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.

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

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

own health to threaten lan, who clearly couldn’t do anything. If Holden

face was burning with humiliation, her grip

face was smeared with tears. “Holden, can’t

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

to embarrass Carlene any further; after all, she was a friend he’d known for

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

evening, but now she

but after all, she was just

Pennyfeather had an errand to run, and she’s out.”

to lan.

compromising because of you, not because of the Shepard family. If the Shepard family pisses me off again,

you’re just a woman disrupting others‘ marriages. Your mom

was a low blow, leaving Carlene in

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

pressed together, drawing blood.

the years, once she became lan’s girlfriend, no one mentioned her mother’s past. So she felt at ease. But now the most powerful

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