Married First, Loved Later : A Flash Marriage with My Ex's 'Uncle' novel Chapter 277

Chapter 277: The Deceived Father

Joe’s face darkened with a tinge of green.

Ten minutes earlier—

Joe had just arrived at the jewelry store when he saw someone apparently trying to snatch a ring from Angelica. He immediately stepped forward, only to be blocked.

Jack respectfully intervened, "Chairman Morris, my boss asks that you stay calm."

Joe frowned. "Mr. Reid? Sorry, but my daughter is being bullied—I don’t have time to stay calm."

He was about to march forward when Logan let out a lazy laugh. "Strange. I must’ve missed the part where someone was bullying Miss Clark."

Joe’s temper flared. "Of course you didn’t see it—because the one bullying her is Selina, and she’s your wife. Naturally, you’d side with her."

"Selina?" Logan’s smile didn’t reach his eyes. "Or maybe what you saw and what I saw were two completely different things?"

Joe glanced into the store, watching Angelica slowly lose ground, and his tone turned sharper. "Selina took the ring Angelica ordered like it was hers to claim. Who knows how many times she’s pulled stunts like that!"

"And how is Chairman Morris so sure that ring belonged to Angelica?"

Joe answered without hesitation, "My daughter’s a Morris. She lacks for nothing. If she wanted the ring, she could’ve just bought it. Why lie?"

To him, it was obvious. The daughter of the Morris Family wouldn’t stoop to fighting over jewelry.

"Mr. Reid, you can indulge your Mrs. Reid and stand idly by, But as a father, I can’t just stand by and watch!"

With that, he stepped forward—

Only to freeze.

Inside the store, Selina had just proved, beyond a doubt, that the rings were hers.

Logan’s eyes went cold. "Looks like Chairman Morris was wrong. It wasn’t Selina bullying Angelica—it was Angelica bullying Selina. Stealing someone else’s wedding ring? Who knows how many times she’s done that."

He threw Joe’s words right back at him, and Joe’s face stiffened.

Logan spoke casually, almost amused: "Why don’t you guess again—now that it’s clear the rings belong to Selina, do you think Angelica will still try to take them?"

Joe bristled. "Absolutely not!" he snapped. "Mr. Reid, I respect you, but don’t insult my daughter."

"Angelica has a kind heart. She would never knowingly take her sister’s wedding ring."

Joe convinced himself it must’ve been a mistake by the staff. Angelica couldn’t have known. She wouldn’t.

But just as he said that, Angelica stepped forward, gazed down at Selina, and said clearly: "Selina, I didn’t want to take your rings, but Mother likes them. Can’t you just let her have them?"

...

Joe looked like he’d been hit over the head. He froze.

Logan clapped slowly. "Guess you were wrong again, Chairman Morris."

"Angelica conspired with the store manager to twist the truth and steal Selina’s ring. So tell me—do you think that’s acceptable behavior? Is that the kind of woman Morris Family raises?"

Joe’s pupils constricted.

No—it wasn’t.

Morris Family had been built over a century. Joe had always been meticulous with his reputation, always careful not to bring shame to the family name. He’d assumed Victoria’s daughter would be the same: poised, proper, and principled.

Not someone who would use power and status to get what she wanted.

But then—

As Joe struggled to process the truth, Angelica shook her head with a sigh.

"These rings were originally Logan’s gift to me. I turned them down, and that’s the only reason Selina has them now. If I wanted them back, they’d still be mine."

Joe suddenly seemed to latch onto a reason—something to justify his judgment of character—and quickly looked up.

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