The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife novel Chapter 201

"Slap!"

It was a loud and clear slap. From the intensity of the sound, one could tell how much the force he used.

Isabelle's head turned one side. Her hair flew down in an unruly mane, and her face was utterly grotesque.

However, Mr. Shelby was not reconciled. He glared at Isabelle with anger and snapped, "We don't have a vicious woman like you in the Shelbys! Susan is such a good girl - I don't understand how you could bring yourself to harm her. Don't you have any conscience?"

As he was speaking, he gave Isabelle another slap on the face and caused her head to turn to the other side.

Slowly, ever slowly, Isabelle raised her head - her face was pale, her visage grim. As a sinister grin crossed her lips, she snarled, "Do I have any conscience? Ask yourself that question. When Susan was living in our house after her parents got into an accident, who was the one that asked Yvonne to hit her harder so that she would leave our house on her own? Who was the one who supported me the most and asked me to work harder to replace Susan before the entire scheme was exposed? You're no different from me, Dad. Stop acting all high and mighty."

"S-Shut up!" Mr. Shelby's face turned red in guilt. He darted a glance at Julian.

However, Julian paid him no heed. He was caressing Susan's hand so tenderly as if he was holding his favorite toy. "Did you get beaten a lot here when you were a kid, Susie?"

Her parents met with a mishap and her life in the Shelbys was tough. He wondered how Susan bore through all of those as a kid, and he cursed himself for not working harder to look for her. If he could locate her soon, she needed not to suffer so much.

"It's nothing. It’s all over," Susan said calmly, shaking her head.

"For you, yeah, it's all over, but not for me," Julian said as he shot a glance at Mr. Shelby, his gaze so steely it shook Mr. Shelby to the core.

Mr. Shelby then replied carefully, "Don't listen to her, M r. Shaw. She's just speaking nonsense! Susan is my brother's daughter. I love her more than my own kids, s o how is there any possibility I would order Yvonne to beat her? I was wronged!"

Suddenly, he turned to Yvonne and his eyes gleamed. He shouted, "It's all her doing. I know Yvonne has an explosive personality. But I thought there was still some sense of right in her, so I never expected she would carry out such a deed behind me."

With that, he dragged Yvonne over. As he gave her a slap on her face, he continued shouting, "How could you bully Susan while I was not around? I always taught you that you have to be kind to your siblings.

However, Julian paid him no heed. He was caressing Susan's hand so tenderly as if he was holding his favorite toy. "Did you get beaten a lot here when you were a kid, Susie?"

Her parents met with a mishap and her life in the Shelbys was tough. He wondered how Susan bore through all of those as a kid, and he cursed himself for not working harder to look for her. If he could locate her soon, she needed not to suffer so much.

"It's nothing. It’s all over," Susan said calmly, shaking her head.

"For you, yeah, it's all over, but not for me," Julian said as he shot a glance at Mr. Shelby, his gaze so steely it shook Mr. Shelby to the core.

Mr. Shelby then replied carefully, "Don't listen to her, M r. Shaw. She's just speaking nonsense! Susan is my brother's daughter. I love her more than my own kids, s o how is there any possibility I would order Yvonne to beat her? I was wronged!"

Suddenly, he turned to Yvonne and his eyes gleamed. He shouted, "It's all her doing. I know Yvonne has an explosive personality. But I thought there was still some sense of right in her, so I never expected she would carry out such a deed behind me."

With that, he dragged Yvonne over. As he gave her a slap on her face, he continued shouting, "How could you bully Susan while I was not around? I always taught you that you have to be kind to your siblings.

You must keep your temper and you must love your siblings. How could you forget everything that I taught you?"

Yvonne was stunned when she was slapped by her father. However, she soon came to her senses and retaliated, "Stop act like you’re the most innocent here, Tobias Shelby. It's you who told us that Susan and Jacob were hindrances to our family, and it's also you who asked us to beat them up so that they would leave our family on their own."

"You..." Mr. Shelby did not expect Yvonne to talk back t o him. He was so pissed off he gave her another slap i n the face.

Yvonne finally snapped after being slapped twice by her father. She pounced forward with her hand fully stretched and scratched his face, leaving five red weals on his cheek.

Mr. Shelby was caught off guard and he was taken aback for a moment. He could not believe that his daughter dared to scratch him and he got even angrier. He threw himself at her and two of them began grappling with each other as Isabelle watched o n with cold eyes from the sideline.

The weirdest one amongst them was Mrs. Shelby. She did not say or do anything to stop them from fighting and just sat on the couch, nibbling on the snack calmly as if none of them had anything to do with her.

'What a weird family...'

Setting her jaw tight, Susan tugged at Julian’s shirt and said, "Let’s go, Julian."

Everything here made her feel sick, and she did not want to spend even a second here anymore.

"Okay," Julian patted her head and rose to his feet.

Seeing that Julian was about to leave, Mr. Shelby immediately forwent the fight with his daughter and got up. He looked fawningly at Julian and said, "You have to believe me, Mr. Shaw. It's all their fault. Everything they did has nothing to do with me."

"B*llsh*t!" Yvonne shouted.

Mr. Shelby's eyebrows twitched. Wrath and dismay were written on his face, but he pushed those aside and continued to watch Julian expectantly.

Julian looked at him back. There were several scratches on his face, and his hair was disheveled. Coupled with the gigantic fawning grin that sat on his lips, he looked really funny.

However, Julian did not laugh. His face held no expression as he announced coldly, "I don't want to hear any of your excuses. The contract is due to expire in a few more days, so just get ready with the compensation."