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Chapter_141
The entire garden seemed to freeze, a suffocating silence hanging in the air after Zachary’s damning words. Nellie’s face went pale, her hands trembling as she processed the revelation. The accusation was so sharp, so cutting, that it sent shockwaves through the crowd. No one dared to speak, and the weight of the moment felt unbearable. The public had just been given a glimpse into the darkest corners of the Chambers family, a secret that had been carefully hidden for years.
Zachary’s expression remained cold, his voice calm and almost detached, as if the words he had just spoken were nothing more than an unpleasant fact he had come to terms with long ago. The people around them, those who had once whispered about the Chambers family’s power, now found themselves witness to a sordid, ugly truth. They had watched the glamorous lives of the family members for years, but this—this was something else entirely.
“Zeke and Winona, they’re not my children, are they?” Zachary’s words seemed to echo in Nellie’s ears, each syllable a new blow to her already shattered world. “You drugged me back then… I’ve had my suspicions all along.” He paused, allowing the words to sink in, his eyes narrowed as he delivered the final blow. “Let me guess, whose kids are they? Some guy named Blake? Or maybe your college professor?”
Nellie’s lips parted, but no sound came out. She was caught in a maelstrom of shock and disbelief, the life she had built with Zachary collapsing around her like a house of cards.
The crowd, though silent, was listening intently, their eyes darting from Nellie to Zachary, the truth unraveling before them. And Yvette—sitting with an almost amused expression—was the only one unaffected. Her gaze remained steady, unbothered, as if she had known the truth for years. If anything, she seemed to be enjoying the spectacle of it all. The power shift was palpable. In a single moment, Yvette had become the sole heir to the Chambers family fortune, while Nellie and her children had been cast aside.
Zeke stood frozen, his anger mixing with disbelief. He had always known that there were cracks in his family, but this—this was something beyond his comprehension. His father, who had always been a figure of strength and authority, was now a stranger, his actions and words completely incomprehensible.
As Zachary continued, his tone grew even colder, more biting. “Oh, it can’t be the male model you’ve supported for the past six months, right? And you probably don’t know that I’ve never really touched you all these years. Every time, it was just you dreaming in bed. Does it sound familiar? That’s right, you used that hallucinogen on me, didn’t you?”
The words were a final, cruel revelation. Zachary’s face twisted into a semblance of a smile as he saw the horror spreading across Nellie’s features. It was clear now—there had been a deeper betrayal, one that had been hidden for far too long. And with the discovery of this betrayal, the pieces of their marriage fell apart irreparably.
Zachary’s next words were just as devastating. “You shouldn’t be so surprised, should you? Or are you still wondering where the guys sent by Blake to sneak in and kidnap Yvette have gone? They’re already at the police station, and so is your Blake, by the way.”
The mention of the kidnapping plot—something Nellie had probably thought was long buried—brought the situation to an entirely new level of scandal. The people in the garden were now realizing the full scope of the family’s dark secrets. The once-glorious Chambers family was now reduced to nothing more than a tragic spectacle of deceit and betrayal.
Nellie was no longer able to hold back the tears that were streaming down her face. She had been exposed in the worst possible way. Her manipulations, her lies, her affair—they had all been laid bare in front of the people she had once considered her peers.
Zeke, on the other hand, was trembling with fury, his entire world crumbling in front of him. “Dad, you—how could you do this to us?” he shouted, his voice cracking. “You’re leaving everything to Yvette, after everything? You’re going to abandon me and Winona just like that?”
Zachary’s eyes flashed with coldness, his contempt for his son clear. “I’ve given you everything you’ve ever wanted, Zeke. And yet, you still don’t understand. Yvette has more strength, more control, and more ability to lead this family than you could ever dream of. I don’t owe you anything.”
With that, Zachary turned away, leaving Zeke standing there in stunned silence, a mixture of rage and betrayal boiling within him. The people in the garden were all too aware of the shift in power. Yvette, the once-dismissed daughter, had now ascended to the top. Zachary had publicly declared her as the heir to the Chambers family legacy, leaving no room for anyone else.
Nellie, her face pale and stricken with grief, reached out toward Zachary, her voice trembling. “Please, Zachary, I—”
But her pleas fell on deaf ears. Zachary was already walking away, his decision made. Yvette was the future, and Nellie and her children had no place in it.
As the crowd slowly began to disperse, whispers filled the air, and the legacy of the Chambers family seemed forever altered. The power, once held firmly by Zachary, had shifted irrevocably to his daughter Yvette, while the rest of the family was left to pick up the shattered remnants of their past lives.
In the distance, Yvette and Jeremiah continued to enjoy their quiet corner, oblivious to the chaos unfolding around them. For them, this was just another step in a much larger game. And as Yvette watched the fallout with cool detachment, she couldn’t help but wonder: how much further could she push this? How much more could she control?
Everything had changed, and she was just getting started.
