PNB Chapter 381 - 374: It Was Worth a Slap to Have Clara Kicked Out of the Quinn Family
Chapter 381 - 374: It Was Worth a Slap to Have Clara Kicked Out of the Quinn Family
Theodore Quinn’s and Sienna Hale’s eyes were both fixed on Clara Grant. Seeing her silence, Sienna grew anxious. "You... say something!"
Clara Grant glanced at her, then lowered her gaze. ’No, I can’t say it!’
’It’s not that I don’t dare, it’s that I can’t!’
She wasn’t afraid of her true parentage being exposed and earning the Quinn family’s disdain; she was worried about her mother.
Her mother had always seen that incident as the stain and shame of her entire life. If it were all laid bare like this, how would her mother ever face the world?
Seeing her hang her head in silence, the onlookers’ expressions were a study in contrasts. Chloe Grant was smug, Autumn Shelby was disdainful, Sienna Hale was tense, and Theodore Quinn’s face was unreadable.
Seth Quinn, however, felt his chest tighten. He looked up at Mrs. Cheney. "Mrs. Cheney, please have someone escort the uninvited guests out."
"Mrs. Cheney!" Sienna Hale immediately called out, stopping Mrs. Cheney just as she was about to call for help.
Seeing this, Chloe Grant shot Clara Grant a sideways glance and shrugged. "What’s the matter? Too scared to speak? Fine, I’ll say it for you."
"Chloe Grant!" Clara Grant shot to her feet, her voice sharp. "Haven’t you made enough of a scene?"
"How is this making a scene?" Chloe Grant said, taking a few steps toward her. "I’m merely stating a fact. The truth is you are not Father’s biological daughter. You think you can pull the wool over everyone’s eyes, using your status as a Grant daughter to marry into the Quinn family and bring them shame, but Father and I won’t let you succeed! Don’t you know your own place? You’re just a..."
"Chloe Grant, that’s enough!"
As Chloe spoke, absolute panic seized Clara’s heart. She couldn’t stop herself from taking a few steps forward, trying to cut her off.
But Chloe Grant continued, "You, the child of a mother who was raped, a bastard who doesn’t even know who her own biological father is! You have absolutely no self-awareness, yet you still dream of marrying into wealth..."
SLAP! Before she could finish, a resounding slap landed squarely on her cheek. Blood immediately trickled from the corner of her mouth.
Chloe Grant clutched her face, staring at Clara Grant. ’She hit me again!’
’But this time, she was much calmer than when Clara had slapped her before. If a single slap was the price to get Clara kicked out of the Quinn family, then it was worth it!’
Seeing Clara Grant’s clenched jaw and pale face, Chloe Grant felt a flicker of triumph.
’Hmph. She was going to rip open Clara’s old wounds, humiliate her, and make her wish the ground would swallow her whole!’
Clara Grant was now trembling with rage. Her mother giving birth to her after being raped... that was her mother’s lifelong shame, and Chloe Grant had just callously blurted it out for everyone to hear!
"Chloe Grant, you’re despicable!"
"What’s wrong? Lashing out because you’re embarrassed? Or do you refuse to admit it? Well, I have proof right here!" Chloe Grant said, pulling a few sheets of paper from her purse and holding them up. "This is the paternity test report for Clara Grant and my father. The results are crystal clear."
Clara Grant froze. ’A paternity test report? When did she and Cedric Grant ever get a paternity test done?’
Sienna Hale snatched the paternity test from Chloe Grant’s hand and hurriedly flipped through the pages. When she reached the end, she stared at the final line for a long moment. Then, her hands trembling, she looked over at Clara Grant before striding to Theodore Quinn and handing him the report.
"Theodore, she... she’s really not Cedric Grant’s biological daughter!"
Theodore Quinn glanced at the results on the report but said nothing.
Sienna Hale then walked over to Seth Quinn and handed him the report. "Seth!"
Seth Quinn took it. As he read the words on the page, he only frowned slightly, remaining surprisingly calm.