"Whoa, you even drew blood." Caiden Ward interrupted her without backing down.
His face was twisted in a cold fury, and right there in public, Madam Ward frowned and called out, "Kari!"
After all, how big a deal is this? How could it be worth causing a scene at someone else's party?!
Besides—
Madam Ward glanced at Maeve Myres with a complex expression.
She felt her son's attention to this girl was overly excessive. Who would raise someone else's child like this?
Especially since he wasn't even thirty yet, unmarried, and constantly raising another's child. What was that?
Word was they ate, lived, and slept together, and her son even helped this girl bathe?
He was raised in luxury; it was enough for him to not be served by others.
Especially—
This child even carried the Myres last name.
Caiden Ward took her in, and she was a thousand times unwilling.
But—
