My Deceased Wife Wants a Divorce (Hannah) novel Chapter 303

Hannah paid her threat no mind and returned to her room to continue unpacking.

That evening, as dusk settled, Samuel came upstairs to call Hannah down for dinner.

When they reached the dining room, her Grandpa and Grandma, Samuel’s parents, Peter, Cherry, and several other senior members of the Temple family were already seated.

Cherry, with her dog on her lap, sniffed loudly.

“We had to send a special invitation just to get you to the table,” she remarked sarcastically. “You certainly have a high opinion of yourself, Hannah.”

“Did you send a special invitation?” Hannah asked, turning to Samuel with a look of feigned confusion.

“No, of course not.”

“Then why would she say that?” Hannah pressed, her voice laced with innocence.

Samuel shot his cousin a glare. “Cherry, is there something wrong with you? Are you stalking me now? I went upstairs and called her down once. There was no ‘special invitation.’ Are you just trying to stir up trouble for no reason?”

Cherry paused, stunned that her own cousin would side with an outsider. She slammed her palm on the table.

“How dare you speak to me like that! All the elders were waiting for her. It was her duty to come down early, not keep us waiting. I was right, wasn’t I?” she snapped, her eyes wide with indignation.

“I’m vile?” Hannah replied calmly. “You knew my mother suffered a tragedy that landed me in an orphanage, yet you used it to mock me. Does that make you noble?”

She continued, her voice steady and measured. “I just arrived at the Temple estate today, and you came to my room uninvited just to insult me, all because I didn’t address you as my ‘elder cousin.’ If you dare to treat me this way inside the family home, what would you do to me out in the world? Would you have me killed?”

Cherry’s mouth twitched, a flicker of panic in her eyes as she glanced toward her grandparents.

Her Grandpa’s face was thunderous. “Cherry, you will not eat tonight. Go to your room and reflect on your behavior! Such disrespect at your age! Your cousin just arrived, and you greet her with insults. First thing tomorrow morning, you will go home. You are not welcome in this house for the time being!”

“Grandpa, I… I didn’t mean it! I was just… her reputation is so bad, I was afraid she was an imposter, here to scam the family! You’ve all been so desperate to find Aunt Cheryl’s child, I was worried she took advantage of that!”