The Triplets My Ex Never Knew About novel Chapter 126

Chapter 126: Chapter 126: Nathaniel Sloan Opens the Car Door for Her, "My Heart Aches Only for You.

The high-society gossip? Laura Jennings had heard some of it, of course. None of it was flattering. Even her close friends had started avoiding her. "I don’t want to know!"

Estelle Lockwood acted as if she hadn’t heard the protest. "They all say that while you may be the matriarch of the Sloan family and Nathaniel Sloan’s own mother, in reality, you’re just Noelle Lockwood’s—"

She paused for a beat. "Dog."

...

...

It took a moment for Laura Jennings to process that, but then she erupted. "What did you just say?!"

Estelle Lockwood lifted her chin slightly. Nathaniel Sloan stepped in, blocking the furious Laura Jennings and letting her rage and flail a few feet from the hospital bed.

"See things clearly, Ms. Jennings. I’m not the one making things up. After all, you’re the one who acts with no regard for the Sloan family’s dignity or Nathaniel Sloan’s reputation. All you care about is Noelle Lockwood, isn’t it?"

"Noelle Lockwood said I set the fire, and you believed her instantly. You brought her fans and reporters here to hound a patient to death. When the truth finally comes out, Ms. Jennings, have you considered the consequences?"

A sudden chill ran down Laura Jennings’s spine. To her own surprise, she was actually frightened by Estelle Lockwood!

"Y-You’re just twisting things! You were the one who set the fire! Noelle would never lie to me!"

Estelle Lockwood smoothed back her hair. "Why don’t we make a bet? If I’m the one who set the fire, I’ll get on my knees and apologize to Noelle Lockwood. But if the fire had nothing to do with me... Ms. Jennings, you’ll get on your knees and apologize to me. Do you dare?"

Still fuming, and with absolute faith in Noelle Lockwood, Laura Jennings immediately puffed out her chest. "Why wouldn’t I dare!"

Estelle Lockwood nodded and glanced at the man beside her. "Did you hear that?"

Nathaniel Sloan, Zane Grant outside the door, and the crowd of doctors were all silent for a long moment.

’What is wrong with Laura Jennings? Estelle Lockwood was clearly prepared when she proposed that bet, yet she accepted such terms just for Noelle Lockwood’s sake.’

Nathaniel Sloan’s expression remained impassive as he gave a cold glance.

The next moment, Laura Jennings’s phone rang. It was Ethan Sloan, furiously ordering her to get back to the Sloan estate and to stop associating with that mob of fans.

Laura Jennings was reluctant to leave, but her mood brightened at the thought that soon, Yara Lockwood would be on her knees apologizing to Noelle Lockwood.

After Laura Jennings left, the police dispersed the fans outside, and a new topic immediately blew up on the trending charts.

Noelle Lockwood’s fans had gone to harass Yara Lockwood. Some people thought the fans went too far, but within the fandom itself, they believed the dozens who had shown up were heroes enacting divine justice.

Seeing Estelle Lockwood open the social media app again, Nathaniel Sloan felt his chest tighten. "...You really want to read all that?"

Estelle Lockwood read the vitriol directed at her, completely unfazed. "Is that all you’re going to ask me?"

Nathaniel Sloan lowered his gaze. "What else does Miss Lockwood think I should be asking?"

Estelle Lockwood replied breezily, "For example, you could scold me for being so harsh with your mother. Tell me I should respect my elders and shouldn’t have proposed that bet. After all, if I really make your mother kneel and apologize, how could the Sloan family ever show its face again?"

Nathaniel Sloan watched her with a heavy gaze.

After a long moment, the man finally spoke, his voice raspy. "I won’t."

Estelle Lockwood didn’t understand at first. "What won’t you do?"

"Do whatever you want to do. I won’t stop you, much less object."

Nathaniel Sloan glanced at Estelle Lockwood’s phone. "Release the recording. Ruin Laura Jennings’s reputation. The Sloan family will worry about the fallout. It has nothing to do with me."

Estelle Lockwood blinked.

’Nathaniel’s relationship with his mother was clearly different from what she had imagined. She remembered her aunt once cryptically mentioning that Laura Jennings and Nathaniel Sloan were not like a typical mother and son.’

’But then why, in the past, no matter what happened, had Nathaniel always taken Laura Jennings’s and Noelle Lockwood’s side?’

’That was why she, as Mrs. Sloan, had been disappointed time and time again.’

Just as she was lost in thought, Zane Grant burst in without knocking, a grim look on his face. "Nathaniel! The Lockwood Group has decided to hold a press conference tomorrow!"

Nathaniel Sloan’s expression instantly hardened.

’With the police yet to identify the arsonist, if the Lockwood Group held a press conference now, all eyes would be on them. They could completely control the narrative and all speculation about the culprit!’

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