Married First, Loved Later : A Flash Marriage with My Ex's 'Uncle' novel Chapter 509

Chapter 509: Don’t Ask Me to Come Back

Selina narrowed her eyes.

Joe’s gaze darted away, his face full of guilt, panic, and shame. Hannah, looking sorrowful, forced a faint smile. "Selina."

Grandma Morris’s expression twisted with rage. "Selina, if you hadn’t caused trouble today, I could’ve kept this hidden for Victoria’s sake! But now I can’t hold it in any longer. I’m going to teach you a lesson—and make things right for Hannah!"

Hannah put on a show of dissuasion. "Mom, let it go..."

"Enough!" Grandma Morris barked. "Selina, didn’t you demand to know why Hannah’s name was on Victoria’s design drafts? Because they were Hannah’s to begin with! It was your shameless mother who, over twenty years ago, stole those designs from Hannah!"

"Twenty years ago, Hannah didn’t make a fuss. She even endured it quietly to protect your mother’s reputation. What—did you think that just because your mother kept them for more than two decades, they somehow became hers? Today, I’m taking back what belongs to Hannah!"

Selina’s heart sank, her face turning icy.

She had seen people twist the truth before, but never had she seen someone as brazen as Grandma Morris—flipping reality completely upside down. Was it simply because her mother was gone and couldn’t speak for herself?

Plagiarize Hannah? The truth was Hannah had stolen her mother’s entire life—yet here she stood, a thief crying delicate tears as if she were the wronged party. Meanwhile, the real victim couldn’t rest in peace, condemned and slandered even in death.

Hannah spoke softly, her voice trembling with feigned emotion, yet tinged with false magnanimity. "Forget it. I know Selina will never believe me. Mom, don’t be so harsh on her..."

"Oh, she doesn’t believe you? So just because she doesn’t believe you, she can throw the entire Morris family into chaos? She doesn’t believe you, so she can ruin this cooperation without a second thought?"

Grandma Morris, flanked by Morris Group’s shareholders, glared down at Selina. "If you don’t believe us, why not ask Joe? Selina, it’s not just me—my son’s devotion to Victoria is known to the whole world. Even if I lied about her, he never would!"

Joe kept his head low. When his eyes met Selina’s, they flickered with guilt and helplessness, but he was every bit the cowardly mama’s boy hiding behind Grandma Morris. His voice was small and timid:

"It... it was Victoria who did wrong, Selina. I... I don’t blame your mother. She just had a moment of weakness back then. But now that the truth is out, we should return the honor to Hannah. Don’t you agree?"

Everyone else was stunned.

Joe had never remarried in twenty years for Victoria’s sake. When people spoke of Mrs. Morris, Victoria’s name was the first to come to mind.

He was so "devoted"—surely he wouldn’t smear his late wife just for profit.

So... Victoria was the plagiarist all along?! The revelation was earth-shattering.

Grandma Morris sneered down at her. "Now that you know the truth, are you still going to make a scene? In fact, why don’t you apologize to Hannah on Victoria’s behalf, and I’ll pretend none of this ever happened?"

Joe mumbled in a low voice, "Y-yes... you should apologize. Selina, I will never harm you. Your mother... she’s already..."

—Your mother’s already dead. As long as I loved her, her reputation shouldn’t matter.

—Your mother’s already dead. Even if she’s slandered and mocked, she’ll never know.

—Your mother’s already dead. So what if the Morris family uses her designs?

Several Morris Group shareholders jumped in at once. "Madam, you’ve suffered so much. Who knew the truth was like this? If Selina hadn’t stirred things up, we’d have never known how long you’ve endured this grievance."

"Miss Clark only meant well, but it backfired!"

"Miss Clark kept calling Mrs. Hill a thief, but it turns out Victoria was the thief. If you ask me, you should stop being stubborn and apologize quickly."

Joe, feeling overwhelmed with guilt under Grandma Morris’s watchful gaze, just wanted to end this farce as quickly as possible. "Yeah, Selina, just apologize... You... you’re being too impulsive..."

Selina let out a faint laugh.

Apologize?

She didn’t speak for one minute.

Two minutes.

The faces of the Morris family members grew darker and darker.

"Then I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint you all. I will not take the blame for my mother, and I will certainly not apologize!" 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

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