Twisted Ties of Love novel Chapter 419

"You're such a handful!"

Suddenly, Casey stood up, shouting to Bunny Dempsey, who was bustling in the kitchen, "Mom, Dad just said something nasty about you."

Beck Dempsey softened his attitude immediately when he heard Bunny's name, gritting his teeth and muttering, "When did I ever insult your mom?"

"You called me a handful; isn’t that basically talking about my mom?"

Bunny walked out of the kitchen just in time to hear Casey's words. She went straight up to Beck and slapped him across the face.

"So you're saying that I gave birth to a troublesome child with you?"

Beck was left dazed by the slap, taking a while to comprehend what was going on and feeling like there was something off about the conversation.

"Honey, I didn’t insult you."

"You dare to talk back!" Bunny gave him another slap.

Beck, nursing a throbbing head and looking utterly miserable, felt his dignity crumbling away at this family gathering, with the children and the servants all present.

Beck always listened to Bunny. The only thing he could do in such situations was to suck it up. But he couldn't stand Casey's smug expression any longer. He was his father; why would his own son embarrass him like this?

"Casey, you're such a stirrer!"

Casey gave a nonchalant smile and said, "Mom, dad just called me a stirrer. If that's true, then what about everyone else at this table?"

Bunny gave Beck a hard kick in the leg, saying, "Shut up, it's dinner time!"

"I'm done talking." Beck winced, clutching his leg. As he reached for a fork and knife to eat, his hand was swatted away by Bunny.

"Casey and Brett haven't started eating yet!"

Beck muttered under his breath, "I'm the man of the house."

"Well, the man of the house can sleep on the couch tonight."

"No, honey."

Brett was the only non-Dempsey at the table, and the last place he wanted to be was with the Dempsey family.

The atmosphere of the Dempsey family filled him with envy. He grew up in the cold Windham family, witnessing the brutal deaths of his parents at a young age, which became his childhood nightmare.