Belinda eyed the old man with a shrug, unfazed by his indifference. Turning to Fitch, she rubbed her hands together.

"Wow, what a bash this is, huh? I've never seen a shindig this swanky in my life! You really are something, my future son-in-law.

Honey, con over and say hello."

The man behind her was still draped in a coat, but he didn't seem embarrassed in the least. Strutting up to Fitch with all the airs of

a patriarch, he said,

"I'm Zoey's dad. We've raised Zoey all these years, and if you want to be with her, you've got to get past us first."

It was as clear as day that they were after Fitch's money.

Fitch's expression was icy, so cold it seemed like he could freeze everyone in their tracks.

Wendy stood nearby, her smile twitched at the corners of her mouth before settling into a fixed gaze on Zoey in the crowd.

"Zoey, maybe you should clear things up with your parents. You and Fitch have nothing to do with each other. They must have

gotten the wrong end of the stick."

At those words, Belinda's face fell.

"What do you mean they got it wrong? Zoey told us herself!"

looked at Zoey, her face a mask of

the crowd with her spine ramrod

the murmur of onlookers filled

a moment, Zoey's mind went blank, but then she remembered Maja's

deep breath,

while ago. This isn't the first tI've been put in an awkward spot, but

I don't really know them. The disowning was mutual, starting from the

ex. From that point on, we were no longer

Group had been ugly, and it was Maja

incident had opened Zoey's eyes to her mother's true

expected her mother to

caring now, and that made her

lingering on Belinda for a few seconds. For

shifted to her stepfather who had always

up a glass of wine from a passing server's tray, and

mother

with her. This guy is my stepfather, a real piece of work. But my

daughter.

I've been in this situation four or five times before, including one

Mr. Haskins and Ms. Bennitt in

smile was eerily calm, as if she was recounting someone

her life she

caused a scene at my company, demanding Ms. Pennyfeather

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