A Vengeful Bride novel Chapter 2

There were many seats, but there were also many people. Everyone sat down, and soon the three tables were full of people.

I suddenly realized that I had prepared for the New Year's Eve dinner for a few days, but I couldn't go to the table for dinner, because Betty Fang had taken my seat.

The anger made me shudder. I bit my lips, walked to Betty, and said in a stiff tone, "I'm sorry, Miss Fang. This is my seat."

My silence didn't mean that I have no temper, didn't mean that I can tolerate others to step on my bottom line.

I couldn't allow a strange woman to occupy my husband in front of so many families.

My actions surprised all the people present and they looked at me silently. Many of them looked as if they were watching a good show.

But Betty didn't talk to me. She just leaned on the side of Edward Xi coquettishly, as if I didn't exist.

"You, go to the living room to eat and give your seat to Betty." Edward turned back and looked at me coldly with his cold and arrogant eyes.

Give my seat to Betty...

At this moment, I understood. In the eyes of Edward, I was just a servant, and even free. I just at his beck and call. I couldn't accept it. Under the gloating eyes of relatives, I said word by word, "I can give up other things, but I can't give up this position."

These words had double meanings. I believed that as long as you are a wise person, you should understand what I am saying.

Perhaps this was the first time I spoke to Edward Xi in such a tone. He could not help but lower his face and look at me coldly, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

He must be guessing who gave me the courage to argue with him.

Edward had distinct facial features, giving people a feeling of coldness and aloofness. At this moment, he was more like a cold marble to me. I nervously clenched my fists and tightened my whole body.

"Ashley, are you blaming me now?" The menacing voice of Edward swept over my whole body with a terrible chill.

My lips quivered and I lowered my eyelids. I endured the pain in my heart and said faintly, "I don't dare, but this is my seat, at least for now..."

"Ashley, aren't you ashamed? I asked you to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner, but you didn't even know how many seats should be prepared? How can you be the young mistress of the Xis?" My mother-in-law couldn't stand it anymore and scolded me in public.

I looked at my mother-in-law and said, "No one told me to add a seat. And this is the New Year's Eve dinner! Suddenly an outsider appeared, what's all this about?!"

"Happy New Year's Eve dinner" was deliberately emphasized by me.

The New Year's Eve dinner was supposed to be a dinner of a family reunion. How could Betty come as an outsider?

"How dare you talk back?" My mother- in- law seemed to be angry because of my words and said with a gloomy face.

I moved my lips and didn't speak again. She couldn't beat me with reason, so she can just act so mean like this.

There were so many people present, all drinking soup that I cooked, but no one was willing to stand up and speak for me.

The Xis. Suddenly, I felt that they were just a group of selfish people.

"Auntie, forget it. It's not Ashley Mu's fault. It's all because Edward and I didn't think about it." The atmosphere suddenly became very stiff and awkward. At this time, Betty's words broke the stiff situation.

My mother- in- law had wanted Betty to be her daughter-in-law, so she liked her very much.

She changed her strict and unkind attitude which she treated me, then said to Betty with a smile, "Betty, sorry to make this a joke to you. Here is your home. There is no need to be so polite!"

"Don't pretend to be a good person. I don't need you to stand for me. You are really not thinking, because you shouldn't appear in someone else's house on New Year's Eve!" I said unhappily.

All the contradictions were caused by Betty Fang, but she still pretended to be innocent.