Betrayed by the Father Reborn in His Rival's Arms novel Chapter 421

"Mr. York, do you honestly think I was the one who did this?"

Quentin asked.

Tristan couldn't help but shoot back, "Weren't you?"

"My wife has been dragged into this mess now. What would I possibly gain from doing this? Making her cry? Forcing her to relive the pain of another woman trying to steal her husband? Besides, this public circus doesn't benefit me in the slightest. I was set up too,"

Quentin said.

Reminded of that fact, Tristan also realized something didn't add up.

Madeline chimed in. "Mr. York, Quentin just got out of the hospital after having his stomach pumped. I was looking after him when we got the call about what was happening online. We definitely weren't the ones who leaked it."

Hearing her words, Tristan leaned toward believing Madeline.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Monroe. I apologize on Penelope's behalf."

Even so, Tristan still favored Penelope, trying to rationalize it. "Penelope just lost her mind. She's never been denied anything her entire life. It's my fault for not clarifying the status of the engagement before bringing her to meet your husband.

She's been obsessed ever since, convinced that he was supposed to be hers. What she did is somewhat understandable, and I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive her.

Letting this backlash continue is bad for both the York and Prescott families. I think you should cooperate and release a statement saying there was a misunderstanding, clarifying that Penelope isn't a homewrecker..."

"Why would I do that?" Madeline interrupted Tristan with a scoff.

Tristan froze for a second before continuing, "Ms. Monroe, you don't want to be judged, dug up, and exposed by the public either. I'm suggesting this for the sake of both families..."

"For the sake of your desperation to protect Penelope? You want me to step up and smooth things over for her? I won't do it."

Madeline knew the public outrage was bad for Quentin too, but she simply couldn't swallow her anger.

Tristan never expected the usually agreeable Madeline to suddenly be so uncooperative.

He tried to shift his efforts back to Quentin.

"Quentin, I hope you can do this out of respect for the York family..."

Quentin replied, "She's an adult. When she makes a mistake, she needs to pay the price. It's precisely out of respect for you that I didn't send her to prison, but I'm not going to just drop it either. Consider this a minor warning."

With that, Quentin hung up.