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Chapter 62\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ella had a friend look into Bethany\u2019s marital status. She was definitely married, but the system kept her spouse\u2019s identity\u00a0<\/p>\n
confidential.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thus, Ella went to Diana to fish for information. \u201cMom, is Bethany still going on blind dates? Last time, it was with Cyrus Brannon. Who is it this time?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Diana stiffened slightly, then smiled. \u201cActually, Ella, Beth is already married.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTo whom? I thought she was still dating around. I didn\u2019t expect her to get married so quickly.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
But when Ella pressed for details, Diana became evasive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When they\u2019d arranged the marriage alliance with the Brennan family, they\u2019d agreed not to reveal anything until the wedding\u00a0<\/p>\n
day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After angering Silas once, Diana and Gary certainly weren\u2019t about to go against his wishes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cElla, you\u2019ll find out at the wedding.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Of course, Ella wouldn\u2019t let it go and pestered her father instead, but Gary was even more tight\u2013lipped than Diana was.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ella couldn\u2019t help but wonder what kind of marriage partner would warrant such secrecy. With Bethany\u2019s background, marrying up from the Reids would be quite a stretch\u2013unless it was a family on par with the Brannons, maybe.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ella smiled smugly to herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If Bethany had married well, her parents would have broadcast it everywhere by now. The only reason for such secrecy was likely that she\u2019d married poorly, or the groom had some serious flaw they needed to hide.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The thought that Bethany hadn\u2019t married well made Ella feel much better.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now that Bethany had broken ties with the family, though, Ella didn\u2019t have to pretend to be the loving sister anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just before the end of the workday, Bethany received a phone call from an elementary school.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHello, are you Evan\u2019s guardian? Evan got into a conflict with a classmate at school. Would you be able to come to the school at 5:00 pm today?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bethany froze, received the school address, and hurried over. She tried calling Silas on the way, but he didn\u2019t pick up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She almost called Jeremy next, but thought better of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If the school had called her instead, it meant that Evan didn\u2019t want his grandfather to know.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thus, she dismissed the idea. She\u2019d check things out first, and if the situation was really serious, she could ask for help then.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As soon as she arrived at the school, Bethany spotted the little guy with a slightly swollen, reddened corner of his mouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The lively, cheerful boy she\u2019d met last time now had his head hung low, face marked with bruises.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even though Bethany wasn\u2019t related to Evan by blood, anger flared inside her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMiss, what happened here?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAunt Betty, you came!\u201d Evan immediately hid behind Bethany, making the teacher\u2019s expression stiffen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease calm down first. Evan\u2019s classmate is even more injured. That\u2019s why I called both parents in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Following the homeroom teacher\u2019s words, Bethany looked toward the boy huddled in the corner.\u00a0<\/p>\n
True enough, the other kid definitely looked worse than Evan did.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Well, at least their little guy hadn\u2019t come out on the losing end.\u00a0<\/p>\n
True enough, the other kid definitely looked worse than Evan did. Well, at least their little guy hadn\u2019t come out on the losing end.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bethany changed her approach. \u201cDo you know why they fought?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The homeroom teacher, Eloise Baker, replied, \u201cIn a fight, it\u2019s always the person who throws the first punch who\u2019s in the wrong. The other student\u2019s guardian is coming, too. Why don\u2019t you apologize to them when they arrive?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bethany frowned slightly, disliking Eloise\u2019s wishy\u2013washy approach.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She stopped looking at Eloise and crouched down instead, gently squeezing Evan\u2019s tiny palm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEvan, first of all, hitting people is wrong, no matter the reason. But are you willing to tell your teacher or me why you hit him?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Evan looked indignant. At first, he didn\u2019t want to say anything, but finally, he pointed at Henry Gadbury with reddened eyes. \u201cAunt Betty, Henry said I don\u2019t have a mom! I told him that I do have one, but she died! Henry kept laughing at me about it, and I couldn\u2019t hold back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bethany\u2019s eyes darkened, addressing Eloise once more. \u201cThere\u2019s your reason, then.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut still, kids squabbling shouldn\u2019t escalate to physical violence, should it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Brennan family\u2019s style was to educate their children strictly without arranging special treatment for them at school.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Apart from having slightly better food, clothing, and supplies than average kids, everything else was the same as what ordinary children received.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Since Evan\u2019s father, Julian Brennan, worked in government, he was even more careful about maintaining these boundaries. So even though Evan was the Brennan family\u2019s only legitimate grandson, no one at the school knew of his background.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Mix-up Made Me His Enemy\u2019s Woman 62 X\u00a0 Chapter 62\u00a0 Ella had a friend look into Bethany\u2019s marital status. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-mix-up-made-me-his-enemys-woman-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}