Betrayed by Blood: My Second Life as a Queen novel Chapter 113

At this moment, Julian could barely maintain his calm facade. He reprimanded Willow loudly, "What are you talking about? How can you just call some random guy your brother? Is this the kind of lack of restraint the Shaw family taught you?"

Willow let out a short laugh, her tone indifferent. "You can adopt a sister, but I can't adopt a brother?"

Julian's brow furrowed sharply. "How is that the same?!"

"It isn't the same," Jude scoffed, his eyes filled with sheer disgust. "At least Willow doesn't shamelessly take your things to give to me, nor does she put on a 'I'm doing this for your own good' face when she knows damn well she's crossing the line."

Julian's face turned livid at the biting sarcasm. He opened his mouth repeatedly but couldn't find a single word to argue back. After all, even though Jude's tone was infuriating, every word he said was a hard fact.

Jude's lips curled into a half-smile as he drawled his final blow, "And I'm actually pretty curious. If Willow doesn't call me her brother, who should she call? A pretentious jerk like you who spends all his money on outsiders?"

If the timing hadn't been so inappropriate, Willow would have given Jude a standing ovation for that comeback!

Julian was practically fuming. Tessa quickly stepped up to defend him. "How can you say that about Julian? I'm his family too. What's wrong with him spending money on me..."

"Did I mention him and leave you out?" Jude looked at her mockingly. "Using the Shaw family's money to mock the Shaw family's real daughter—how can you be so shameless? Is the skin on your face just for decoration? No wonder you look so old and ugly. Your true colors really do show on the outside."

There was zero finesse in his words; it was just a straight-up verbal assault. Tessa had never endured such humiliation. Her eyes instantly welled up, and she was on the verge of tears.

Jude glanced at her and said nonchalantly, "Save the waterworks. Did someone die? I'm not bringing flowers to the funeral."

"Enough!" Julian barked. "Willow! Are you really going to let him talk to Tessa like that? Do you have any sense of being an older sister at all?"

Willow tilted her head, feigning confusion. "Did he say something wrong?"

Jude actually chuckled at her response. Without another word, he grabbed her wrist. "Let's go. We're not wasting time with these lunatics. I'm going to buy you a bag!"

Willow obediently turned and walked away, not sparing the two of them a single glance.

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