Chapter 296

Holden ambled over to the couch and plonked himself down. Maria instantly beamed and brought him a cup of coffee. Holden took it and leisurely lifted the cup. When he spoke, his voice boomed.

“Ms. Shepard, you must know that lan has married already, right? I gifted Rosewood Manor to Maja as their love nest. You hustling over here, didn’t the Shepard family teach you about shame and decency?”

“Holden, I…”

“Zip it!”

Holden put down his coffee, his piercing gaze drilling into her.

“Now, you’re going to ring your parents. I want them to come pick you up from Rosewood Manor themselves. If they didn’t teach you not to play the mistress, I’ll school you on it tonight.”

Carlene’s eyes instantly welled up, tears spilling down her cheeks.

lan sat off to the side, his brow deeply furrowed.“Carlene was just here for a visit.”

“You shut up as well!” Holden slammed his hand on the table, his eyes narrowing. “lan, if you utter one more word, I won’t cooperate with any more hospital treatments.”

lan’s heart clenched, and he immediately clammed up.

the matter, can’t remember your parents‘ number?”

If she was picked up from Rosewood Manor, the news would spread like wildfire in Greenfield the next day. She’d

using his own health to threaten lan, who clearly couldn’t do anything. If Holden fell ill, no one could shoulder that

was burning with humiliation, her grip tightening

face was smeared with tears.

brought her to Rosewood Manor, I promise you that I’ll never do it

any further; after all, she was a friend

up, turned to Maria, and said, “Where’s

but now she was missing. Had she

doings, but

an errand to

turned to lan.

not because of the Shepard family. If the Shepard family pisses me off again, they can forget

marriages. Your mom acted this way. Are you going to follow in her footsteps?”

low blow, leaving Carlene in tears.

she wanted to lean on lan, but

lips were tightly pressed together, drawing blood.

So she felt at ease. But now the most powerful person in

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