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.

with anger. "After everything that happened, I had Emmalie send you countless messages! You're the one who shut

you didn't want to talk to us, so I didn't

just her rotten attitude.

her show us her

the floor. Her eyes burned with disgust. "We finally manage to have a family meal, and

she smiled coldly. "Yeah, I came here to stir things up.

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

the evidence in black and white, Fanmalie clenched her fists but still played the victimn, tears welling in her eyes. "Thea, what are you talking about? I didn't do this!

arm, her voice sharp. "Have you lost your

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

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 glanced at the papers before tearing

expected them to side with Emmalie, but seeing it play out stung more than she'd imagined. Tears streamed down

her face She opened her

could speak, Emmalie collapsed

don't want to cause any more trouble Turning to Thea, Emmalie

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

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