From Forgotten Wife To Fierce Queen - Chapter 291: Chapter 291

On the way to the sunroom, Paisley's heart began to race, feeling like something bad was happening. Sure enough, as soon as they reached the door of the sunroom, they heard Serena's heart-wrenching cries.
"Rena!" Paisley's heart squeezed in panic. She quickly ran into the sunroom, following the sound of the crying child. When she entered, her eyes fell on Serena, disheveled, with blood on her chin, sitting on the floor.
"Oh my!" Paisley felt her breath freeze in that instant. "Rena!"
Hearing Paisley's voice, Serena turned her head, as if seeing a savior. "Mom! Mom! Save Grayson! Grayson's going to be beaten to death! I can't save him! Mom!"
"Sonny?" Paisley finally noticed that behind the row of flowers, two boys were rolling on the ground, fighting. She immediately recognized that the boy at a disadvantage was Grayson.
At the same time, the two boys tumbled out from behind the flowers. When the others entered the sunroom, they saw exactly this scene.
Keeley, who had been focused on Dominick, glanced over and immediately recognized one of the boys from his clothes, which matched Tommy's. "Oh my god! That's Tommy!"
"Tommy?" Zim's expression turned visibly tense.
The servants hurried forward to pull the two fighting boys apart. Both boys looked in bad shape, with blood coming from their noses and mouths, and visible bruises. However, Grayson looked worse than Tommy.
"Sonny!" Dominick rushed to Grayson's side and helped him up from the floor.
Hearing his father's voice, Grayson was stunned for a moment before bursting into tears. "Dad! I'm going to die! It hurts so much!"
At that moment, all the strength he had built up collapsed in an instant.
"Tommy! Are you okay? Did you get hurt?" Seeing Tommy's condition, Zim was beside himself with worry.
Keeley, who had come with him, was also instantly panicked, especially when she heard the boy who had fought with Tommy call Dominick "Dad."
"Tommy, what happened? Why did you fight with the Vanderbilt family's boy?" Keeley couldn't hold herself together, panic rising in her voice.
She had brought Tommy here to have him play nicely with the Vanderbilt family's boy, but now the two boys had gotten into a fight.
The people from the Godard family, who had come along, felt something was off when they heard this, especially Anna, whose face had wrinkled in dismay.
Dominick's son had been beaten by Zim's nephew at the Godard family. If Dominick decided to pursue this, no one knew what would happen.
Although the Godard family was not afraid of the Vanderbilt family, there was no need to make enemies over this.
Florence originally wanted to find Rena and get justice for Bella. Edmond and Christopher also thought the same, wanting to see how Tyson and Paisley would handle the situation. It couldn't just be brushed off. After all, Paisley made sure the last issue wasn't brushed off so easily.
But they didn't expect that when they arrived at the sunroom, they would see Rena with a bleeding chin, covered in dirt, clearly looking like the victim.
On the other hand, Bella looked neat and clean, crying continuously, but otherwise, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
Florence froze. She thought Bella was hit. But it looked like it was the other way around.
At this moment, Florence started to regret not backing off when things were still manageable, and pushing things to this point.
Now, she looked around at all the Godard family members and the guests watching, feeling a sense of panic.
Keeley was just as anxious. Seeing Tommy standing there, glaring fiercely at Grayson without saying anything, she felt herself getting worked up and shouted, "Tommy! Didn't I tell you to just keep Grayson company? Why are you fighting with him? Tell me!"
Tommy was furious. He retorted, "He deserved it! He helped Rena, so I had to hit him!"
"Rena?" Keeley shouted at Paisley and Serena, who was still crying in her arms. "So it's your daughter!"
She thought, 'Damn it, how dare she ruin my relationship with Mr. Vanderbilt!'
Because Keeley hadn't been in the main banquet hall earlier, she had no idea what had happened there.
Seeing Paisley now, she blurted out, "Paisley! Since you came back, there's been no peace in this family! No wonder people outside say you have ill intentions. Look at your daughter—she's so young and already causing trouble! Unbelievable!"
"Keeley." Josie intervened, trying to stop Keeley.
But Keeley, already worked up, took all her anger from being rejected by Dominick and vented it on Paisley, "Am I wrong? If it wasn't for her daughter stirring things up, Tommy and Grayson would be good friends. How could they have fought?"
Grayson suddenly let out a loud scream, cutting everything off. With red eyes, he cried out while pulling at Dominick. "Rena didn't stir things up! I was the one who wanted to hit him! He bullied my sister!"
"Sister? Who's your sister?" Keeley instinctively asked.
Grayson, crying, pointed at Serena. "Rena! Rena is my sister! He bullied my sister! He made my sister's chin bleed! Ouch! It hurts!"
In that instant, everyone seemed to freeze in shock. They couldn't believe their ears. Grayson actually said that Paisley's daughter was his sister.
As everyone stood shocked and confused, Dominick, holding Grayson, walked over to Paisley's side. The man looked down at Serena's still-bleeding chin, his heart aching, and a terrifying aura surrounded him.
Grayson finally saw Paisley. Instinctively, he reached out and grabbed Paisley tightly. "Mom, I'm sorry. I didn't protect my sister right away. I was too scared. Please don't be mad at me. I'm sorry."
Paisley looked at Grayson apologizing and felt her heart in turmoil.
Keeley was completely stunned. She looked at Dominick and Paisley in disbelief. "You-you two."
"Don't misunderstand, he's just my ex-husband," Paisley explained at that moment, not wanting to create unnecessary misunderstandings or complicate things further.
So, the ex-husband of the Godard family's young lady was Dominick from Harrowfell, and her daughter was Dominick's daughter. This was the first time anyone in the Godard family, except for Tyson and Max, had heard of this, and it shocked them, especially Anna and Edmond.
Dominick's eyes darkened. Paisley's desperate need to distance herself from him in any situation saddened him and made him feel suffocated.
"Explain, what exactly is going on?" Tyson was unable to hold it any longer. He shouted in anger.
The Godard family's elder was angry, and aside from the children's cries, there was no other sound in the room. Bella, frightened, shrank into Florence's arms, acting like it had nothing to do with her.
Paisley looked up, her gaze cold, "Linna, get that kid up!"
Linna swiftly stepped forward, easily grabbed Tommy's leg, and lifted him up by his feet.
"What are you doing? Put that child down!" Zim was panicking, rushing forward to attack Linna.
But he was no match for Linna. Linna held Tommy with one hand, using the other to block Zim's hand, gripping his wrist so tightly that it made him grit his teeth in pain.
"Paisley, don't go too far! That's your uncle, tell your person to let go of him!" Josie scolded Paisley, worried.
Linna scoffed, tightening her arm and effortlessly throwing Zim back. Zim staggered back, crashing into a servant before finally steadying himself.
"Zim, are you alright?" Josie looked at him with concern.
Zim's face was pale, his wrist still trembling from being squeezed. "Josie, tell that person to put Tommy down."
Although Josie didn't like Tommy, he was still Zim's nephew. She looked at Paisley again and, in a tone of authority, commanded, "Paisley, that's your person, tell her to put Tommy down!"
Linna was holding onto Tommy's ankle, dangling him headfirst. No matter how much the child struggled, he couldn't break free.
Tommy cried, terrified, continuously shouting for Zim, "Uncle! Come save me!"
"Paisley! What are you doing? There are so many people here! Are you really going to hurt a child?" Anna's voice was stern, although she still hadn't fully processed the fact that Paisley's ex-husband was Dominick.
Paisley ignored everyone else, standing up with a cold gaze. "My two children have been beaten like this, and if I don't get justice for them, I'd be a failed mother."