Madly Yours (Nora Reed) novel Chapter 364

Seeing the injury on her forehead, Marcus froze. "What happened to your head?"

"Oh, I'm fine..." Penelope quickly plastered on a smile. "I... I accidentally fell."

Marcus didn't believe that for a second. He immediately realized what had happened, his expression darkening.

"Jade, did you do this?"

Jade glared fiercely at Penelope, practically grinding her teeth. "She deserved it! I was just throwing a few cups, and she had the nerve to try and stop me..."

"Have you lost your mind?"

Marcus cut her off with an angry shout. "Your stepmother has been part of this family for years! Even if you don't treat her like your real mother, you have no right to lay a hand on her!"

Jade yanked her arm out of his grasp. "She stole my mother's place! She's a homewrecker! She and her shameless daughter are exactly the same, they only know how to seduce men!"

Marcus's face turned completely grim. "What nonsense are you spewing?"

"Nonsense?"

Jade was borderline hysterical as she pointed at Penelope and screamed. "This woman stole my mother's husband, and her daughter stole my husband! Neither of them is any good!"

Slap!

A sharp slap landed squarely across Jade's face.

Clutching her cheek, Jade stared at him with wide, disbelieving eyes.

"Dad, you hit me? You hit me for an outsider?"

"She's not an outsider, she's your stepmother!" Marcus's voice was cold. "Wake up and stop throwing a tantrum!"

Jade's tears fell even harder, her voice shrill and piercing. "I'm throwing a tantrum? What part of what I said is a lie? Nora stole my place! My name is on the marriage certificate! Why does she get to hog my husband?"

"That certificate is a fake," Marcus said sternly.

Furious, Jade shouted, "It's real! I went to the Bureau of Records and got it myself. How could it be fake? That old man at the banquet was spouting nonsense!"

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