Chapter 682:

Her pretense made Sutton’s anger flare instantly.

“You bitch!” he snapped, raising a hand in fury.

But Hailey was faster—her slap rang sharply through the hallway.

He staggered back, stunned, one hand pressed to his cheek.

“You hit me?” he asked in disbelief.

Hailey smirked, her voice dripping with disdain.

“Why not? You need a reality check. I’m now the heiress of the Burgess Group, far beyond what I used to be. And you? On the verge of being cast out by the Walls, under the thumb of a woman. A failure like you has no power over me anymore.”

Her words were cutting, each one laced with contempt.

“Next time, I suggest you show proper manners around me.”

sparing Sutton another glance, she strode away, leaving

back to Wall

was waiting for her in the living room, and as soon as she

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝘁 gⲁⳑ𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⧽ⅽ𝗈𝗺

here, Sadie.” Isabel’s voice was

with a nod as she sat next to her mother-in-law. Isabel let out

time for us to arrange for Noah’s burial. He’s been gone for some

looked down and kept silent, her mind

how hard she tried, she couldn’t

assumed that she

said, patting Sadie’s hand. “But we can’t bring him back, and we need to move forward with our lives. I spoke with the priest. The tenth of this month

snapped Sadie back to

Noah’s burial?

like a knife

Isabel, her expression

“Let’s do that, then.”

let out another sigh, this time one of relief. There wasn’t much else

The next morning,

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