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.

to Carlene, smirking. “What’s the matter, can’t remember your

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

couldn’t do anything. If Holden fell ill, no one could shoulder

was burning with humiliation, her grip tightening

was smeared with

her off. “If you’re pissed that I brought her to Rosewood Manor, I promise you that

all, she was a friend he’d known for

Maria, and said, “Where’s Maja?”

in the evening, but now she was missing. Had

spill all about Selena’s doings, but after all, she was just a

had an errand to

to

and apologize. Ian, I’m compromising because of you, not because of the Shepard family. If the Shepard family

here threatening her, so you’re just a woman disrupting others‘ marriages. Your mom acted this way. Are you going to follow in

sentence was a low blow, leaving Carlene

she wanted to lean on lan, but remembering Holden’s words, she hesitated.

pressed

lan’s girlfriend, no one mentioned her mother’s past. So she felt at ease. But now the most powerful person in the Raymond family was brazenly

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