Chapter 1327
Lorraine 15
Chapter 1327 Lorraine 15
Feeling the gazes of those around him, Paget's face turned pale and then flushed. He straightened his face and bowed to the archbishop, saying, "I am truly sorry for making you laugh at me today."
"The wedding can't go on, so we'll be leaving now."
The archbishop smiled and said, "Of course, please take care, Master Dubote."
Whether it was a wedding or not isn't that important; what's important is that I witnessed a very exciting scene today. It was this chosen one of Gods who left so abruptly.
I don't know when I'll hear from her again.
Paget glanced at all the clansmen who had come over, then looked at the Gomez family who were trying to slip away. He stared at Margeli and said, "If any of them leave, you don't need to go back. I'll send you directly back to the Gomez family."
Margery had never been treated with such humiliation before. She also had a capable maid by her side, who stood silently behind her mother, Jolina, clearly intending to guard the hostage.
At this moment, she couldn't help but feel resentful towards Tan You. Fine, she could have just left, but she'd planted such a huge landmine for her. Little did she know that if she hadn't gone too far earlier, how could Tan You have been so meticulous and calculating?
The Dubote and Gomez families departed one after another, and the nobles and commoners, having nothing more to see, returned to their homes. However, for a long time to come, the central figure in the capital would be Tan You, who had already gone to exile.
And the Dubert and Gomez families.
The closer they got to the family territory, the uglier Paget's expression became. In public, he had to maintain the dignity of a nobleman, so even if he was emotional, he had to restrain himself.
But once he was on his own turf, Paget could no longer control himself.
Margeli sat beside him, her legs trembling with fear. She had kept the embezzlement of Lorraine's private funds a complete secret, but she never expected it to be exposed so suddenly.
Where did she get 150 million amethyst coins?
Margely knew Paget; he was a calculating and profit-driven man. She knew Paget had embezzled so much money and caused the Dubot family so much financial loss; he would definitely try to make it up to her later.
At this moment, Margery was calculating how much she had provided for her mother clan over the past three years. If Dubote wanted to settle accounts with her, she would also settle accounts with her mother clan, since her mother clan had indeed taken a lot of benefits from her.
The two inside the carriage were lost in their own thoughts, while Williams, riding alongside outside, was also in a somber mood. He had a premonition that his engagement had been publicly broken off today, and that his position as the First Knight Commander of the Royal Knights was over.
No one can accept a knight with a blemish, especially not the Royal Knights, who represent the royal family. To save face, it's best if he resigns voluntarily; they can't really force him to leave.
At that point, we really had no face left, although we still don't have any face left now.
Upon arriving at the family's main hall, Paget was the first to alight from the carriage. In the past, he would at least make a show of helping Margie down, but this time, he flicked his sleeve, glanced at the guards beside him, and walked ahead.
The guards were all old hands who had served him for a long time; they knew what to do with just a glance from him. A dozen or so guards silently surrounded George, Jolina, and the Gomez tribesmen. Clearly, they couldn't leave until the matter was clarified.
As soon as they sat down in the main hall, Paget's third brother, Sonnen, who had been pacing anxiously back and forth, immediately came to greet them: "What happened? What is that red dragon? It just took Luther, the Moonstone, and the ledgers away!"
"Wasn't it supposed to be a wedding? Where's the bride? Also, I heard in the family that Lorraine became a chosen one of the gods. Is that true?"
Because he had stayed behind at the family estate, he was unaware of what had happened at the Temple of Light, and Sonnter still assumed the wedding would proceed as planned. When Chris arrived at the estate in a hurricane, he was terrified. How could a human dare to oppose a dragon? Naturally, Sonnter gave Chris whatever he wanted. After finally managing to get rid of the dragon, Paget's guards returned shortly afterward and collected 150 million amethyst coins. Sonnter had no choice but to allow them to take this huge sum from the estate.
They finally got back, but where's the bride? And why does everyone look so grim?
Upon hearing the word "bride," Paget's face darkened even more. He swaggered down to the head seat, and Margie wanted to sit down, but one glare from Paget silenced her.
She stood dejectedly in the center of the main hall, and the Gomez tribesmen who came with her did not dare to sit down. The atmosphere in the hall was so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip from it.
Williams, of course, couldn't side with Margery. As the eldest son of the Dubert family, he was destined to inherit the family fortune. In other words, the money Margery gave away would eventually become his money.
How could he possibly side with his maternal family?
Therefore, Williams pretended not to notice Margery's meaningful glance and sat down next to Paget. Seeing that her eldest son wasn't favoring his maternal family, Paget's mood improved slightly.
But it's only a tiny bit.
He stared at Margery until she lowered her head before Paget finally spoke: "Tell me, where did you spend all of Lorraine's private funds?"
"If you can't come up with a clear answer today, you should pack your things and go home."
Margely trembled slightly and began to slowly confess: "At first, I didn't want to use her private funds either. It was my sister-in-law who came over and told me that Lorraine wouldn't have the family's support anymore, so her things would belong to the family. That's why I..."
Paget didn't look at the Gomez people, but stared at Marjell.
Margely wiped away her tears: "After I got the key to the private vault, the first nanny said that Dennis wanted to become an apprentice of Teacher Patin at the magic academy and needed a lot of money to smooth things over. The nanny took one million amethyst coins from me."
"Not two months later, my sister-in-law said that my brother's shipbuilding business was losing money, losing nearly ten million amethyst coins, and I covered the hole for her."
She confessed everything, from her parents' birthdays to the births of Gomez family children; they always had a reason to ask for money.
Margery cried, her whole body trembling: "I didn't want to give it to her, but my sister-in-law said that if I didn't give her the money, she would tell everyone that I had embezzled Lorraine's vault. I was threatened!"
As Margery recounted her story, George and Jolina's expressions also turned sour.
Qiao Lina was the first to defend herself: "I have never asked you for money. You asked your sister-in-law to send it to me. I was wondering why you have been so generous these past few years."
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