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 countless messages! You're the one who shut us out. And now you're blaming us,

remember? You blocked me. I thought you didn't want to talk to us, so I didn't

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

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

Thea's phone and slamming it to the floor. Her eyes burned with disgust. "We finally manage to have

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

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

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

voice sharp. "Have you lost your mind?

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

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 them apart. He took a

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

Thea's despair, Ivy hesitated, guilt flashing across her face She opened her

Emmalie collapsed into Ivy's arms, sobbing

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

could respond, Ivy slapped her across the face. The sound echoed through the room

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