Chapter 150

Alex's face turned dark as he glared back at Charlotte. "You think I'm dumb enough to raise someone else's kid as my own?" Charlotte flinched at his fury, clenching her fingers nervously as she stepped back. "What if... what if it was Madeleine who tricked you? Maybe she did it on purpose—" "If she was that capable, would she have let you bully her like that?" Alex snapped coldly. "If the Merritt family doesn't want their daughter embarrassing herself out in public, they better take her home and keep her in check. She's not even married into the Simpson family yet and already laid a hand on my kid—what's she gonna do if she really marries in? You think I'd just let that slide?" Inwardly, Alex cursed Charlotte for being such an idiot. "Alex…" Diana Merritt began, clearly unsettled. "If she ever does anything to hurt Madeleine or Chris again, the wedding's off," Alex said, voice low and firm. Diana looked at him in shock, then turned anxiously to Thomas Merritt. His expression had alread