Will You Marry Me, My Ex-Wife? novel Chapter 2753

Luna and Gwen fell silent upon hearing this. The entire room was quiet except for the sound of Denise's slow breathing.

Luna was a little caught off guard by this.

The audio clip continued to play out an argument between Steven and his parents.

"How can you say this, Father? She's my sister!"

"Steven, you know very well that your mother and I had adopted Denise. If it weren't for us, she would've been in a far worse place than she is now. The only reason we had adopted her—provided her with a comfortable life and took care of her like she was our own—was that we wanted her to contribute to this family.

"The only thing we asked of her in return was to marry Thomas so our family can become even more powerful and aid your career in the future.

"However, after so many years, not only did she fail in this, but she even allowed Thomas to bring home another woman and even a baby…

"She's lost all her value to our family, whereas we've done all we can to help her. If Joshua wants her to get out of Saigen City, then we have no choice but to follow."

"Blind to reality, you say?" Steven let out a bitter chuckle and said with a hint of helplessness, "Does everything you do have to be measured by the degree of contribution to this family?"

"Why would you think otherwise?" Mr. Hughes continued frostily, "Steven, your mother is right: Your thoughts remain in a state of the past, but you can't choose to be blind to the truth. You have to grow up now and leave those naive thoughts behind.

"Denise has nothing to do with this family anymore, and I'll let Joshua know that he can choose to do anything he wants to Denise; we will no longer care.

"At the same time, he'll have to promise us that he won't cut off business with Hughes Group."