Dear Ex-wife, Marry Me novel Chapter 617

Maja knew Dalia like the back of her hand. She knew that she would retaliate when Dalia's favourite son was thrown in jail.

So, Maja recently had people tailing Dalia, and sure enough, she was digging up some dirt.

At this moment, that piece of dirt was right in front of Maja, who was taken aback that Carlene wasn't a blood Shepard.

Now, the Shepard household was a total mess.

Carlene was at the centre of the Shepard drama, feeling the judgmental stares piercing her like a sword. Overwhelmed, she clung to Tess's clothes.

"Mom, explain. I am a Shepard!"

But Tess remained silent, the paternity test results lying blatantly nearby.

Carlene wanted to argue back but was met with a resounding slap.

"Get out! You and your mother, get out of the Shepard family!"

Carlene, indignantly clutching her cheek, had given so much, only to be discarded by the Shepards.

"Dad..."

"I'm not your dad!"

The man was livid and humiliated under his family's questioning.

And Dalia was there, adding fuel to the fire.

"Tess herself is infertile. So, Carlene is not even her child. This is Tess's medical report from years ago. She had multiple abortions and lost her ability to have children. Carlene was just a kid she picked up."

Carlene felt dizzy, her world spinning.

Tess snapped back to reality, desperately clinging to the man's leg.

"Darling, please, for all the years we've shared, don't kick me out."

But he just kicked her off, storming upstairs in a rage.

The rest just stood there, watching the mother-daughter duo.

Carlene felt an unprecedented shame, her face flushing then paling.

Tess was crying, but all they looked at her with was mockery, no sympathy.

Because she was just the other woman.

Dalia was boasting, "An outsider, a child brought by an outsider, what right do they have to be Shepards! And you, Carlene, full of lies, saying Ian was willing to invest in EverBest Group, but he didn't even show up, you lying bitch!"

Carlene and Tess were too humiliated to retort.

Carlene once called the shots in the Shepard family, but now she was treated like a rat everyone spat on.

She wanted to go upstairs to pack her things, but Dalia stopped her.

"All you have belongs to the Shepards. You outsiders have no right to take anything!"

Carlene glared at Dalia, "You've gone too far, Dalia!"

All she got in response was another slap!