the two-faced Adopted Girl Who Melted CEO's Ice-Cold Heart
Chapter 28: You Must Have Seduced My Son

Chapter 28: Chapter 28: You Must Have Seduced My Son

Delphine couldn’t dodge in time. Before she could react, Jocelyn Yeager had already pulled her away, only to receive a punch from Leo Yeager that made him stagger two steps backward.

Seeing his punch land, Leo Yeager looked a bit exhilarated. He grabbed Jocelyn again and threw another punch, shouting, "If you dare breathe a word of this, I’ll beat you half to death!"

Jocelyn Yeager’s face turned cold, the smile at his lips vanishing. Not wanting to resort to violence in front of the woman he cared about, he restrained Leo’s movements with his large hands and said icily, "Enough. Just how big of a mess are you trying to make out of this?"

"Bastard, you’re not even qualified to talk to me. If it weren’t for the old man’s pity, you wouldn’t even have the right to step foot in our home." Leo Yeager kicked him to the ground and pounced, raining punches and kicks on him.

Jocelyn Yeager took the kick hard, his lip busting open, veins bulging with restraint. Suddenly, a sharp crack echoed through the air as Leo Yeager let out a screech, clutching his head in pain.

Jocelyn lifted his gaze, his eyes landing on the writhing Leo on the floor, the bloodied shards of porcelain nearby, and Delphine’s impassive face. His expression shifted, and he said urgently, "You need to leave now. This has nothing to do with you."

Delphine cast a frosty glance at Leo, whose head was split open, her black eyes flashing as she asked Jocelyn in a low voice, "Why didn’t you fight back?"

Jocelyn remained silent.

Delphine let out a cold laugh. It seemed that it wasn’t just the Leclair household — the dirty secrets of the Yeager family might go even deeper.

The Yeagers had fabricated the tale that their illegitimate son was born of the legitimate wife for the sake of their reputation. Jocelyn Yeager, the third scion of the family, appeared dazzling to outsiders but within the Yeager family, even when beaten, he wasn’t allowed to retaliate.

Madam Yeager, well aware that Bessie Leclair had feelings for Jocelyn, feared that he might form bonds through marriage to the Leclair family that would threaten her own son’s position. She secretly sabotaged the budding relationship, and instead orchestrated a match between Jocelyn and a woman like herself — a woman of tarnished reputation and no standing.

An intricate scheme of the wealthy elites.

"Listen to me, this matter has nothing to do with you. Please, just leave," Jocelyn said as he stood up, his face darkening. He glanced towards Leo’s injuries upon hearing the chaotic sound of approaching footsteps and hurriedly urged Delphine again.

Delphine remained motionless. She had used so much force smashing the vase that shards had sliced her hand, blood dripping out, leaving her feeling chilled.

Why didn’t he fight back? She wasn’t just asking Jocelyn, but herself. For all these years, it seemed the bitterness within her had never truly dissipated.

"Delphine—" Jocelyn’s expression changed drastically when he saw she wasn’t moving.

"Oh my God, Leo, what happened to you?" Madam Yeager’s piercing voice suddenly rang out as the crowd swarmed in.

Leo Yeager, after briefly losing consciousness from the blow to his head, quickly came to. Holding his head, he wailed like a slaughtered pig, his face drenched in blood. "Mom, it was Jocelyn, that bastard—he’s trying to kill me so he can take all the family property for himself!"

The expressions of everyone in the room were varied. What had started as a birthday celebration had spiraled into a bloody brawl between the two sons.

While calling for an ambulance, Madam Yeager wasted no time swinging a slap at Jocelyn with a sharp rebuke: "How could you be so cruel?"

Jocelyn’s handsome face was marred with bleeding scratches from her long nails.

"I was the one who hit him. It has nothing to do with him," Delphine said coldly. Her stature was tall, her delicate features beautiful and flawless, adorned in an off-shoulder black dress. Standing in front of Jocelyn, she exuded an otherworldly allure that made it impossible for anyone to meet her gaze directly.

Delphine looked at the disheveled Madam Yeager, leaned in slightly, and enunciated each word clearly: "Leo Yeager had already stripped his clothes, clearly trying to assault me. I smashed him in self-defense. Jocelyn arrived only seconds earlier than the rest of you, following the sound."

The crowd turned their gaze toward Leo Yeager. Sure enough, his clothing was in disarray—his jacket missing, and his shirt barely buttoned with only two buttons done up.

"You’re lying! You must have seduced my son. It’s not like you haven’t pulled this kind of stunt before. Five years ago, in Southeast Asia, everyone knew about the disgraceful things you did. Don’t think for a second you can dump blame on my son this time," Madam Yeager snarled.

Madam Yeager was no stranger to high-stakes drama. Faced with the disastrous turn of the birthday celebration, fury shook her entire being. She was convinced that this vixen and that bastard had conspired to harm her son. However, preserving the Yeager family’s reputation was paramount. She decided to redirect the focus onto Beatrice Carter, the young woman invited by her family.

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