Chapter 18

Megan's parents, William White and Esther, rushed over as soon as they received the news. The first thing Esther did was slap Caspian hard across the face. She pointed at him and shouted, "What did you do to my daughter? How could you treat her like this? If anything happens to her, we won't let you walk away from it." Caspian stood there like a puppet, letting Esther vent her fury. The incident had also shaken the Stone family. Caspian's grandfather, Raymond Stone, was filled with shame and kept apologizing to William and Esther. "I failed to raise Cedric properly. Please, don't be angry. I'll make him give you a proper explanation." Tears welled in Esther's eyes as she gripped Megan's hand and looked at her pale face. "If Caspian and Cedric liked Arianna, they could've just said so. We never forced this marriage. Why would they be so cruel to Meg?" Esther couldn't bear to imagine what Megan had endured, being treated as a shared wife for Cedric and Caspian. She hated that sh