Sharron was pissed off, too. She glared at Eloise, wanting to say something, but she could only let out a heavy sigh of disappointment.
Eloise admitted to the matter, knowing that further denial would be meaningless now that it had been revealed.
“Yes, I did it. I just couldn’t stand Bonnie!”
She looked straight at Ivor as she spoke and suddenly burst into laughter. As she laughed, tears rolled down her cheeks. Her laughter and tears made her look particularly frenzied.
Chester was about to speak up to stop Eloise’s behavior. But before he could, Eloise’s voice rang out again.
“Ivor, I’ve known you for so many years, and we studied abroad together. You know that I like you, but you never gave me a chance. I waited, hoping that one day you would like me back. But what happened? Y-You fell in love with someone else!”
At this point, Eloise’s tone was filled with resentment.
“I just don’t understand. What’s so good about Bonnie compared to our many years together? Calling me a mistress? I say she’s the mistress!”
She thought, ‘I wanted to teach Bonnie a lesson, to let her know how formidable I am. I wanted her to leave the person I liked. Who knew it would be exposed so quickly?
‘Ivor came to question me in person for that despicable Bonnie! The love I had persisted in for so long was just a joke.’
Eloise thought that speaking from the heart like this would arouse Ivor’s sympathy and pity. But to her surprise, Ivor just glanced at her and then looked at Chester.
“Mr. Chester, does she represent the attitude of the entire Gallagher family? She slandered my woman and is now blatantly insulting her, clearly indicating a complete break with the Knight family.”
Only now did Chester realize how important Bonnie was to Ivor. He quickly spoke up, “Ivor, Eloise is ignorant. Don’t take her words seriously. Normally, she’s quite obedient. I don’t know what got her to do such a thing.
“As her father, I feel very ashamed of raising her so poorly. But, even though she’s my daughter, how can she represent the entire Gallagher family? Let me put it this way, as long as I’m here, the Gallagher family listens to me, not her!”
Ivor didn’t respond. His handsome face remained tense. Chester knew that Ivor wouldn’t easily forgive Eloise or spare the Gallagher family.
After careful consideration, Chester’s face turned even more somber. He let out a sigh, stood up from the sofa, and firmly slapped Eloise across the face.
“You wicked girl, apologize to Ivor right now! Say you won’t do this again.”
The stinging sensation spread across her face. Eloise covered her face, crying as she complained to Sharron.
“Mom! Look at Dad. He hit me. He actually hit me because of an outsider!”
Sharron not only ignored Eloise’s grievances but also scolded her harshly. “Serve you right! Who told you to do such a foolish thing?”
When she realized that no one was assisting her, Eloise fled upstairs while covering her face tearfully.
