Bride to Be, Not Me

Chapter 236

Simon's mind began to clear, and in a moment of desperation, he grabbed Elsie by the waist, holding on tightly.

"I was wrong... Elsie, I was wrong! I lost my temper. I didn't mean it! There's been so much going on lately. I wasn't taking it out on you, I—"

"Let go!" Elsie shoved him away and stormed out.

At the Appleton residence, Arthur looked up as Elsie stormed in, her face clouded with frustration.

"What happened?" he asked.

"Dad, I made a mistake. I loved the wrong man."

Arthur said nothing, his mind working through her words.

They sat in the living room, the silence stretching between them. Elsie gritted her teeth, barely managing to contain her growing frustration.

"Simon is nothing but a coward, a bully who targets everyone around him! I can't believe someone like him has the nerve to dream of building an empire. It's laughable!"

"So, are you still planning on staying with him?" Arthur asked.

Elsie's frustration boiled over, but she forced herself to stay calm. "I don't have a choice. My money's tied up in his company. If I walk away now, everything I've invested will go down the drain."

silence, Arthur asked again, "Have you

heart skipped a beat. For a moment, she feared Simon

"What rumors?"

associate of mine has a friend who works at a medical center for men's health. Apparently, Simon went in late last night

widened in shock. "Infertile? Are you

it if I wasn't? Listen, you need to cut ties with him while you still can. After everything that's happened, it's clear he's incapable of managing anything. Looking back,

this, Elsie felt the last of her

but a worthless coward who couldn't even have children.

...

past few days, Janice had been

managing the crochet

her afternoons overseeing

the

process had been sped up, cutting

said, "A few people will come

arrange things however

he meant his bodyguards

work today?" she asked,

immediately,