Married First, Loved Later : A Flash Marriage with My Ex's 'Uncle' novel Chapter 521

Chapter 521: The Show Begins

Angela was so much better than Selina. If he hadn’t come to City A in the first place, he would never have met Selina. Maybe in the future, Angela would have been his only daughter...

With that thought, Joe actually said it out loud.

Selina let out a soft laugh. "Chairman Morris, if you only want Angela as your daughter, isn’t that easy enough?"

For some reason, that one line hit Joe like a slap in the face. He felt utterly humiliated. "Still unrepentant!"

It was as if Joe’s body was being controlled by rage. He lost all reason and snapped, "Selina, I’ve tolerated you long enough! If you don’t hand over the Fortune Jade, I’ll sever all ties with you as my daughter!"

...

The room erupted in shock and then fell into dead silence.

The man who was rumored to have stayed loyal to Victoria for twenty years, the father who supposedly cherished his daughter like a precious jewel, was now publicly disowning her?

Wasn’t this... going too far?

But to everyone’s surprise, Selina smiled.

Her gaze was cool as she lifted her eyes. "And may I ask, Chairman Morris, in what way exactly have you ’tolerated’ me? Was it when you supported Angelica’s kidnapping of me? Or when you allowed Angela to impersonate me? Or perhaps when you helped your current wife steal my mother’s work?"

The crowd fell silent at once. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

What she said... sounded true.

Even those who moments ago thought Selina was being unreasonable now shut their mouths. From Selina’s perspective, Joe had never once protected her. Instead, he had stood by while person after person hurt her. A father like that? Better not to have one at all.

Selina’s voice was steady, faintly mocking. "Chairman Morris, let me return your own words to you. I’ve tolerated you enough. Since you want to sever ties, let’s sever them."

With each word, Joe’s face darkened further.

He might have been weak, spineless, and a mama’s boy, but one thing he could not tolerate was his daughter talking back to him and challenging his authority as a father. His fingers trembled with fury. "Fine, fine... so be it! I declare from this day forward, Selina has nothing whatsoever to do with the Morris Family. You are not my daughter!"

Selina arched a brow. Her first goal of the day was achieved.

Joe, oblivious to the shifting looks around him, was consumed with only one thought: how to appease the Turner family. Even if he dumped all the blame on Selina, would the Turners really let it go? What was he supposed to do... what could he do...

Angela bit her lip, then suddenly stepped forward. "Daddy, you don’t have to worry so much. I actually have a solution."

Everyone immediately turned to look at her.

Angela cast Selina a subtle glance before hesitating, as though reluctant to speak. "Yesterday, at the auction, I accidentally came across a Fortune Jade with the Turner family crest carved on it. After thinking it over, I paid a very high price to buy it. I never imagined..."

"...I never imagined that it would turn out to be the very Fortune Jade my sister had sold off. Even though there was a mishap, at least I was able to recover it. I believe that once the Turner family knows, they won’t blame you."

The entire venue went still.

Chairman Joe Morris’s face lit up. "Angela, really? You truly are Daddy’s good daughter!"

Angela leaned slightly closer to the microphone so her words carried clearly to every corner of the hall.

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