The Understated Dragon Lord novel Chapter 332

As the flirting continued unabated, Avery's anger simmered. Her stunning eyes widened, the fury boiling over.

"Enough!" Avery erupted, bringing immediate silence.

"Mom, are you mad?" Daniel asked in his irreverent tone.

"I am not your mother, and don't you dare call me that!"

"You're not my mom? That's odd. Avery, are you suggesting Jessica isn't your biological daughter, but someone you picked up from a trash heap?"

"You're the one who's been picked up from a trash heap!" Jessica snapped, kicking Daniel lightly under the table with her heel.

"Ow! Mom, you better control your girl; she's kicking me."

Daniel shamelessly provoked Avery, only to earn her wrath in return.

"Country bumpkin, shut your mouth! If you call me 'mom' one more time, I swear I'll tear your mouth to shreds!"

After calming herself down, Avery spoke with grave seriousness.

"Country boy, you have two choices. The first - take this one million, leave my daughter, leave New York, and never show your face in this city again, nor contact my daughter!"

"Trying to buy my love with a million dollars?" Daniel shook his head, firmly refusing. "I won't do it!"

"Of course!"

Jessica was definitive in her reply, though she well knew that at her grandfather's birthday, her mother would undoubtedly arrange her marriage, trying to marry her off to some guy named Smart from the Evans family whom she had never even met. She was determined to make her own choices about her marriage.

"What did you say? If you dare to bring that country nobody to the doorsteps of the Matthews family, I’ll break his legs myself! He’s nothing but an embarrassment!" Avery lashed out, then continued from where she left off.

"At your grandfather's birthday, the Matthews family has already made its decision. He will sanction your marriage to Smart from the Evans family right there and then!"

"What now? Hold on, Mom, that’s totally not okay! Jessica and I are legally married spouses. Are you actually planning to marry her off to someone named Smart during granddad’s birthday? She’s your daughter! Are you really going to marry her off to an idiot? What are you thinking?"