Chapter 185

Ophelia’s expression darkened, and just as she was about to speak, she suddenly—

“Bang!”

The door was kicked open by someone.

“Mr. Winford!” The maid’s exclamation sounded.

Ophelia suddenly turned her head and saw a tall, imposing man, wrapped in frost, striding in with powerful long legs. Behind him was Vivian, who had been unable to stop him.

In that moment, Ophelia suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and her eyes unconsciously brightened. Although she herself had no way out, when she saw the man arrive, it was as if she had seen a savior, and she was extremely happy.

“Honey!” she called softly.

Winford looked at her for the first time and, seeing that she was fine, the coldness between her brows slightly softened. He looked at Glenda and asked, “Grandma, what were you just trying to do?”

“How did Winford suddenly come back? Didn’t he have important matters to attend to?” Upon seeing her grandson, Glenda’s cold expression immediately disappeared, and her tone softened considerably.

“My wife had been bullied, so what business did I have to attend to?” Winford said directly, his tone somewhat cold.

Glenda choked for a moment, but this time she was determined to discipline Ophelia properly. She said, “Your wife did something wrong. Since you don’t have the time, I will take it upon myself to discipline her well; otherwise, it will be a problem in the future!”

“What did Lia do wrong?”

Speaking of this, Glenda’s expression turned a bit unpleasant again. “What did she do? Just look at Bertha!”

Bertha timely showed a pitiful appearance; she had just deliberately knocked her head hard again, and blood had seeped through the gauze, making her look somewhat tragic. But there was not a ripple in Winford’s eyes as he coldly said, “Still alive, that is Lia’s mercy.”

The air suddenly fell into a dead silence, and Bertha’s pitiful expression froze. No one expected that Winford would say such a cold-blooded remark! Ophelia almost laughed out loud. Bertha must have been out of her mind to complain to her husband about her misfortunes.

She sat relaxed in the wheelchair, her uninjured foot gently swaying, her heart filled with a sense of security. Her husband had come, so she was no longer afraid of anything!

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Glenda choked, “Winford, you!”

“However, Grandma, you are right,” Winford suddenly said. “This matter should be handled properly, so that some people do not fail to recognize their own identity and status.”

Thinking that he was referring to Ophelia, Glenda’s expression relaxed slightly. However, he then continued with the next sentence—

“Let Lia decide how Bertha and Elva should be dealt with.”

This sentence made Bertha and Elva’s faces freeze once again.

“Mr. Winford?!” Elva had a look of disbelief, doubting that she had heard correctly. But Winford didn’t glance at her at all. His deep-set eyes were lowered as he looked at the girl in the wheelchair beside him. His tone was light, yet it left no room for argument: “You can do whatever you want. You are my wife, Winford’s wife, and the lady of the Pruitt family. You don’t need to worry about anything.”

“Winford!” Glenda angrily stamped her cane and suddenly stood up.

Winford remained unfazed and said, “Grandma, if you do something wrong, you should pay the price. That was the rule of the Pruitt family.”

“Lia, go ahead.”

Ophelia’s lips curled slightly. This feeling of having someone backing me up was really great! She squinted at Bertha and Elva, and just as she was about to speak, Bertha sensed something was wrong and jumped in first!

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She suddenly stood up, stumbled a bit, and said desolately, “What does the lady want to do with me? Is it not enough that I am hurt like this? I see that what the lady wants is my life!”

“Alright, as long as you are willing to spare my Elva, what does it matter if I give you this life? After all, my husband has been dead for so many years, and I have lived enough on my own!”

As she spoke, she unexpectedly cried and rushed towards the wall beside her!

Glenda was shocked and exclaimed, “What are you doing? Someone, come and stop her!”

Two servants hurried forward to hold her back, but Bertha remained persistent, wanting to throw herself against the wall, crying out loudly as she said—

“I had really had enough of living these years! Madam Pruitt, I could no longer accompany you!”

“The only concern I had in my life was Elva. I hoped that in the future, Madam Pruitt would, out of consideration for our past relationship, help take care of her and not let her be bullied alone.”

Elva cried out “Mom” and also reached out to her.

The scene was in chaos. Glenda’s face looked extremely pale, and Bertha’s words struck right at her heart.