A deal with the devil

Chapter 22

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The renate wought–iron gates swing open, and a sleek Maybach slowly rolled out from Inside Moore Man

Sampel spotted her immediately. His pare locked with Shirley’s.

Shirley’s heart clenched rightly as it seized by an unseen hand without hesitation, she slum ed her foot down on the accelerator, swerving her car directly into the Maybach’s path to block

The driver slammed on the bakes. However, uses were cut short as he recognized Shillay through the windshield. His frustration quickly dissolved into uneasy silence.

The abrupt stop had caused Sophia to hit her head against the window, and she cried out in pain

Samuel’s face darkened with concern as he carefully checked Sophia over. Only after ensuring she was unharmed did he turn back to Shirley. His typically composed features were tinged with irritation “Shirley, what is in now?

Just last night, she had come to inform him about her supposed wedding, and now, hear she was again. It only confirmed his suspicion that her announcement had been al

Shirley reversed her car slightly to create space, retrieved a box from her passenger seat, and extended it toward him through the open window. “This is the prosthetic leg I ordered for you last month in Newlandia. It’s already been paid for with your money.”

Hettone was can almost unnaturally so

out to take the box, but Shirley held on tightly and refused to let go.

up at

before had hidden her weariness, but

was unmistalate.

weight. Her face had become sharper, and her eyes larger against her pale complexion Dark circles shadowed her eyes, making her look both fragile and devastatingly

so much to say but

unsettling within him “Sharlay, I’m on my way to the airport. If there’s something you want, say it now. Whatever it is, I’ll make it up to you when

be too late by

box. Yet, when her eyes shifted to the woman seated

to protect for six years had chosen to abandon her. All the pain and the beartache she had worked so hard to shield him

felt agony and utter despair.

“Shirley, let’s part ways peacefully. Don’t make this harder than it needs to be. Keep the box. I don’t

back of the driver’s seat. The car started moving again.

Maybach drow off, Shirley stood for while raising a mocking me. What had she been expecting? She already knew

had known he would let go. She had known that even if he stayed, they could never

ignore the pain

help herself. This had been their