The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 109

That was entirely her fault, so why was my brother punished? And now she's showing zero respect for her elders. You have to punish her! Lock her in the ancestral hall to reflect on her actions so she stops thinking she can do whatever she wants!"

Riley's lips curled into a mocking sneer, immediately firing back, "I caused my own hemorrhage by running around wildly?"

"Did I say something wrong? You were practically due to give birth and you still—"

"Shut your mouth! You have absolutely no right to interfere in my marriage!" Pierce snapped harshly, cutting Serena off.

Serena had thought she was standing up for Pierce. She hadn't expected him to scold her for it. Her eyes instantly welled with tears of betrayal. "You used to spoil me the most, and now you're yelling at me over some outsider?"

Beatrice immediately grabbed her daughter's hand and frowned fiercely at Pierce. "Why are you yelling at your sister?"

Pierce's expression was freezing cold. "Riley isn't an outsider. She's my wife." He then turned his chilling gaze back to Serena. "If I ever hear you call her by her first name again instead of showing her proper respect, I'll freeze your credit cards instantly."

Serena was so furious she practically ground her teeth into dust, but she didn't dare talk back. If he actually cut off her cards, how was she supposed to live?

Seeing Pierce erupt in anger, and watching Beatrice and Serena shrink back in terrified silence, Riley actually felt a bit dazed.

It wasn't until this exact moment that she realized all of Pierce's previous, half-hearted defenses of her had been nothing but empty gestures that never actually fixed the problem.

If he had protected her this fiercely from the start, she would never have suffered so much suffocating abuse in the Landon household.

And why was he only doing it now? Because he was terrified she would reveal the truth about her hemorrhage.

He knew his family was blaming her unjustly, yet to protect his own skin, he continued to hide the truth.

Hah!

What a selfish, hypocritical man.

"What is all this screaming about? Mind your own business and stop ruining my peace and quiet!" Arthur snapped impatiently, turning to go back inside.

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