Mr. CEO's Substitute Bride-Chapter 1096 - 1092: Let the Public Condemn Them

"What did you say?" Josephine Hawthorne pushed her daughter away, asking in disbelief.

Hannah Hargrave pursed her lips in grievance, a tear rolling down with her words, "Nicholas... proposed to that bitch at the concert..."

Josephine suddenly turned to her husband, Henry Hargrave, "Grayson, is what Hannah said true?"

Henry squinted his eyes, pondering, but Josephine’s shout brought him back to his senses. He raised his brows, took a deep breath, and uttered a syllable from his nose, "Hmm."

"Was it the concert that was live just now?" Josephine pointed at the television, continuing to ask in disbelief.

Henry turned his eyes over impatiently and said, "What else could it be!"

Josephine...

After being stunned for two seconds, she let go of her daughter and approached Henry, glaring down at him and loudly accusing, "Isn’t it all your fault for bringing that bitch home? It’s been just a short time and she already stole Hannah’s man. I think that little bitch was born to be lowly; she ignores all the men in the world and insists on seducing her sister’s man!"

"Enough! Just save it!" Henry displeasedly interrupted Josephine’s complaints. He didn’t want to see this happen either, "What use is saying all this now? Ultimately, Hannah couldn’t keep Nicholas tied to her!"

"Dad! How can you say that!" Hannah loudly retorted in dissatisfaction after Henry’s words landed. She turned to face her father and said, aggrieved, "I’ve been with Nicholas for over three years, but I’m a self-respecting woman. I won’t cling to him to win him over, nor will I adopt shameful means to seduce him!"

Hannah spoke boldly, while Josephine chimed in supportively beside her.

"Exactly! Our Hannah is knowledgeable and sensible, unlike that little bitch. She might have taken advantage of Nicholas’s unguarded moment to climb into his bed and used tricks to force Nicholas into proposing!"

The more Josephine spoke, the more outrageous her words became, annoying Henry to the point where he immediately slapped the sofa and stood up, impatiently snapping, "Enough! What’s the use of saying all this now? If you’re capable, have Hannah win Nicholas back!"

Henry’s words were out of frustration and didn’t carry serious intent, but Josephine took them to heart, coldly snorting before turning to comfort her daughter, grabbing her arm, "Hannah, don’t worry. Nicholas has only proposed, they haven’t married yet. Even if they do marry, we can still win him back!"

Listening to his wife instruct their daughter this way, Henry shook his head helplessly and walked towards the stairs.

...

Mother and daughter sat on the sofa, Hannah still sobbing. Josephine rubbed her daughter’s back while calculating something. Suddenly, her gaze tightened as she turned back and said, "Hannah, don’t you have many friends in the media? Tomorrow, have them release news online, claiming you and Nicholas were already discussing marriage, but unexpectedly your sister ruined it... With the internet so advanced these days, public opinion can drown them out, and let’s see how they can stay together then!"

Hannah paused her sobbing, her tissue stopping beneath her eyes, and asked hoarsely, "Will it work?"

"Hmph!" Josephine coldly chuckled, "If I hadn’t created media pressure back then, the one sitting here would probably be that bitch’s mother!"

Upstairs in a room, Henry stood by the window for a long time before finally picking up his phone to dial Nicholas Croft’s number.