The Bride He Took For Granted novel Chapter 16

Chapter 16

The Teddy dog and Landon were both stunned, staring blankly at Elise, unable to react.

Joan was also frozen, her hand still covering her cheek.

This was Elise’s first time slapping someone. She did not know how much strength to use.

She used all the strength she had, and her right hand was left numb and stinging from the impact.

She grabbed her right wrist tightly with her left hand to ease the pain, looking at Landon with eyes full of disappointment. Her voice carried suppressed anger.

“You love her, spoil her, marry her. I have no objection. Even if you want to live in the marital home and have children there, I don’t care. I have already endured again and again, but I never thought you could be this indifferent…”

“The Wedding Blessing Quilt was made by my mother. She has glaucoma, and her optic nerves were already damaged. She sewed clothes for others during the day7:12

and stitched the quilt at night under a lamp. Even when

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“Is this the education you received, to trample on someone else’s sincerity and gifts like this?!”

Landon had not yet recovered from the shock of Elise slapping someone. His thin lips moved, but no words

came out.

Joan’s face burned with pain, half of it already numb.

Elise’s slap had been a great humiliation to her.

She glared at Elise in fury, put the dog down, and raised her hand to slap her back.

But the slap never landed.

Landon grabbed her raised wrist and said, looking at her, “Apologize.”

Joan looked at him in disbelief. “Landon! She hit me.”

“I know. Apologize to Elise.” He repeated it again.

After he had taken the package from the property management, he had not opened it at all.

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directly into the storage room.

He did not know it was the Wedding Blessing Quilt personally made by Elise’s adoptive mother.

He had known Elise for fourteen years. He understood better than anyone how important Jane was to her.

If he had to choose a comparison, Jane was as important to Elise as he was, someone she would risk her life for.

Anything given by someone she loved would carry the same weight to her.

Joan trembled with rage.

But seeing Landon’s icy expression, she had no choice but to swallow her anger.

She looked at Elise with no sincerity at all. “Sorry.”

Landon wrapped an arm around Joan’s slender shoulder and turned his gaze back to Elise, speaking patiently.

“Joan has apologized. Can we let this go now?”

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“I won’t accept it.”

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Elise’s voice rose slightly. “There is no forgiveness for this.”

“Elise!”

Landon was also angered now. “Are you spoiled beyond reason? Don’t be unreasonable.”

“Even if your adoptive mother worked so hard on it, it’s just a quilt. It’s not some heirloom treasure. I can compensate you with ten of them.”

Landon’s contempt after the fact was more chilling to Elise than Joan’s malice.

Her face turned completely pale.

She turned and walked back to the stairwell, enduring the pain in her body as she lifted the large-capacity water dispenser for the Teddy dog.

She used all her strength and splashed it at the two of them.

Landon shielded Joan, who was still recovering from her miscarriage, tightly in his arms.

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Elise threw the bucket aside and said, “I can also compensate you with ten items.”

Landon stared at his soaked clothes, suppressing his rage

Thinking about the water used for the dog, he felt as if it carried germs, and immediately took off his suit jacket and threw it on the ground.

“Are you out of your mind? This is ridiculous. You’re

insane.”

In anger, Landon took Joan’s hand, and she, holding the dog, walked out of the villa without looking back.

Elise stood in the living room, breathing lightly, her eyes

red.

Only when the phone in her shoulder bag rang did she

move again.

She adjusted her breathing and answered Chloe’s call.

“Elise, are you not home? I bought you some food and things, but I can’t get in.”

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There was no smart lock on Elise’s apartment. She still

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