Bound Hearts: My Vows to My Disabled Spouse

Back On The Table

Elyse nodded. She could as much.

"In their eyes, I am nowhere near as valuable as Bryce," Jayden said calmly. "Of course, they

would only care about the son they value."

"What kind of parents are they?" Elyse's words came out in a whisper, but her tone was filled with indignation.

"My family is very complicated. I'm afraid it cannot be defined by the normal standards of society."

Jayden took her hand and squeezed it slightly. "Let's go to the dining room, shall we?"

Elyse nodded, and they entered the dining hall together. They both sat near one end of the table. Shortly after, Jayden's grandpa Enzo appeared, leaning on his cane as he made his way over. His hair was gray, his face wrinkled, yet his eyes shimmered with both wit and vitality.

All at once, the atmosphere in the room shifted. Everyone became silent and still, so much so that Elyse thought they had stopped breathing altogether. Even Bryce, who had been voicing his, impatience moments ago, now sat upright in his chair.

Enzo's children stood up in unison and greeted him with the utmost

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"Sit down. It's just a family gathering, no need for all the fuss." Enzo sat at the head of the table and swept his gaze over the rest of the occupants. When his eyes fell on Elyse, they stayed there. She held her chin high and braced herself. She already had a guess about what the old man would say to her. To her surprise, however, Enzo said nothing. His gaze lingered for a few more seconds before he turned to Jayden.

"Let's eat."

Elyse fixed her wary gaze on Enzo and breathed a small sigh of relief. He was so intimidating that the brief stare-down just now had actually made her sweat.

"Sorry, I'm late." A voice suddenly called out from the entrance. Everyone turned and saw Joanna walking over with a gift in hand.

"Mr. Enzo Owen, on behalf of the Foster family, I'm here to wish you a very happy birthday."

She bowed to Enzo and handed the gift to the servant closest to her. Then she walked up to. Jayden with a smile and placed her hands on his shoulders.

[miss you so much, Jayden."

An eerie silence fell over the room.

Jayden didn't even put his fork down. With his free hand, he grabbed one of Joanna's and broke

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her wrist with a single twist. The sound of her bones crunching echoed in the otherwise silent

room, and Joanna's face twisted in pain.

"Ah! My hand!"

Brook, who was sitting beside Jayden, was afforded a front-row view of what the latter had done.

"Oh, my! You broke Miss Foster's hand! That's very rude of you!"

"Am I expected to be courteous after what she did to me?" Jayden countered.

"Jayden," Joanna all but wailed, "I know you're mad at me. I'll let you punish me however you

want, but please forgive me just this once."

Unable to take the other woman's shamelessness, Elyse decided to speak up. "Today is Jayden's grandpa's birthday. Why are you bringing up the past all of a sudden."

But Joanna ignored her. Instead, she bit her lower lip and gave Jayden a coy look. "I know I was wrong, But I already explained my reasons to your grandpa. He said that as long as you forgive me, the two of us can still...".

Further down the table, Tess was furious at what she was seeing

Joanna's family had never been decent people, and now, they had long since declined in social

standing. Clinging onto the Owen family was their last hope.

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men in the Owen family refused to accept Joanna, so she had no choice but to match her with

Jayden in the end.

If Tess were being honest, she didn't like Joanna at all. No one in their right mind would even consider her as a potential daughter-in-law.

Tess gritted her teeth and turned to glare at Enzo. "What do you mean by this, Dad? Have you forgotten all the shame we endured when Joanna fled her own wedding? Why did you even allow her to be here?"

The old man was unbothered. He took a bite of his food and sipped his drink before saying, "I thought long and hard about it. The Foster family is a good business partner, and Joanna is smitten with Jayden. It makes perfect sense. Their marriage is back on the table."

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere changed yet again. The other occupants at the table turned to Jayden's parents with expressions ranging from mockery to disdain. Jayden's parents were outraged, of course, but they didn't dare to protest.

Enzo was deliberately humiliating them with this move.

randpa Enzo!" Elyse cried out in anger. She swallowed her fear and faced the old man head-on. "What about me, then? I am Jayden's current and legal wife. Do you expect me to just hand over my position and fade into the background?"