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.

and bone-chilling. Louis felt trapped in a snow

pupils constricted as he looked at Rachel in disbelief.

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

was not as prominent as before, it was in better shape than other families in Pollister. It could not have gone

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

that the

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

her to destroy the Grey

did she do it?

that everyone

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

felt as if he had fallen into an ice hole;

finally realized Rachel detested him and had abandoned

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

back between them. Rachel would never forgive him

hand slowly as if he wanted to

self-deprecatingly, feeling sorry for himself.

understood the meaning of the phrase “serves

Linda Galler when she stepped into

have witnessed Louis Smith pestering Rachel at the door. She looked annoyed as if something bothered

her.

entered the elevator. She teased smilingly, “What’s the pouty face all about? Did

and thought, “Is it

you? Are there conflicts between you two?” Rachel

I’m not used to his 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 he was up to no good. That bastard left you without a word at the altar on your wedding day. Now that he found

about how Louis had abandoned Rachel on their wedding day and how the Smith family had sucked Rachel dry along the way, Linda harbored hatred toward

was no greenhorn wither. She had come across countless hooligans since she was young. However, the Smith family took the cake

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

of Rachel and despised