The Divorce That Brought Us Back novel Chapter 193

"Shut your mouth!" Mr. Smith bellowed, his voice booming down the hall. "This is none of your business!"

"But you saw him bullying her..." Nathan couldn't help but talk back.

"Nathan Smith!" His father's jaw clenched, his expression furious and intimidating. "Go home right now! You are forbidden from coming back to this center!"

"No! I'm staying to protect Valery!"

"You dare talk back to me?!"

Mr. Smith raised his hand, threatening to strike him.

Nathan instinctively covered his head in fear.

Mrs. Smith threw herself in front of Nathan, her face etched with distress. "Nate, you have to listen to your father! We're doing this for your own good!"

Trembling all over, Nathan gritted his teeth and stood his ground. "No, you're not treating Valery right."

"There's a lot going on at home right now. Just go back and don't make things harder for us, okay?"

"No. Valery is sick, and you can't let him bully her."

"Yates just invested heavily in your father's company. He cannot get into trouble," Mrs. Smith explained, forcing herself to be patient. "Your father's company will be yours one day. You need to be mature and take responsibility for protecting it. Besides, you grew up with Yates. You know what kind of man he is; he would never hurt Valery. Nate, don't let people brainwash you."

Nathan stared at his mother in absolute disbelief. "I saw it with my own eyes!"

When he led his friends down the hall earlier, he had been at the very front.

When they burst into the room, he was pushed to the front of the pack.

Nathan had seen Yates holding Valery's hand, slowly stroking her skin.

If the previous incident with the orange peeling and Jasmine's warnings had left any room for doubt, this scene cemented the ugly truth—Yates had sick intentions toward Valery.

No matter how far it had gone.

Crossing the line was crossing the line.

Yates used to be Jasmine's fiancé.

He had no right to be that intimate with Valery.

He was disgusting.

And his parents were protecting him.

They were all disgusting.

"I'm not going back! I'm going to protect Valery. You're all terrible people. I don't want your stupid company, and you stay away from her!"

These young heirs might not have much personal merit, but their families were heavyweights in the city.

They complained, they protested, and they made sure everyone knew.

The Smith family's willingness to sell out their daughters for profit became the laughingstock of the social elite.

Both the Smith and Quigley businesses suffered massive blowback.

Howard Quigley had built his reputation over thirty years as an honorable businessman. Now, because of his son's vile actions, people were pointing fingers at his family's morals for the very first time.

The sheer humiliation caused his blood pressure to spike, landing him in the hospital.

He had already suffered a minor episode during his last argument with Yates.

This time, it was far more severe.

The Quigley family was in complete disarray.

The Smith family was in shambles.

The internet was an absolute war zone.

And right in the eye of the storm, Jasmine uploaded a peaceful, aesthetically pleasing video to her Night Owl Jasmine account.