Charming Lady Hard to Chase After Being Dumped novel Chapter 716

Nora was standing upstairs and watching the intense discussion downstairs.

She clearly saw that Justin had trembled lightly when Mrs. Hunt walked out.

Nora sighed silently.

Justin might never have ever thought that his grandmother, who had raised him into an adult, would also be part of the group of people plotting against him.

How sad and lonely must that man surrounded by his so-called family members be right now?

Justin was a man who had always been scheming and inscrutable, so he didn't say anything.

Iris, however, stared at the group of people. The woman, who now knew the truth, was suffering quite the mental breakdown at the moment—not for herself, but for her son!

Her entire body shook with anger, and she rushed up to Herman, stretched out her hand, and slapped him across the cheek.

Smack!

She had put all of her strength into the slap, causing Herman's head to turn to the side.

Nora saw that Herman could have avoided the slap, but he didn't. Instead, he chose to take it.

Iris screamed, "Herman Hunt, you are so despicable! Never mind that you plotted against me, but how can

you plot against even your own son?!"

Herman's head was turned to the side. The handprint on his cheek quickly swelled up visibly, which went to show just how furious Iris was.

He looked at Iris calmly. "Iris, I don't mind if you blame me for this. It's all because I am too incapable. Twenty years ago, I didn't have the ability to keep you by my side; twenty years later, I still don't have the ability to keep you with me. When we got married, we had clearly vowed that we would never abandon each other for the rest of our lives, but unfortunately, you have offended someone you should not have."

When Herman said that, there was sorrow in his eyes as he gazed at Iris.

To be honest, hadn't he also loved Iris when he was young?

In fact, one could even say that he still did.

At that time, he and Ian had both courted Yvette. Later, after Yvette chose Ian, he had also been envious of the beautiful love between the two of them.

Afterward, he had met Iris.

When he saw how gentle Iris had been to the poor lad Philip, his heart had skipped a beat.

Thus, he had gotten the Hunts to approach the Evanses and propose marriage.

Everyone said that he had married Iris because he could not manage to take Yvette as his wife. The only person in New York who was comparable to Yvette at that time had been Iris.

But nobody knew that he had only courted Yvette back then just to fight with Ian. Towards Iris, however... he had truly fallen in love with her.

He hadn't expected Iris to agree to the proposal, either.

Before they got married, Iris had told him honestly that their marriage was a political one, that she had no feelings for him.

However, Herman had still insisted on getting married. At that time, he was already in love with her. He'd even vowed that he would treat her well for the rest of his life.

He just never expected Philip the pauper to suddenly transform into the head of one of the mysterious families of the world.

Back then, when the Hunts were suppressed by him, just how tormented had he been?

His father had spent his entire life turning the Hunts into a big and powerful family, but before the company and family were even handed over to him, he had already implicated them...

Herman had indeed deliberately betrayed Iris, but at that time, he had also suffered great emotional torment.

• • •

Iris didn't understand the complicated look in Herman's eyes. She merely felt that the man in front of her was simply too shameless!

She stared at him. "If that was the case, then you should have made things clear to me from the start! Even if I have to leave with Justin, I would never drag the Hunts in this!"

How could Herman possibly bear to let them leave, though?

He clenched his jaw and narrowed his eyes. "You want to take Justin away? Justin is my, Herman Hunt's, son! He is a descendant of the Hunts! Are you planning to take him with you as you turn to Philip?! I won't allow it!"

Iris really couldn't understand him.

He was the one taking full advantage of her and her son, yet he was also the one saying that Justin was his son, so they mustn't leave.

She felt that Herman must be schizophrenic.