Chapter 668: Chapter 668: Breaking the Taboo
If it weren’t for the presence of Old Master Halloway here, I bet everyone would be bursting into laughter on the spot.
This lady sure has an impressive way with words, she seems to be praising while actually pushing Miss Halloway down into the dirt.
Especially that phrase ’propriety, righteousness, integrity,’ isn’t that calling Miss Halloway shameless?
Miss Vaughn only stops short of saying right in Old Master Halloway’s face: your granddaughter’s character is depraved, shameless to the extreme.
The Vaughn Family would never want such a daughter-in-law, could you please handle the return and after-sales service!
Truly incredible!
Old Master Halloway’s complexion was shifting back and forth between red and white, remarkably diverse yet shockingly without a word of rebuttal.
Not because he agreed with Ann Vaughn’s words, but because...
"This lady here, although I don’t know who you are in the Vaughn Family, why you would slander me like this, if I don’t explain right now, how will I live once your words spread out?"
At this moment, a voice filled with humiliation yet strongly suppressed rang out abruptly.
Then appeared Sylvia Halloway, dressed in a long gown fringed with crystals, her eyes red as she walked towards Old Master Halloway.
Ann Vaughn knitted her fine brows slightly, recalling the voices she heard in the reception room earlier, her stomach churned.
She forced herself not to reveal a look of disgust, "What instruction does the innocent and lively Miss Halloway have?"
Hearing those four words describing her, Sylvia Halloway nearly gritted her silver tooth to pieces.
Does this woman think she can’t tell she’s being mocked for having the intellect of a three-year-old!?
Old Master Halloway immediately signaled to Sylvia Halloway not to speak, then cautiously asked Ann Vaughn, "Miss Vaughn, Sylvia was just being immature, please forgive her error given your magnanimity."
Sylvia Halloway widened her eyes in disbelief at how her grandfather could be so pathetically submissive to this woman.
"Grandfather, I originally wanted to leave Ian with a final shred of decency, not making things too absolute, but now... if I don’t speak up, by tomorrow all of Marinia will be pointing their fingers at me, calling me disrespectful to elders, and poorly raised!"
Finished saying this angrily, Sylvia Halloway pointed to the entrance of the venue, "Grandfather, I’ve already had her brought here!"
"Sylvia!" Old Master Halloway’s murky eyes flashed with disappointment, but Sylvia didn’t notice.
Ann Vaughn raised her brow towards the entrance, seeing a servant from the venue bringing a girl in a white cotton dress, weak and out of place with the entire venue.
Ann Vaughn’s gaze lingered for a moment on the girl’s abdomen, her red lips curled slowly.
As the guests’ attention gradually turned towards the girl, Sylvia Halloway spoke shocking words: "I assume most of you still don’t know, during the period Ian Vaughn and I were engaged, he secretly dated another woman!"
Her words were like a giant stone plunging into water, causing a roaring stir.
But it wasn’t over, Sylvia Halloway pointed at the girl angrily and said, "Can you believe it? Ian Vaughn, an honorary professor at S University, was not only involved with his student but also impregnated her!"
"I liked him so much, yet what did he do to me!?"
Each accusation followed by another was like blows raining down, shaking everyone’s hearts, leaving the atmosphere in the venue utterly silent.
That’s Ian Vaughn we’re talking about.
The sole heir of Marinia’s noble Vaughn Family, radiant and virtuous, a gentleman paragon, what many debutantes yearn for as a husband?
Yet, such a man committed the taboo of dating his student and even...
This kind of thing is truly unspeakable!
Seeing the disdain on everyone’s faces, Sylvia Halloway laughed silently inside, but outwardly appeared even more innocent and pitiful, looking at the pondering Ann Vaughn.
"If I broke off the engagement with Ian Vaughn for this reason, making you and the Vaughn Family uncomfortable, I apologize. But such a man, I, Sylvia Halloway, will absolutely never want!"
Upon hearing her words, some debutantes immediately showed sympathetic expressions.
"Sylvia, this is not your fault, you have nothing to apologize for!"
"Exactly, are the Vaughns insane? Earlier pretending to pass out and not break off the engagement was bad enough, now sending a random woman to humiliate Miss Halloway, got slapped in the face now didn’t they? Where’s their apology?"
"I’m really fed up, Ian Vaughn should be given a thousand cuts for being such scum! Being in a vegetative state is too easy for him! Ugh!"
"Disgusting!"
A flood of accusations and slander surged towards Ann Vaughn, sharp as if with thorns.
But she didn’t even furrow her brow, ignoring the pretentious Sylvia Halloway and those guests filled with righteous indignation, directly walking to the white-dressed girl who had remained silent.
"How far along are you?" Ann Vaughn looked straight into the girl’s eyes, asked faintly.
"Two, two months." The girl lowered her head, stammeringly answering her.
Sylvia Halloway, seeing this, immediately stepped forward to protect the girl, glaring at Ann Vaughn, "With me here, you won’t dare threaten her!"
Unexpectedly, Ann Vaughn burst out laughing.
"What’s so funny?!"
"Funny how dramatic you are." Ann Vaughn’s red lips curved, "Miss Halloway, do you know how long this girl has been pregnant?"
Sylvia Halloway sneered, "Two months, at that time Ian Vaughn and I were at the peak of our relationship, who would have thought he’d..."
"Make a miracle of impregnating a woman who’s been pregnant less than three weeks for over two months, right?" Ann Vaughn’s smile deepened, effortlessly shattering Sylvia Halloway’s lie.
The sudden reversal left the guests who were continuously berating Ann Vaughn and the Vaughn Family stunned.
Sylvia Halloway widened her eyes, "What are you babbling? Would I randomly find a woman to falsely accuse Ian Vaughn?!"
Ann Vaughn shrugged, pushed Sylvia aside, dexterous fingers accurately clasping the girl’s wrist.
The girl couldn’t break free no matter how she tried, her face flushed with agitation.
"You are less than three weeks pregnant, poor maternal health resulting in a weak fetus, and the fetal position is quite abnormal, the likelihood of an ectopic pregnancy is very high, this child is unlikely to be saved."
After feeling the girl’s pulse, Ann Vaughn released her hand, her smile chilly, "What? Slandering Ian Vaughn wasn’t enough, wishing to use this child to frame someone else?"
Indeed, those who might attend tonight were only Old Mr. Vaughn and the Vaughns.
When the time comes, not only would Ian Vaughn’s reputation be in tatters, but the Vaughn Family would also be branded for reckless homicide.
Would the wolves hungry for the Vaughn Family show mercy by then?
Sylvia Halloway had such deep plots, aiming for two birds with one stone!
"Who, who are you exactly, why are you slandering me, I have no idea what you’re talking about!" The girl bit her lip, adamantly denying.
Upon hearing this, Ann Vaughn’s delicate brows and eyes grew frostier, "I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Ann Vaughn, the current owner of Vaughn Medical Hall, Imperial Capital. Unfortunately, I know some medicine."