Betrayal At the Altar by Dolores Delia

Chapter 855

Louis Smith panicked when Rachel Grey read his mind; he immediately denied it.

“No, That’s not true. I-” he tried to defend himself.

“My time is precious. I don’t want to waste time talking nonsense with you, Rachel said without looking at him. “Let me give you a piece of advice, Louis. Instead of wasting your time and energy on me, why don’t you think about how the Smith family should proceed from now on?”

Then she walked past Louis and headed to the office.

Louis watched her leave and clenched his fists. “Are you so anxious to cut ties with me because of David Jones?” he growled, feeling hurt.

Rachel stopped in her tracks and turned to look at him.

Then she casually tucked the stray hair behind her ear.

Rachel was enveloped in the warm sunshine, and the diamond ring on her finger reflected a dazzling glow under the light that pierced into Louis’s eyes, making him squint uncomfortably.

Rachel’s gesture spoke volumes even though she did not speak a word.

Louis understood what her ring represented, having been in a failed marriage himself.

Louis was confident he could change Rachel’s mind if it were someone other than David Jones. Unfortunately, he was no match for David on all fronts.

David, the Jones family’s patriarch in Aureliana, also had absolute authority in Seaxas’s underground forces.

That was no way the Smith family could measure up to him in terms of fortune and power.

Rachel gazed at Louis coldly. “Let bygones be bygones, Louis. We will go our separate ways and mind our own business as we move on. If you don’t listen to me, then…

She paused for a moment, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly. “you will end up like the Grey family in Pollister.

Rachel said nonchalantly; she sounded so calm that no one could detect her genuine emotions.

that she spoke was icy and bone-chilling. Louis felt trapped in a snow cave, forced

involuntarily; his pupils constricted as

morning, caused by its inability to repay its debts. The banks involved enforced the regulations by freezing the Grey family’s accounts and seizing all its assets. However, Louis knew fully well that the Grey family’s bankruptcy came without warning; it

the bidding meeting, trying to rope in investments. Although the Grey family was not as prominent as before, it was in better shape than other families in Pollister. It could not have gone bankrupt so quickly. When the Grey family was in its heyday, Hans

the limelight, Hans initially thought that one of his enemics had sabotaged him to avenge the family. Therefore, he ended up on the short

wildest dream that the instigator was Rachel Grey!

but that’s your father. How could you?”

do her to

do

not concerned that everyone would despise

indifferently, smiling. “Yes, he’s my father, but I disregarded my feelings and made him pay the price. What makes you think what I said

an ice hole; he trembled uncontrollably and felt hopeless.

detested him and had abandoned

after her, she would undoubtedly stop him. She was

there was no going back between them. Rachel would never forgive

reached out his hand slowly as if he

smirked self-deprecatingly, feeling sorry for

never understood the meaning of the phrase “serves you right” in the past. He finally got it.

bumped into Linda Galler when she stepped into

at the door. She

her.

pouty face

mouth and

there conflicts between you two?”

into a contemptuous look as if she could not bear to utter his name. Even so, she could not help mocking him mercilessly. “He came to the office early morning to see you; one look at him, and I knew he was up to no good. That bastard left you without a word at the altar on your wedding day. Now that he found out about your status, he came running like an irritating

on their wedding day and how the Smith family had sucked Rachel

was young. However, the Smith family took the cake when it

family put on airs of a prestigious background, but what

family took full advantage of