Invisible to My First Love (Harper and Maddox) novel Chapter 80

Chapter 80

Harper

I hated how she put me on the spot and it took me a few seconds to even react.

She knew that no matter what, I wasn’t going to lash out the way I would have, had Mr Aldridge not been present.

To my surprise, it was Tiffany herself who seemed to panic when she said, “Mom, there’s no need to bring that up right now.”

“Oh, come on sweetie. It’s okay.” Her mother chuckled dismissively.

Even with that, Tiffany still seemed a little uncomfortable and she wasn’t the only one. Grayson huffed loudly, his eyes darting between his mother–in–law and me. Was I missing something?

I glanced at Maddox and all he did was just smirk at me, as if he liked where things were going and was just going to enjoy the show.

“As far as I know, my daughter put everything behind her so she could focus on this new chapter, now that she’s going to be a mother. For whatever reason she did what she did to you-”

“For whatever reason?” I snapped. “You say it like it’s not already obvious and…”

I trailed off when Maddox leaned towards me and whispered in my ear. I had to keep my expression blank when all I wanted to do was grow wide eyed as I learned that Grayson and Tiffany didn’t talk about the Josh situation to anyone.

Maddox even left it up to me to talk about it or just let it be.

As he sat upright again, I faced the table, wondering what difference it was going to make if I brought up Josh. I didn’t know if Mr Aldridge would lash out at me, depending on whether he was going to believe me or not, but his reaction didn’t matter. Grayson’s reaction was all that mattered and I’d already seen how he’d stood by Tiffany’s side no matter how solid my evidence was.

It was for this reason that I chose not to even bring it up.

Since it was believed that there was no reason behind what Tiffany had done, the situation should’ve worked in my favor even more, but it didn’t. She needed to be painted as the one who was wrong for coming after me the way she did, but Mrs Aldridge was her mother and that was enough to make any situation work in their favor.

“Harper,” Tiffany said in a sweet voice, placing a hand on her chest. “I’m deeply sorry about what I did to you. I really did put the past behind me, but I just couldn’t help it and fell into old habits a-”

“Enough.” Mr Aldridge sharply cut her off. “How dare you sit here and-”

“Ah!” Tiffany suddenly whimpered, placing a hand on her stomach with her eyes shut in discomfort.

Grayson and his mother–in–law panicked the most and she even rushed to her so they could check on her together.

“Will you be happy if something happens to my grandchild?” Mrs Aldridge snapped at her husband, who was now worried and just stood in place after getting up from his seat.

I couldn’t tell if Tiffany was being serious or just trying to use her pregnancy to her advantage.

It all became clear when she assured everyone she’d be fine, waited until they were back in their seats, then glanced at me, as if to show me she had everyone wrapped around her finger.

As Mrs Aldridge encouraged Tiffany to focus on taking care of herself, I felt Mr Aldridge looking in my direction. I looked up from my plate, only to find that his gaze was on Maddox. I looked over at Maddox and he was doing the same thing. At that moment, it felt like they shared a knowing look.

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