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.

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

involuntarily; his pupils constricted

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 was a deliberate conspiracy

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 had offended many people and made

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

that the instigator

that’s your father. How could you?”

would it do her to destroy the

she do it? He wondered.

Was Rachel not concerned that everyone would despise her for being heartless

and made him pay the price. What makes you think what I said to you was just a harmless warning,

he had fallen into an ice hole; he trembled uncontrollably

him and had abandoned him for

hound after her, she would undoubtedly stop him. She was someone who did not

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

he wanted

feeling

understood the meaning of the phrase “serves you right” in

Galler when she stepped

Louis Smith pestering Rachel at the door. She looked annoyed as

her.

the elevator. She teased smilingly, “What’s the pouty face all about? Did you wake up on the Wrong side of the bed?”

and thought, “Is it

provoke you? Are there conflicts between you two?” Rachel asked

presence,” Linda said with a disdain that translated 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

had abandoned Rachel on their wedding day and how the Smith family had sucked Rachel dry along the way, Linda harbored hatred toward the Smith family and despised them to the core.

However, the

put on airs of a prestigious background, but what they did was

family took full advantage of Rachel and despised her