"Quinn, take your friend and leave first. I will have someone investigate whether the microphone malfunctioned."
The moment his words reached her ears, a heavy suffocation blocked her chest. The dull, prolonged ache made her breathing feel stagnant and labored.
A faint bitterness tinged with a cold smile touched the corners of her eyes. This was the exact outcome she had quietly predicted through countless past disappointments, so she wasn't entirely surprised.
He was avoiding the main issue, refusing to give her a straight answer, which essentially gave her the answer anyway.
Yet, she still felt incredibly unwilling and aggrieved.
The championship belonged to her son, Caleb, but his biological father was ruthlessly snatching it away to give to his and Jade's illegitimate child.
An icy wave of emotion rose from her feet, piercing straight to her heart.
If Caleb knew, how heartbroken and disappointed would he be?
Jade smiled radiantly in her heels, clinging to Miles's arm.
Her tone hid a smug triumph as she said sweetly, "Miles, Leo is today's champion. Have the judges announce it."
Wesley had already brought Leo down from the stage and expertly called out, "Miles, our Leo is amazing! I knew he would be the champion!"
Leo threw himself into Miles's arms. "Daddy, I won the championship."
"Great job, Leo!"
Yara heard him acting like they were already family, and Miles didn't even correct the over-familiarity.
And now he was holding the product of an affair in a touching display of father-son affection.
Her chest was about to explode from anger!
If the two children weren't right there, she might not have been able to hold back her fury!
The mistress was shameless, and her brother was just as shameless.
But what was even more shameless was Miles, who silently accepted the mistress's brother acting like his brother-in-law in public.
Macy had also stepped down from the stage, her eyes sweeping over Quinn's group with undisguised contempt and disgust.
"Quinn, so this little kid Caleb is your relative."
"Are you trying to get my brother to give Leo's championship to your relative?"
"Let me tell you, no way. The National Junior Prodigy Challenge championship belongs to Leo, and no one is taking it from him."
"Also, this kid of your friend's has worn a mask since the beginning and refuses to take it off. He's definitely hiding some shameful secret. You better take your little monster child and leave, don't ruin Leo's award ceremony!"
"Slap!"
Yara truly couldn't hold back anymore and delivered a resounding slap. "Watch your mouth! What makes you think someone wearing a mask is a monster?"
Macy had never been slapped before. Her face contorted, her eyes practically splitting with rage.
"You bitch, you dare hit me?"

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The readers' comments on the novel: She Walked Away With His Twins While He Begged the Ground She Walked On
Why only one episode uploading for the last 2 days?...
I would have accepted the jerk husband ending up with the heroine if he’s only powerful, intelligent but he’s so powerless and so stupid....
Can you make Ethan be the endgame? That Miles is a total jerk....