Dumping My Fiancé For His Uncle By Danielle Sayers

Chapter 4

Thea just looked at Nicolas, noticing his eyes were kinda spaced out. "You-" Nicolas tried to say but got cut off by a knock at the door.

Then came Madelyn's voice, sounding all frustrated. "Uncle Nicolas, are you okay? I messed up with what I did before, and I wanna say sorry face to face."

It might've been Thea's imagination, but it seemed like Nicolas got even more ticked off the moment he heard "Uncle Nicolas." His eyes went ice cold.

"Mr. Hendrix, chill here. I'll handle this," said Thea, taking the chance to stand up.

Opening the door, she saw Madelyn looking all teary but trying to keep a brave face.

Thea couldn't help but smirk. "Still got some nerve, huh? I wonder how you've got the guts to worm your way into the Hendrix family. Doesn't it feel weird calling Mr. Hendrix 'Uncle Nicolas'?"

Madelyn's response was to bite her lower lip, looking defiant yet somehow innocent. "I get it, you think low of where I come from. But aren't we all supposed to be equal? There's no high and low in people, right?"

Thea chuckled at that, stepping aside to let her in. "Wanna bet you'll be shown the door by security? Go on in if you're feeling lucky."

With that, Thea turned and strolled off. Madelyn clenched her teeth and followed up before grabbing Thea's wrist.

The soft, vulnerable look she usually had around others was gone, replaced by a steely determination in the dim corridor light.

"You've really changed a ton since you hit sixteen. That whole mess really got to you, huh?" Madelyn challenged, locking eyes with Thea. "We need to have a chat. Just us."

caught off guard, felt a flicker of surprise, wondering why Madelyn would know about that incident. Despite her reservations, she

you want to keep your secrets safe, you need to leave Jake.

the picture of carefree grace, took a seat and faced Madelyn head-on. "Since we're laying things out, let me be clear. I'm calling off my engagement with Jake. But it's my call. I don't want him anymore. If you're so keen on picking up leftovers,

mix of anger and envy,

barely had a moment to think that something was off before it was

morphed into a dark, ominous blur. Thea tried to stand and bail, but her body was weak, and she

her brain to clear before Thea was roughly

and Jake's low growl of rage. "I didn't think you'd stoop so low as to do this! You're a woman too. Your methods are too

fours. She sat up, propped on the floor, looking

and filled

her heart was suddenly pounding as she took in the chaotic scene

"What's going on? Hadn't you plotted all this? If I hadn't been there in time, Madelyn would have been raped by the thugs

were up to something when the champagne tower collapsed, but I didn't expect you to stoop so

going on. She spotted Madelyn, all messed up and crying,

it. Her mind was racing with the shock that she was being set

stand her ground. "Are you out of your mind? Why would you even

why you passed out? Wasn't it just a slick

Rowland's fault. She was knocked out at the same time I was. Guess my bad luck just made me a magnet for those thugs."

Thea hard, making it tough for her to breathe. She never

no matter what. But now, he was

a complete stranger. "Why would I even bother playing