Chapter 452

Rosalia stormed in, hurling accusations, and the faces of the Brown and Atlas families darkened instantly. As the wife of a high-ranking official, Camillie Brown had always been treated with deference wherever she went. But now, Vivienne had outright demanded the annulment of the engagement between Rory and Huan, showing no regard for her dignity. This had already stoked her fury. When Rosalia burst in with her tirade, Camillie could no longer contain her rage. Her voice dripped with icy disdain, "Is this the kind of daughter your Smith family raises? If a girl has such appalling manners, one can only imagine what kind of scoundrel your son must be. If this is how things stand, then breaking off the engagement is for the best!" Limberly, who had been accompanying Vivienne, couldn’t stay silent either. Her daughter had been deceived by Rory, punished with caning and confinement in the ancestral hall—and now the Brown family had the audacity to look down on her? "My daughter may have her