After the divorce, he begged

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When Jessica came downstairs, Eugene kept signaling for her to stay upstairs, but obedience wasn’t her style. She plopped down next to him, facing Jeffrey and Andrea directly.

“Jessica…” Andrea said, making sure to emphasize her words. “No, I should call you sister now. Rebecca often–mentioned how loyal you were as her best friend in college.”

“I don’t accept homewreckers as sisters,” Jessica shot back, biting into an apple.

Andrea’s face instantly paled, and she was clearly caught off guard by her blunt words at Jeffrey’s presence.

“Genetics are fascinating,” Jessica said casually, taking another bite of her apple and crossing her legs. “When the mother

is a mistress, the daughter follows suit. Like mother, like daughter. Rotten apples don’t fall far from the tree.”

“Do you even realize who 1-” Andrea said.

Jessica turned her sharp gaze to her father, delivering the verbal blow unflinchingly. “Where there’s a mistress, there’s

always scum. Thank God I inherited Mom’s genes instead of your trash DNA.”

Eugene pressed his lips into a thin line. ‘Is this collateral damage really necessary?‘ he thought.

Andrea put on her wounded puppy look. “Don’t you like me, sis?”

Jessica feigned surprise. “Even the blind could see how much I hate you. Turns out you’re not just morally bankrupt but visually impaired, too.”

A flash of malice crossed Andrea’s eyes before she clutched Jeffrey’s sleeve, biting her lip with a pitiful look.

Jessica almost gagged at her food at the sight of her dramatic act.

“The family reunion’s over,” Jessica said, tossing her apple core into the trash with finality. “Time for you two lovebirds to

leave.”

“Jessica,” Eugene whispered, reminding her.

was no reason

Jeffrey said slowly, his deep eyes glinting coldly, his tailored black suit adding to

wanting to offend Jeffrey. “Please don’t

Hanson.”

but his cold/intimidating aura made

Jessica’s arm.

I?” Jessica didn’t think Jeffrey could actually harm her. As long as she survived, nothing

you know Jeffrey’s methods,” Eugene muttered in her ear, urging her to see reason. “If

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turned away,

at her sleeve. “Hurry up. Don’t make

Mom were here, she wouldn’t make

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would stubbornly insist on principles, Jessica had inherited most of her

to retaliation.

dignity.

but she couldn’t

to respond when Andrea stepped in as the peacemaker. “Jessica has always been spoiled by Dad and Kate. Please don’t take her

Jessica’s temper flared instantly.

swept over her briefly. As Rebecca’s closest friend, Jessica was off–limits to

for

He’d said Rebecca’s feelings didn’t matter, only her mistakes did. But now,

act she’d put on to appear virtuous had completely backfired when Jeffrey actually went along with it. When she saw Andrea’s frustrated face, Jessica’s irritation shifted

Jeffrey,” Andrea said with

handle Andrea’s situation,

with us will be difficult. The head of our household is Jessica’s mother,” Eugene replied, unwilling

raised an eyebrow slightly, surprised by

I’ll come up with a compromise

merely hummed noncommittally. “We’ll take our leave,”

meaningful look when getting up from the

lips twitched. She fixed her glare on Eugene, her eyes sending a clear warning, as if to