Chapter 376

"You saw that, didn't you? He doesn't have feelings for Nancy. Just stop pushing it," Samuel whispered, trying to calm the fuming Fawn.

"You blockhead, you idiot!" Fawn nearly burst into tears as she twisted his arm. "Nancy's not the problem! The problem is Vespera! Your son's dead set on going to war with us over her!"

"Honey, it's not us," Samuel said, summoning a bit of courage. "Maybe... We should just try accepting her?"

Fawn fell silent, then shot him a glare.

Samuel swore she nearly burned a hole through him with that look. That night, he

earned himself a one-way ticket to the guest room.

Fawn got up and went looking for Nancy. She found her out in the garden.

"Mrs. Reid, what now?"

"I don't know..." Fawn muttered.

"If I lose just like this, Dominic's going to double down. He'll push even harder to make you accept Vespera. Mr. Reid Senior is already wavering, we can't let him win." Nancy clenched her fists.

Love, once twisted by obsession and rejection, no longer resembled love at all.

Nancy paced across the lawn, her whole posture tight

said suddenly, walking back over. "I'll go to the banquet with you tomorrow night, and then I'll leave Halewick. And

in and whispered

Fawn hesitated. "That's not a good idea. If you do that,

on the highway, Dominic sat in the backseat,

He glanced at the screen, frowned, and picked up. "Hello, this is

two sun- scorched rose bushes on the balcony, and tidied up

from?" Rebecca said as she

table and the chaos around the coffee table cleaned up

waved her toward the sink.

day running around like she'd been through a war, and now

appetite was strong, but she quickly

Did you and

to fight about?" Vespera replied, then paused and sighed. "There's

catch on to her train of

"You're stressed because there's

you're not sure

there's nowhere to go?"

for a long time. Then, softly, she said, "His

Rebecca went silent.

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