Mrs Hale, I Surrender
Chapter 429 - 428 Dog Eat Dog, Complete Collapse (4 Updates)

Chapter 429: 428 Dog Eat Dog, Complete Collapse (4 Updates)

Silas Jones’ breath hitched, his face filled with disbelief, "How did you know about this?"

"So you did lie to me, still daring to say you’ve hidden nothing else!" Lavinia Wilde’s face was etched with pain and despair.

"Lavinia, it’s because Marigold offended someone she shouldn’t have..."

"She already did that long ago, and the engagement party isn’t news today, why didn’t you cut ties with her then? Instead, you’re causing this scene now."

"It’s because..." Silas Jones felt a headache splitting his skull.

The Payne Family had just learned the truth, and they were bound to take action.

Zoe Payne found out she was pregnant too.

Many things came together; it had to be done.

He couldn’t say it out loud, and as there were many people in the corridor at the moment, Silas Jones did not dare to drag Zoe Payne into it, and the words reached his mouth only to be swallowed back.

"Why don’t you speak now, dare to speak?" Lavinia Wilde went insane at this point.

To plot for half a lifetime, only to fall to such fate, she was both shocked and furious.

"Silas Jones, since you won’t let me and my daughter have peace, I won’t let you off either!"

"Today, I’m going to show everyone your true face."

"Officer, the statements I made earlier were all false."

The policeman frowned, "Ms. Wilde, you signed those statements, and you will have to face the consequences."

Silas Jones’ pupils dilated, instantly understanding her intentions. Shaking off the police trying to keep the peace, he rushed forward, trying to cover her mouth. As Lavinia Wilde dodged him, a glance at the corner of her eye caught sight of Cressida Jones not far away.

She immediately yelled out:

"Cressida Jones, just so you know, the blind date tonight was a setup!"

"The sleeping pills were specially prepared for you!"

"Silas Jones, your dear dad, wanted to drug you and send you to an old man’s bed, haha... Surprised? Shocked? In his eyes, you’re just a money-making tool."

"It’s all his planning; he’s the real mastermind!"

The next second,

Silas Jones grabbed her shoulder, landing two hefty slaps that made her split lip bleed profusely.

A broken mirror can’t be made whole again,

Once the façade was torn apart, Lavinia Wilde had no scruples and would no longer endure. She charged at him and viciously scratched his face.

His already swollen face instantly bore several bloody streaks.

The pain made him cry out loud.

"Lavinia Wilde, believe it or not, I’ll kill you!"

"This is a police station, just try to touch me! Not even sparing your own daughter, you’re lower than an animal."

"And what do you think you are, knowing full well I was married but still seducing me, willingly degrading yourself!"

Lavinia Wilde laughed wildly.

"Yes, I’m base, so I paid the price, but don’t you think you can get away easily either. I have plenty of evidence of your tax evasion, what do you think will happen if I hand it over to the police? How many years do you think you’ll get?"

"If I can’t have it easy, then we shall die together!"

"After sleeping with me for over twenty years, you think you can just kick me aside? No way!"

"If I die, I’ll drag you down to hell with me."

The two of them were airing each other’s dirty laundry.

In the heat of their emotions,

There weren’t many police on duty, and it took a great deal of effort to finally restrain them.

Silas Jones looked towards Cressida Jones in the distance: "Cressida, she’s just a madwoman; don’t listen to her nonsense, she’s just making excuses for tonight’s incident."

"I was just foolish, even in the police station, to take responsibility for everything, admitting that I deliberately seduced Tim Drake."

Because, if she hadn’t admitted it, a thorough investigation by the police

Would inevitably uncover more.

So Lavinia Wilde shouldered all the blame.

"But now I don’t want to take the fall for you anymore, we’re already divorced anyway, let it be a clean break, let everything go to pieces!"

"Bitch!"

Silas Jones clenched his fingers tight, not knowing where the strength came from, but he managed to break free from the police’s hold and charged to kick her.

Just then...

Marigold Jones arrived!

Tim Payne glanced at the person beside him, "Did you call her here?"

Cressida Jones shook her head, "With the prevalence of the internet, she would find out about Lavinia Wilde’s accident without me having to say anything."

"Mom!" Marigold Jones shouted in alarm, disregarding the child she was carrying, and rushed over to support her mother, "Dad, what are you doing, why did you hit Mom?"

"Marigold, your dad despises us, mother and daughter, for dragging him down. He deceived me into signing the divorce consent form, and also disowned you, forbidding you from inheriting any of the Jones Family’s assets."

Upon hearing Lavinia Wilde’s words, Marigold Jones’s face changed dramatically.

"Dad, is everything that Mom has said true?"

"Marigold, there’s more to this matter. Be mindful of your emotions; you are still pregnant." Silas Jones clearly loved her, as his agitated emotions visibly softened upon seeing Marigold Jones. "There are some things I’ll explain to you later."

"Do you truly want to sever ties with me? Do you feel ashamed of me and Mom?"

Marigold Jones was overwhelmed by thoughts of her ruined life.

Looked down upon by the Jeans Family,

Abandoned by her father,

Her life of privilege was over.

"The agreement is on the floor; you can see for yourself!" Lavinia Wilde scoffed coldly.

Marigold Jones, trembling, picked up the agreement that had fallen to the floor. Seeing her father’s signature on it, her body shook violently as she clutched the paper, which became crumpled and distorted in her hands.

"Dad, the signature on this is fake, isn’t it? It’s a forgery, right?"

Marigold Jones couldn’t believe that her father, who adored her, would sever ties with her.

"There was a reason for this..." Silas Jones tried to explain.

"I don’t want to hear explanations; just tell me that all of this is false, that this disownment agreement is a fake, and that the divorce agreement with my mom is also fake, right?"

Marigold Jones rushed over, grabbing her father’s clothes to demand explanations.

Silas Jones was speechless.

Cressida Jones, who had been silent all this time, said faintly, "There was a legal notary; both agreements have legal effect. Now your mother leaves with nothing, and you are no longer the Second Miss Jones."

"It’s not true, it can’t be. Dad loves me so much, he wouldn’t do this to me!"

Marigold Jones was too agitated, and Silas Jones tried to grab her hand to comfort her.

She shook off his hand,

And slapped him across the cheek.

The crisp sound of the slap stunned both father and daughter.

Being hit by his dearest daughter shattered Silas Jones’s heart, "Marigold Jones, how long are you going to mess around!"

"I’ve been cleaning up after the disgraceful things you’ve done."

"The Jeans Family didn’t want you even after you got pregnant. It was I who went to them with my old face, desperately pleading to give you another chance. And this is how you repay me!"

"I had such high hopes for you, but now I see, you’re not even a tenth of your sister."

"What did you say?" Marigold Jones gasped for breath, "You mean I’m not as good as that wretched person?"

Marigold Jones knew full well, it was Cressida Jones who had ruined her.

She detested her sister with venom.

Her father’s comparing her to Cressida was like a stab to the heart.

Spoiled as she was, she raised her hand again to strike her own father, scratching and clawing. The police wanted to restrain her but also had to be careful not to use too much force because of the child in her womb.

Consequently, Silas Jones received several slaps to the face.

He had suffered too much humiliation tonight,

His wife caught in adultery, he had been made a fool, and even as he thought about dealing with the aftermath, he ended up like this.

He couldn’t hold back any longer; unable to move because the police who were trying to mediate held him by the shoulders, he directly kicked out.

He kicked Marigold Jones on her thigh...

She let out a cry and fell to the ground.

"Silas Jones, you dare lay a hand on my daughter!" Lavinia Wilde struggled fiercely free from the police’s grip and rushed over, tearing into him.

The three of them fought,

Two against one,

The scene was chaotic, and even some of the mediating officers unintentionally received slaps to the face.

Tim Payne could only lament:

A dog-eat-dog fight indeed made for quite the spectacle.

Only when he had someone intervene did a few lawyers manage to control the situation.

He glimpsed from the corner of his eye Cressida Jones straightening her clothes.

She even took off her jacket and rolled up her sleeves.

She looked as if she was ready to go into battle.