A Wedding Night Gone Terribly Wrong novel Chapter 316

This deranged, absolute fool of a woman!

The words hit Winifred so hard her head spun. She glared at Iris. "Do you even hear the words coming out of your mouth?"

Iris was hyperventilating with rage, spitting out whatever came to mind.

"I warned you! I told you if you didn't listen to me, I would expose you!"

"You have entirely lost your mind," Winifred shot back. "If I was married to Holden, had his kids, and then divorced him—and you openly paraded your relationship with him during that time—what exactly does that make you? The other woman who wrecked my marriage? Did you seduce him while he was married, just like your friend Yvonne destroyed someone else's family?"

"You... I..." Iris sputtered, stomping her foot in frustration. "I'm telling the truth!"

Leland gently pushed past his mother and Sylvia, stepping directly in front of Winifred, entirely shielding her from Iris.

"You toxic witch," he sneered.

"How dare you speak to me like that, Leland?"

"Everyone in our circle knows Yvette has been around the block," Leland said coldly. "My rejection of her has absolutely nothing to do with Winifred. But instead of being embarrassed by your friend's mess, you come here and take it out on my partner. Holden really scraped the bottom of the barrel finding someone as utterly stupid and vicious as you."

Insulted to the core, tears welled in Iris's eyes.

She looked around the room frantically. Holden wasn't here. She had no one to back her up.

Taking a deep breath, her face flushed red as she screamed back, "Ha! You're raising Holden's kids and sleeping with his leftover wife! You really love wearing another man's hand-me-downs, don't you?"

"You deranged lunatic!" Leland's voice boomed. "Winifred and I have been together for years! She is mine, and I am hers!"

"Oh, really? Then where did the two kids come from?"

"They are mine!"

The shout rattled the windows.

Iris stared at him, completely paralyzed.

Leland stared her down, his voice dangerously even. "The kids are mine. Boy-girl twins. Born September 30th."

September 30th?

Finally, Sylvia broke the silence, her voice soft and full of genuine curiosity.

"Leland, if you and Dr. Shultz have children together... why on earth did you hide it from us?"

If the kids were two years old, that meant they had been dating for over three years. Why hide it? The Lockwoods were a modern, reasonable family. No one would have objected to a normal relationship and marriage.

Sylvia looked at her grandson, waiting for an explanation.

Without missing a beat, Leland began weaving an absolute masterpiece of fiction.

"Three years ago, when Winifred first moved to Kingsbridge, her career was just starting. Things were unstable, so we decided to keep it quiet."

"Then she got pregnant. With her career still not where she wanted it to be, she asked for more time."

"She wanted to establish herself. To build something of her own so she could stand proudly beside me as an equal."

"Even recently, if I hadn't lost my patience and brought her here, she would have kept waiting. Her goal is to become a core partner and lead researcher in our new pharmaceutical division. She wanted to walk through these doors with her head held high, successful on her own merits, before introducing the children to the family."