Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 1653

Winona turned to Tate Joubert. "Mr. Joubert, look at you. You want to marry their daughter, but you're lying about them. They never said they looked down on you for being poor." Tate Joubert was stunned. "But... Beatrix said... she said..." Winona's eyes narrowed. "Ms. Sutton said that? She said the Sutton family looked down on you for being poor and wanted to break you up?" Tate Joubert didn't answer, just stared blankly at Beatrix. Beatrix sat on the hospital bed, her face ashen. "..." Winona said, "Ms. Sutton, even if you are pregnant and expect us all to walk on eggshells around you, I still have to say something. Why would you lie?" "You lied to Mr. Joubert, telling him the Suttons looked down on him. Can you imagine the pressure he was under?" "And by saying that, you made the Suttons look like they only care about money!" "Anyone who didn't know the truth would get the wrong idea about your parents! You're just asking for people to bad-mouth the Sutton family, aren't you?" "You have two older sisters who aren't married yet. If the Sutton reputation is trashed, no prominent family will want anything to do with us!" Sophus and Sophie were already furious, and Winona just added fuel to the fire. The couple grew even angrier, glaring daggers at Beatrix. Beatrix's two sisters panicked as well, turning on her furiously. "You bitch! You damn bitch! Are you trying to ruin our family?" Beatrix knew Winona was destroying her. Her eyes were red as she glared at Winona, wishing she could tear her apart right then and there. Unfazed, Winona looked at her and said, "Ms. Sutton, don't tell me you were the one who looked down on Tate Joubert for being poor, but you couldn't say it outright, so you blamed it on your parents?" "But if you don't like him, why didn't you just reject him? And why would you get pregnant with his child?" Janelle immediately spoke up. "Because she wanted to use him! She told us the baby was a Huber and tried to force our Keaton to marry her!" Beatrix paled. "!" Tate Joubert's jaw dropped. "!" Beatrix's professor and classmates gasped. "!" Winona feigned surprise. "Ms. Sutton, how could you dare tell a lie like that? Weren't you afraid the Huber family would find out the truth eventually?" Janelle added, "Of course she wasn't afraid. She never planned on having this baby! She was probably thinking that after she married into the Huber family, she'd just get rid of it!" Winona let out a sharp, mocking gasp. "My goodness, I knew you were ambitious, Beatrix, but this? This is a whole new level of twisted." She then turned to the Suttons. "The Suttons have such a good reputation. How could you raise a daughter like this?" The Suttons were now incandescent with rage, looking like they wanted to kill Beatrix on the spot. Seeing that the Suttons were about to explode, Winona turned her attention to Tate Joubert. "Mr. Joubert, you've really become her backup plan. She used your love for her, even weaponizing your own child." "No, that's not right. You're not even a backup plan. She never even considered you. Her heart was set on marrying into a rich family; she never once thought about marrying you." Tate Joubert's eyes were bloodshot. He stared straight at Beatrix. "Is what they're saying true?" Beatrix gripped the bedsheets, her lips pressed into a thin line. "..." Tate Joubert didn't say another word. He threw the bouquet on the floor, stood up, and walked out of the room. Beatrix's professor and classmates frowned, looking at her with disgust. "You really can't judge a book by its cover! That's just awful!" They scoffed, then turned and went after Tate Joubert.