Dumping My Fiancé For His Uncle By Danielle Sayers

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.

had Emmalie send you countless messages! You're the one who shut

blocked me. I thought you didn't want to talk to

"Don't apologize to her! It's just her

Then let's see the proof. Let her show us her phone, and we'll see

Ivy snapped, grabbing Thea's phone and slamming it to the floor. Her eyes burned with disgust. "We finally manage to have a family meal, and you have to bring this drama, huh? Having you

Thea for only a moment before she smiled coldly. "Yeah, I came here to stir things up. I want Emmalie to explain

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

clenched her fists but still played the victimn, tears welling in her eyes. "Thea, what are you talking about? I didn't do

your mind? Why would

get it. You're scared of jail, but there's an easy way out just apologize to Jake and marry him, and everything will be fine. Why

"You know how to read these documents. You 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

them to side with Emmalie, but seeing it play out stung more than she'd imagined. Tears streamed down her cheeks. If I didn't have this proof,

hesitated, guilt flashing across her face She opened her mouth as if

she could speak, Emmalie collapsed into Ivy's

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 go. Just stop trying

Ivy slapped her across the face. The sound echoed through the room as Ivy's eyes flashed