Megan slapped Alice because she had hurt Odelia's hand by continuing to grip it. Of course it caused an uproar, especially from Samantha who saw her favorite daughter being slapped around.
"What did you do to my daughter, huh?! How dare you slap my daughter like that, who do you think you are?!" she said angrily pointing at Megan.
"That ugly daughter of yours has hurt my sister-in-law! I should be the one angry here and not you, old lady!" Megan retorted angrily.
"Who are you calling old lady?! You're shameless! Do you know who that woman you call your sister-in-law is? She's just a shameless barren woman!" snapped Samantha as she pointed at Odelia's face.
However, Megan was not to be outdone, she brushed the woman's hand roughly away from her sister-in-law's face and shot her a glare.
"Watch your f*king mouth, old lady! Odelia is not a barren woman, let alone a shameless woman. It's you who are shameless! You and your daughter are the ones who suddenly came and made a scene at this party!"
"You--!"
Monica turned to Megan and folded her arms across her chest. "Heh, who the hell are you, coming to a party this big with trash like this?" asked the arrogant woman.
"Oh you don't know who I am? Heh did you just come out of a cave? How pathetic."
"You! It's possible that you're actually the intruder who came in here, right? You came with that woman, posing as someone important just to meet Vin and get him back?"
Megan narrowed her eyes. 'So she's the woman who snatched Odelia's ex-husband? Heh, that guy must be blind to choose that woman now over Odelia. I know it's all because of his mother, but he'd be a fool to let Odelia go just because of her,' she thought as she looked Monica up and down.
"Too bad, I'm an important guest at this event and Odelia is my brother's wife. And what did you say earlier? She's barren? Heh, it's your son who's barren old lady! Odelia is currently pregnant," Megan explained proudly as if she had slapped them but not with her hand.
"No way! She can't possibly be pregnant and don't call my son that! He's not barren!"
However, the dark-haired woman laughed when she saw Samantha's reaction. "Oh dear..."
"Never mind Megan, we'd better get going. My head hurts being here," Odelia told the woman.
"Oh well, let's go find my brother," Megan replied, nodding her head.
But Alice blocked her again, saying that she wouldn't let them leave with that excuse. Thinking that they were just making excuses to escape.
Again Megan rolled her eyes in annoyance, she pushed Alice out of her way.
"Get out of my way ugly woman, you're an eyesore," she said.
Just as they were about to resume their walk, a man stood before Odelia and Megan. It turned out to be the man they had been looking for.
"Where are you guys going?" asked Sean.
"Oh you're finally here! Hold your wife, she's needed you all along!" She gently pushed Odelia into Sean's arms which made him feel confused.
"Odelia, what's wrong?" he asked as he rubbed her head.
"They're bothering her! They're the family of her annoying ex-husband!" her sister replied to Samantha and the others.
Seeing Sean's presence, Samantha widened her eyes in surprise and recognized who he was.
"You... Aren't you the son of Cassandra and Arthur?" she asked upon seeing Sean.
"Oh you remember me," he replied.
"If she's your little sister... That means she's also..."
"Right," Sean replied. "She's also part of the Osbert family, Megan Osbert and the woman you just hurt is my wife, Odelia Osbert."
The middle-aged woman had no idea that Odelia was part of the Osbert family now. The family that had been the enemy of the Percy family for years because of an inheritance battle.
"Sean Osbert, you're the CEO of TechnOzone?" asked Monica who was both surprised and amazed.
'The company has been successful this year, so this is the CEO's face? He's a lot better looking than I expected. But wait... That barren woman is his wife? How can that be?'
Sean wanted them to stop treating Odelia badly if they didn't want to deal with him. Odelia was no longer part of Percy but Osbert and Sean would not hesitate to do anything if something happened to her and their baby.
"You said the baby? Are you sure she's really carrying your child, Mr. Osbert? Because she's been married for four years to her ex-husband, but she doesn't show a single sign that she's pregnant!" said Monica.
"Right! You must have been tricked by that snake woman! There's no way she could be pregnant!" Alice added while pointing at Odelia.
Odelia could only cling to Sean's arm and said, "I am indeed pregnant. I don't understand why when I was with Vin I couldn't conceive a child. But the first time I had made love with Sean, I immediately pregnant a child from him."
She didn't want to say that maybe it was Vincent who was infertile, but if in fact they had been trying for four years and nothing had come of it, while once with Sean she had gotten pregnant. Wouldn't that give them the answer they needed to know?
Seeing how distressed Odelia was by the presence of those people, Sean decided to take his wife home. He didn't want Odelia to become stressed and it would affect her health and that of their baby.
He put his arm around her and led her out of the hall. Megan looked sharply at the three women then said, "Once again I find you treating my sister-in-law like that. You will be finished by my hand."
She then followed Sean and Odelia home as she was equally upset by the incident.
When they had just left the hall, Vincent walked into the hall and looked for his family. He found his mother and sister who still looked upset.
"Mom? Alice? What's wrong with you two?" he asked in surprise.
But they replied that nothing had happened, they agreed not to tell Vincent about Odelia so that he wouldn't go looking for her.
On the way home, Odelia felt guilty because the party hadn't started yet but they already had to go home.
"I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I should have been braver with them, but I..."
"No need to apologize, it's not your fault. I just don't want anything to happen to you and our baby, so I'm taking you home," Sean replied as he drove his car.
He reached for Odelia's hand and took it in his, rubbing the back of her hand with his thumb. She smiled and looked out the window.
"Why don't we go to a restaurant? I know a good restaurant that would be a good substitute for the banquet," Megan suggested.
Sean agreed and they went to the restaurant Megan had mentioned.