Becoming Strangers Again by Lily

Chapter 101

STEPHANIE

"Did you sell it?" I asked my father the moment he stepped into the living room.

My parents house isn't somewhere I frequent so often because this place brings notthig but bad memories. It reminds of how much I am not loved.

How ironic, I am not loved by my husband, nor am I loved by my parents. How great is my life.

"Yes, I did." He replied, moving over to the other end of the sofa. "it was sold last night." He replied and when I didn't give a response, he lifted his head to me. "it was sold for five

hundred thousand."

I arched a brow. "Really?" I was really expecting more. "when am I getting my money?" he didn't respond and I leaned forward. "when am I getting my money? I paid for half of that Lambo and I want my money back."

"I was thinking we could keep the money apart and use it as part of that-" My father began, his tone suggesting he was trying to reason with me.

"I want you to stop thinking and return my money to me," I snapped, cutting him off abruptly. "That money was from my savings, and it's going back there. So you better give it back to me before I lose my patience with you."

My father's jaw clenched angrily at my defiance. "How can you be worried about your savings?" he challenged incredulously

"Why shouldn't I?" I shot back, my frustration bubbling to the surface. "I worked hard for it, so of course I should be worried about it! Why should I constantly worry about a mess you created?"

Just then, my mother entered the living room, a cup of tea in hand. "Can you both stop it?" she chastised, her tone firm as she glared at both of us. "Just give her back her money, Waper. It isn't even going to go halfway in clearing a debt that you created."

For once, I felt a surge of relief that my mother was taking my side in this argument.

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continued, her voice firm, "you are going to step down and let Stephanie handle the firm." My father's glare intensified, but my mother stood her ground,

to retire," my father

running that company until you run it into the ground? Until you jeopardize everything for us?" She pointed her painted finger at me. "She is willing to sacrifice herself to help clear this mess, and

willing," I interjected flatly, unable to contain my frustration. "You both, along with

sigh, he removed his glasses and leaned back in his chair. "Now

marriage, knowing deep down that I wouldn't be getting what I truly wanted. Perhaps it's because marrying Ryan feels like the safest option for me right now. I can tolerate his hurtful remarks and the fact that he prefers another woman over me, as long as

signed a prenuptial agreement before the marriage, which you're well aware of. He would have to cheat for me to have any

pregnant, give him an heir, file for divorce, and then demand child support," my father spat out

her head in disapproval. With a

voice dripping with bitterness. "Get him drugged, lure him into a compromising situation with another woman, snap some pictures, and file for

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manage to drug him, how do you propose to get him into a room with another woman to take pictures? What do you think his security will do while you attempt such a reckless scheme?" I rolled my eyes at the sheer impracticality of his suggestion. "Please, let's think of something else." "Then get pregnant,"

doubt it'll be enough to pay off your debt." "What

help but suppress a smile at the expression of dismay on his face. "He's already made it clear that his properties and companies will be transferred to

shoulders indifferently. "It was either that or he wouldn't agree to the marriage,"

of this marriage!" my father exclaimed, his frustration boiling

he have any idea of the humiliation and insults I endure from Ryan? "Do you want me

menacing glare, his frustration evident in his eyes. "Shut the hell up!" he spat out angrily, and I scoffed, turning

"We should have blackmailed him with the video, demanded the

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over that kind of money for a woman?" my father scoffed incredulously.

voice. They didn't seem to understand the depth of Ryan's love for Lily. "Do you honestly believe that a man who willingly sacrificed his freedom for