Chapter 79

Ophelia spoke sharply, and the surrounding servants couldn't help but cast disdainful glances at Erin, who felt her face burn with embarrassment. She pinched her palm and avoided answering the two questions, only saying, “No matter what, they are still your uncle and grandmother! My mother was thrown by you and is still in the hospital. Don’t you have any remorse at all?”

“Did you take action?” Winford suddenly furrowed his brows and looked at the girl beside him. Ophelia’s heart skipped a beat. Did he also think that she was being too much? Erin coldly laughed to herself with satisfaction.

“Look,” she said, “once Mr. Winford knew what kind of person this little wretch was, how could he not mind!” Ophelia hurried to explain.

“I—”

“Didn’t you take someone with you? For such matters, it was enough to give the order; why did you do it yourself? What would you have done if you got hurt?”

Winford said in a light tone, “Wasn’t there enough people that day?”

“Huh?” Ophelia was stunned.

“Mr. Winford?” Erin’s expression froze.

“How was the Herrera family now?” Winford asked again.

Erin hurriedly said, “My mom was still lying in the hospital; the doctor said she wouldn’t be able to get out of bed for a month or two. My brother also had his leg broken by Ophelia’s people, and our whole family could only live in the temporary house I rented for them…”

Ophelia couldn’t help but roll her eyes. One or two months unable to get out of bed? Sophia just fell down once! Wasn’t she still lively and bouncing around at that time? There was also Hudson, who could break a leg just by slapping him a few times. What a strange thing!

She was about to speak when Winford spoke first: “Is that all?” The tone seemed to be somewhat displeased.

“Mr. Winford…?” Erin’s face stiffened slightly once again.

What does it mean to say “just like that”? Didn’t Mr. Winford hear clearly what she said? Ophelia had sent both her mother and her brother to the hospital! Moreover, what kind of life her brother’s family had lived before, and what kind of life they were living now! The luxury car was gone, the villa was gone, and they had to buy clothes on the spot! The whole family could only squeeze into the temporary apartment she had rented!

All of this was caused by that little wretch, Ophelia!

If Ophelia had known her inner thoughts, she would have probably laughed herself to death! What luxury cars, what villas! They didn’t even consider what kind of life the Herrera family had lived before! If it weren’t for her mother, the Herrera family would still be digging for food in the fields, right? When stolen things are used for a long time, did one forget that they originally belonged to someone else? Ha!

“Repaying debts is a matter of principle,” Winford’s expression darkened slightly. “Since you couldn’t repay it, why did you borrow it in the first place? Did you think Lia was naive and easy to deceive for money?”

An invisible pressure bore down on Erin, causing a drop of cold sweat to slide down her temple. She gritted her teeth and said, “But Mr. Winford, my mom and my brother, they are Ophelia’s grandmother and uncle! They had been so good to her all these years, yet she didn’t care about family at all…!”

“You were just Lia’s stepmother, your mother, your brother—when did you become qualified to be Lia’s grandmother and uncle?”

Erin’s unfinished words were stuck in her throat, and her expression was extremely awkward.

“As for family affection? Have I treated Lia well over the years? Are you referring to the matter of Lia scamming money?”

Erin was instantly speechless, her face alternating between pale and flushed.

“Hubby!” Ophelia hugged the man’s arm, her eyes sparkling as she looked at him, filled with admiration and surprise. She had never expected that he would say such things to her! Seeing Erin’s expression, she almost couldn’t help but laugh out loud!

Winford lowered his head, looking at the girl’s beautiful face and her admiring gaze, and a hint of anger stirred within him. His little wife, how much bullying had she endured over all those years? However, a stepmother, along with some unworthy family members, actually dared to step on her head! A trace of fierce energy flashed in his eyes, and he said, “Just going to the hospital, just having no place to stay, how is that enough?”

“Graham!”

Graham stood up and said, “Mr. Winford.”

“Go, let the Herrera family leave Minston just as they came!” Winford said something that made Erin’s expression change dramatically in a nonchalant tone. “Anything that does not belong to them, even if it’s just a piece of cloth, should not have been allowed to be taken away by them!”