Chapter 98 She Was the Only Choice

• Both Ethan and Thea wore an austere look on their faces. Payment for prostitutes? The terms were not only a humiliation to Thea, but to Ethan too. Ethan never thought he would hear Cordelia spewing such disgraceful words.
• On the other hand, Thea gritted her teeth to curb her temper. “Yes. I remember the etiquette my family taught me, so I will never—”
• “Etiquette? How dare you even mention that?!” Cordelia snapped, the fury under her eyes incinerating the little rationality she had left. Unbidden, she yelled, “Your mother ran away with a jerk after giving birth to you, so how could you have learned any etiquette? I heard that you also have an illegitimate child! Out of all things, you decided to follow after your mother, sleeping around with just about any man she encounters! What a disgusting existence!”