Chapter 292

“Let’s get Jeannie, and hit the mall this afternoon for some fancy lingerie. She mentioned she knows just the place!”

“Oh, let’s not,” Gwendolyn demurred.

“We must! I’m dialing her up right this second!”

In the bustling heart of Bayridge City downtown

In the creeping pace of the car.

Derrick was a bundle of nerves, his back drenched, breaking out in a cold sweat.

The call from the hospital that morning nearly had him collapsing in fright, worried sick that Claude might spill the beans about the

past.

Everything he owned could go up in smoke.

“Honey, what’s wrong?” Magnolia asked, concem lacing her voice as she sat beside him. “Did you have a rough night?”

Derrick waved it off. “Nothing, just worried about Claude. He’s awake, but only his eyes can move. I’m scared he won’t pull through”

Magnolia’s face lit up with relief. “Nonsense! He’ll get better in time. The doctors had written him off, but look, he woke up! They said he’s got a strong will to live, must be because he can’t bear to leave us!”

Claude was driven by revenge and had awoken with a mission to retaliate against him.

Selina in the passenger seat Selina, why don’t you come with me to the office? The family business will be

inscrutable as she nodded, “Thank

country bumpkin, no matter what. She had to

her obsession! She had to marry Howard Chadwick!

families could give her more opportunities to get close to Howie

with a smile, “Why not take Skyler? You’ve always favored Selina, you have to show some love to our son.” Though she chided him,

his daughter was a good

Skyler muttered, his

to share a space with Selina

love for the pretenses of the business world, nor any

frustrations found an outlet as he lashed out at Skyler

family. And Skyler, for his part, always seemed

out a derisive laugh, “Isn’t my big bro enough for the family?”

“Spoiled brat!”

seems quite the go–getter” Skyler’s eyes swept coldly over Selina.

tried to soothe the situation, “Dad, don’t be angry. Let’s get out

the Hamilton Group’s

out of the car, with Selina

way up the elevator, straight

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