She Mocked My “Useless” Husband Then My Family Ended the Party Chapter 06

She Mocked My “Useless” Husband Then My Family Ended the Party Chapter 06

“Who are we?” 

The woman on the far left adjusted her glasses. 

Sharply tailored suit. A thick stack of documents tucked under one arm. 

Victoria. Julian’s sister. The attorney who’d never 

lost. 

She walked up to Chloe and threw the stack straight into her face. 

“I’m Victoria Sterling. They’re the Hayes family. And I’m the attorney who’s going to bury you.” 

“The Sterling family? The… the Hayes family?” 

Her knees buckled. She hit the floor. 

The Sterling family and the Hayes family of 

Highcrest. 

Two families that owned everything, legal and otherwise. Money, law, medicine, and the kind of 

power that never had to explain itself. 

She’d thought Clara was bluffing. 

I hadn’t even believed they’d make it in time. But all 

four of them were here. Standing in this room. For 

1. me. 

“Impossible… this is impossible…” 

Chloe was shaking her head, muttering. 

“She’s the one who went after my husband! She 

started this!” 

“I don’t care if you’re the Hayes family. You can’t 

just do this!” 

SMACK! 

Victoria backhanded her so hard Chloe went 

sprawling. 

“You want to talk about what’s fair?” 

Victoria stood over her, disgust carved into every 

line of her face. 

“First, my sister–in–law has the entire Sterling and Hayes fortune behind her. She could buy your family ten times over and still have change.” 

“Why would she waste her time on some 

gold–digging parasite who married into money?” 

“Second, unlawful detention, aggravated assault, and confiscating life–saving medical equipment 

from a man in cardiac distress.” 

She nodded at the documents on the floor. 

“Every page on that floor is a charge. You’ll grow 

old in a cell.” 

“Third…” 

Victoria turned to Felix, who hadn’t stopped 

shaking. 

“Mr. Mercer. I’ll ask you once. Have you ever 

spoken a single word to my sister–in–law?“Felix’s 

whole body shuddered. 

Red laser dots danced across the bodyguards‘ 

chests. Chloe was on the floor, broken. There was 

no one left to hide behind. 

He knew it was over. 

He dropped to his knees. 

“No! No!” 

Felix dropped to his hands and knees, his 

forehead nearly touching the floor, sweat soaking 

through his shirt. 

“I lied! She doesn’t know me. She’s never met me!” 

“Chloe was already convinced she was the other 

woman, and I… I was scared Chloe would find out 

the truth, so I just… went along with it. I let her 

take the fall.” 

Chloe’s head snapped up. 

“Felix! You lying, cheating bastard. What did you 

just say?” 

“You used me?” 

“Who’s the real homewrecker here?” 

Victoria pulled a photo from the folder and dropped it at Chloe’s feet. 

“Your father’s other daughter. Your half–sister, 

Mia.” 

“Her mother took your father. Now she has your 

husband too. And you’re too stupid to see the 

pattern.” 

“You put your hands on a member of my family 

over a blurry photo shot from behind.” 

“Chloe, you’re not just stupid. You’re blind.” 

Chloe stared at the photo. A clear shot, full face. 

The woman was wearing the same haute couture 

gown, and she was wrapped around Felix, face 

pressed into his neck. 

There it was. 

Every accusation, every slap, every smug word out 

of her mouth, all of it built on a lie. 

She had destroyed her own family for a man who’d 

been playing her the entire time. 

Chloe let out a scream that shattered what was 

left of her composure. She launched herself at 

Felix, hands closing around his throat. 

“I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you, you lying piece of…” 

They went down together, clawing and thrashing 

on the marble. 

Arthur watched like none of it interested him. 

He crossed the room to me, crouched down, and 

brushed the hair from my face. 

“Clara. You okay?” 

Those eyes, the ones that terrified everyone else, 

went soft the second they landed on me. 

I shook my head. My eyes never left Julian. 

“Arthur, I’m fine.” 

“Julian… is he…” 

Eleanor sat back on her heels and exhaled. 

“We’ve got a heartbeat.” 

“He’s stable for now. But I need him back at our 

hospital in Highcrest tonight. Full workup, no 

cutting corners.” 

The breath I’d been holding for the last hour finally left my body. 

I collapsed where I sat, gulping air, crying so hard I 

couldn’t see. 

Julian slowly opened his eyes. 

His gaze was unfocused, drifting, until it found 

1. me. 

He lifted one hand, slow and trembling, and his 

voice barely made it above a whisper. 

“Clara… don’t cry…” 

He had no idea how close he’d just come to dying. 

All he knew was that I was crying, and that wasn’t 

okay. 

I grabbed his hand and held on like I’d never let go. 

“I won’t cry. Julian, we’re going home.” 

Arthur straightened up. Chloe and Felix were still 

tangled on the floor. 

“Take them away.” 

“Bayport won’t be needing the Thornes anymore.”