Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Thea walked in, tossing a file onto the couch as she sat down. "Weird. I couldn't even get in the house earlier. The butler had to open the door for me. I only moved out for a bit, not forever, Was it really necessary to delete my fingerprints from the system?" Emmalie quickly stood up, putting on a sweet smile. Thea, you're finally back! We've missed you so much. Now we can be a family again.

She gently took Thea's hand, as if expecting a warm response.

But Thea sneered, "Cut the act, Emmalic. I know exactly what you're up to."

For a moment. Emmalie's face twisted, and then she burst into tears. Thea, how can you blame me for the fingerprint issue? It was just a glitch in the system.

"Do you know how worried we were? We thought someone might take advantage of you out there. And now, after all your fun, you come back and take it out on me, huh?"

Ivy clicked over in her high heels, stepping protectively in front of Emmalie. She glared at Thea. "Ungrateful brat! I should be the one upset with you, but here you are, bullying Emmalie. How did I end up with such a selfish daughter!"

"Worried about me?" Thea scoffed. "If you were so concerned, you must've known I was framed for leaking Avon Ventures" data.

"So why didn't a single one of you reach out? Not one call, not one message. You'd already written me off. I bet you even had the paperwork ready to disown me if I ended up in jail.

you lost your mind?" Ivy stared at Thea in disbelief, shaking with anger. "After everything that happened, I had Emmalie send you countless messages! You're the one who shut us out. And now you're blaming us, huh?" "Messages?" Thea

you remember? You blocked me. I thought you didn't want

apologize to her! It's just her rotten attitude. It's not

bitterly. "Fine. Then let's see the proof. Let her show us her phone, and

finally manage to

only a moment before she smiled coldly. "Yeah, I came here to stir things

Emmalie's face. "Nice work teaming up with Madelyn to steal Avon Ventures' data and selling it

fists but still played the victimn, tears welling in

grabbed Thea's arm, her voice sharp. "Have you lost your

impatient. "Look, I get it. You're scared of jail, but there's an easy way

can tell what's real or fake. Emmalie wants me ruined. She's the one who should pay for this. Why should I have to bow down to the Hendrix family?" Max barely

out stung more than she'd imagined. Tears streamed down her cheeks. If I didn't have this proof, none of you

across her face She

before she could speak, Emmalie collapsed into Ivy's

"I should've died out there instead of reuniting with you. Then everyone would be happy, and Thea wouldn't resent you. I'll leave right now, I don't want to cause any more trouble Turning to Thea, Emmalie fell to the ground. I'll

Ivy slapped her across the face. The sound echoed through the

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