Chapter38 In the end , he sighed heavily and said , " Although Adele is not my own , she grew up at the Pierce's place since she was a child . It's like she's family to me . " When he said that , he even looked embarrassed . Adelaide really wanted to give him a big thumbs up . Cornelius was not happy and said , " This whole mess was caused by that idiot , and it hurt both of your daughters ." As he spoke , he looked kindly at Adelaide , " Adele , we've always liked you , we were so looking forward to you and this guy getting married , who would have thought … it's the Barnard family who let you down . " Adelaide felt warm inside , she knew Cornelius and Evelyn treated her well . It was Garrett's fault , but they had to suffer the embarrassment together . " Sir Barnard , please don't say that . " " " I was so confused , what a mess . " Evelyn cursed angrily . Garrett kept his head down , clenched his fists , and stayed silent . When Amanda saw how Cornelius and Evelyn were so caring towards Adelaide , she was insanely jealous . The next second , she was kneeling right next to Garrett , holding Garrett's arm , and sincerely and firmly said to Cornelius and Evelyn , " Sir Barnard , Madam Barnard , Garrett and I are truly in love . Garrett is kind - hearted and couldn't bear Adelaide's feelings for him , so he didn't dare to speak up . " " Later on , Garrett getting married to Adelaide made him realize that I was his true love , so please don't blame Garrett anymore . Originally , it should have been us getting married , but Garrett is just too kind and didn't want to hurt Adelaide . " " Cornelius and Evelyn were undoubtedly shocked after hearing that . Adelaide was looking at Amanda talking nonsense here like a joke . Garrett was furious : " Amanda , stop talking nonsense in front of me ! " He tried to shake off her hand , but Amanda held on tightly . her beautiful face full of grievances . " Garrett , just admit it to them . I feel sorry for you , can't bear to see you being scolded ." " " Let go of me ! " Garrett was annoyed , his eyes looking at Adelaide were frantic , desperately wanting her not to believe every word she said . Amanda didn't care about Garrett's struggles , she looked up at The next second , Adelaide took out her phone , opened the photos and said , " Mom , Dad , Sir Barnard , Madam Barnard since the day Garrett and I got married , Amanda has been sending me a lot of ambiguous photos and even videos of her and Garrett . To be honest , I didn't think this was a clever way to do things , I even found it a bit disgusting ." Chapter39