A deal with the devil

Chapter 105

“That man seemed utterly terrified of Benjamin Jaylen must not have told him the whole truth beforehand, which is why he fell into Benjamin’s trap so easily, Shirley speculated, her tone confident.

Shirley continued to speak as she pieced it all together. “I heard Benjamin call him Thomas, Whatever happened between Jayden and Jessica must have been Ins

doing”

Nancy let out a bitter Laugh. “And Cole, that supposedly brilliant man, bought Jessica’s lies without question? There’s only one reason for that. He’s already smitten with her.”

Nancy felt a pang of sadness every time she thought about Cole’s recent behavior toward her.

It wasn’t just the incident at the hotel with Jessica that hurt her. It was the way Cole had treated her afterward

He had shielded Jessica from the beginning, leaving Nancy drowning in humiliation and anger.

Shirley could see the pain etched across Nancy’s face but struggled to find the right words

As Cole’s wife, Nancy undoubtedly knew his changes better than anyone.

a situation that could be fixed

woken up and was unsettled in the infamiliar surroundings, so she decided to leave early. Janine left with her, but before going, Nancy ordered the maid

the first time the couple had slept in

we go

Look for Jessica?

her head after a moment of thought. “Jessica was just admitted last night. If we visit her now, it’ll look like we’re mocking her. And if something happens, we won’t be able to

unwilling to let it go “so we’re just going to let

Jessica now, he’ll think Hancy put us up to it. That’ll only worsen things between them. It’s better to

her chin on her hand in frustration

said, “He used to treat Nary so well. No matter what happened, he was always by

have that Nancy doesn’t? How could Cole let a women like her come

the most right now is that Nancy’s stuck in her own head and

Unless she lets go of

and Jessica really don’t have anything going on now, but if Nancy keeps clinging to this, she might push

at its core, was because her love with Cole had been too smooth and perfect. She simply couldn’t tolerate