Chapter 2179

A moment earlier, Miranda might have resisted. But when even her father-in-law demanded contrition, pride finally bowed to necessity.

She drew in a breath, her spine stiffening. “Nathaniel, I’m sorry. This mess is my fault. I was furious when I saw that assistant bully my child. I wasn’t targeting Cecilia personally.”

With practiced ease, she tried to scrub herself clean of blame, casting herself as nothing more than a wronged mother.

Nathaniel folded his arms, unmoved. “After all this trouble, you think a single apology clears everything?”

The incident had cost him hours of work, drained his patience, and chipped away at an already fragile trust.

Miranda had assumed a simple ceasefire would smooth things over. She hadn’t expected Nathaniel to keep his blade raised.

Now the consequences came crashing back—like a stone she’d hurled herself, swinging around to shatter her own ankle.