Chapter 511
Serena’s piercing scream echoed from behind, forcing Harvey to whip around in shock. To his horror, he saw Ian and Ted, two of the most respected elders of the Weller family, dragging Serena across the ground by her hair, pulling her out from hiding.
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“You two old bastards! Let go of me! I command you, as the family matriarch, to release me immediately! Are you really going to defy your master?” Serena shrieked.
Her disheveled hair and furious expression made her look like a vengeful ghost. Half of her face was bruised and swollen, evidence of a slap.
Harvey rushed forward, alarmed. “Elders, what are you doing? Let Serena go, now!”
However, before he could say more, one of the elders kicked him square in the stomach, sending him flying backward.
Harvey tumbled to the ground, rolling over several times before coming to a stop, gasping for air, and almost spitting blood.
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As he staggered to his feet, dazed and clutching his burning abdomen, he roared, ” You old fools! What do you think you’re doing? How dare you attack me, your head of the family? Do you have a death wish?”
Never in his wildest dreams had Harvey thought he would be struck, and certainly not by members of his own family. He was the leader of the Weller family, the one who held ultimate authority over them.
However, Ian and Ted were the family’s most powerful elders, and they were far from intimidated.
Ian, who had kicked him, sneered. “You shameless fool, do you really not know why you’re being punished?”
Ted’s voice was icy. “Why waste words on him? This kind of scum should be beaten to death. Otherwise, how will the Weller family maintain its reputation among the elite of Jayrodale?”
Harvey’s face turned ghostly pale as he stumbled backward. “A–Are you two really going to rebel against me?”
Ian shouted, his voice booming with anger.” You fool, are the rumors true? Is it true that you’ve been having an affair with Serena?”
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Harvey stammered instinctively, “No, absolutely not!”
Ted, who had not struck yet, moved like lightning, appearing in front of Harvey and landing a mighty slap across his face. Harvey let out a sharp cry as blood gushed out of his mouth, staining his chin and clothes.
Clutching his throbbing cheek, Harvey glared at them with a mix of hatred and desperation. “What did I do wrong? How dare you treat me like this? Don’t you realize that with one word, I could have you both executed?”
The elders merely laughed coldly.
“Even now, you’re still lying and refusing to admit your crimes. Harvey, do you think your late father would forgive you? Do you think you’ve lived up to the Weller family name, to our ancestors? If it weren’t for the rumors spreading outside, we would still be in the dark, deceived by you, you despicable animal. To think you and Serena could stoop so low!”
Harvey’s expression twisted with rage as he shouted, “I’ve told you, I didn’t do anything! How dare you accuse me without proof?”
Both elders sneered. “Didn’t do anything? Serena already confessed, yet you’re still denying it? Are you really going to force us to strip away the last shreds of your dignity and expose you completely?”
Harvey’s mind buzzed as if it were about to explode. There was no escape now, no way to refute the accusations.
Serena, sobbing uncontrollably, suddenly cried out, “Harvey, I’m pregnant… with your child!”
Harvey felt the world spin around him, as though the ground had been yanked out from under his feet. What had started as pleasure had now turned into a nightmare, a disaster with no way out.
For families like theirs, nothing was more feared than public scandal. Francesca had endured Simon’s behavior to avoid damaging the Aickers‘ reputation, but Harvey’s situation was infinitely worse. His disgrace meant there was no question–he would be stripped of his position as head of the family.
Panic gripped his heart as he dropped to his knees with a loud thud, tears streaming down his face. Bowing repeatedly to the elders, he pleaded, “Please, I was wrong. I’ll never do it again.”
