The Wife He Forgot to Marry (Winona and Yule) novel Chapter 827

Stefan looked at his mother, profound disappointment written in every line of his face. "Audrey is a baby. You fed her those toxic lies just to manipulate her. Did you even stop to think about the psychological damage you could cause? Even if you hate Winona, Audrey is your own granddaughter. Don't you want her to grow up healthy?"

Margaret felt a sharp sting at the look in his eyes, but she firmly believed she had done nothing wrong. She just wanted her son and granddaughter on her side, instead of blindly devoting themselves to Winona.

Realizing she was entirely incapable of self-reflection, Stefan decided he was done wasting his breath. He turned on his heel and headed for the door.

Panic flared in Margaret's chest. Leaning heavily on her bodyguards, she scrambled out into the hallway after him.

"At the end of the day, you just despise me!" she screamed at his retreating back. "I sacrificed everything for you, and I still matter less than Winona! You get a wife and suddenly your mother is dead to you! You are completely heartless!"

Her hysterical shouting echoed down the corridor, drawing curious stares from passing patients and nurses. Several older women, empathizing with the narrative of an abandoned mother, cast judgmental glares at Stefan.

Stefan didn't care about the whispers or the stares. He paused, turning his head just enough to deliver his final words. His voice was freezing. "Stop playing the victim. Your moral kidnapping doesn't work on me. Stay away from Audrey—that is the only way you can actually do something good for her."

Without waiting for a response, he strode away.

Margaret stood frozen. She had tried to leverage the public spectacle to shame him into submission, but her son was completely unyielding.

Not far down the hall, Yulen Locke and Mamie Tatum had just stepped out of the pharmacy. They heard every word.

Mamie raised an eyebrow, an amused smirk playing on her lips. "Well, Stefan Goddard is quite something. Shutting down his own mother in public? Now that is a real man."

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