Esme instead?”

Eliza frowned. How could these people be that shameless? Her request was just preposterous! That was a ten-karat ring! It wasn’t cheap!

“I’m sorry.”

Beau glanced at Presley. “I don’t have the habit of gifting.” I

“Besides, I specially prepared this ring for my wife.” He looked calmly at Esme. “And…” “You don’t deserve it.”   Esme’s complexion turned pale as she backed off, “Why do you have to be so rude?”

“Why don’t you think about what you‘ve done to Eliza?” Beau said while smiling.

Esme looked into Beau’s eyes. Facing his intimidating aura, a chill went down her spine.

It was as if he could see through all her secrets with his penetrating gaze.

She quickly lowered her head. “I don’t understand what you mean.” Beau continued smiling and said, “I thought Matthew has made things clear with you today.” Esme trembled with fear.

Finally, she was on the same page with Beau.

Beau was teaching her a lesson after what she did to Eliza yesterday. “I thought he hates women and tortured his previous two fiances before,” Esme thought. “Why is he so kind to Eliza?”

“Miss Lawson.”

Beau said sternly, “Are you planning to return the ring to me?”

Esme bit her lower lip. Even though she was reluctant to give up the ring, she still did as told. The Lawson family could not afford to offend Mr. Valentine any further than this. Because of what Esme did, Valentine’s Group had already reduced half the amount of funds distributed to the Lawson family.

Finally, she returned the ring to Beau.

Eliza heaved in a deep breath. She could feel the weight falling off her shoulders.

She turned around as she planned to ask the police officer for Demarion’s whereabouts.

“Eliza.”

Beau pulled her back into his arms.

However, there was nothing she could use to cover her face now.

“Mommy, how long do you want to stay in daddy’s arms?” Demarion asked while beaming from ear to ear.

She stood straight and harrumphed awkwardly, “Shall we go home now?”