Chapter 268\u00a0<\/p>\n
Holding the bouquet Torrin was completely baffied. For what?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it weren\u2019t for your accusations,\u201d Haskell added smoothly, \u2018I might have remained in the dark, completely unaware that I had been so ruthlessly betrayed by my own brother\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Torrin, still reeling, finally began to understand. \u201cWhat? Are you trying to tell me that everything Draven did was his own idea and had nothing to do with you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Haskell nodded. \u201cIt had nothing to do with me. I have been looking forward to my engagement with Larissa for a long time. Why would I ask Draven to have you ruin it?\u00a0<\/p>\n
He then turned his gaze to Draven, his eyes full of accusation. \u201cDraven, do you have an explanation for what Mr. Dillon has said? Or are you going to claim that the heir of the Dillon family is deliberately trying to slander you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Draven stood frozen, as if petrified. He could feel the eyes of everyone in the room boring into his\u00a0<\/p>\n
back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard that Zoltan sent Draven away years ago because he was bad for the Palmer family\u2019s fortune. If Haskell hadn\u2019t spoken up for him, he might never have been allowed to return.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf that\u2019s true, it looks like Haskell really brought a snake into his own house!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thatch stared at his son, silently cursing his recklessness. He had warned Draven not to waste his energy on Larissa, to leave her for Paxton\u2019s family to deal with. But Draven had gone behind his back and orchestrated this mess, and now he was caught in his own trap.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The rest of the Palmer family watched the drama unfold with amusement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finally, Zoltan spoke, his voice carrying the weight of his authority. \u201cDraven, if you cannot provide a reasonable explanation today, you will leave the Palmer family, just as Valeria did. You will no longer be one of us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zoltan had never liked Draven. Firstly, he was genuinely concerned about his negative influence on the family\u2019s fortunes. Secondly, in the three years since Draven\u2019s return, Zoltan had seen that he was just as arrogant and useless as his father, Thatch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If it weren\u2019t for the fact that he was the brother of his most prized grandson, Zoltan would have disowned him long ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems Zoltan is serious this time. He\u2019s actually going to disown him!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis just proves how much Haskell still means to him, doesn\u2019t it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think so!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Draven knew he was cornered. His only option was to immediately execute the second part of his plan the part originally meant for Larissa\u2013to create a diversion and buy himself time to come up with a plausible excuse.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He secretly reached into his coat pocket and pressed a button on a small remote.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Suddenly, a man\u2019s scream pierced the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
11:45\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 268\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAah! Snake!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a snake! It\u2019s venomous!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone, be careful! Don\u2019t let it bite you!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s more than one! And are those scorpions\u2026?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Panic erupted as guests throughout the banquet hall began to scream.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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