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.

at Thea in disbelief, shaking with anger. "After everything that happened, I had Emmalie send you countless messages! You're the one who

Ivy. "Thea, don't you remember? You blocked me. I thought you didn't

to her! It's just

the proof. Let her show us her phone, and we'll see if

it to the floor. Her eyes burned with disgust. "We finally manage to have a

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

threw the file in Emmalie's face. "Nice work teaming up with Madelyn to steal

and white, Fanmalie clenched her fists but still played the victimn, tears welling in her eyes. "Thea,

grabbed Thea's arm, her voice sharp. "Have you lost your mind? Why would you try to pin this on

impatient. "Look, 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 be

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.

play out stung more than she'd imagined. Tears streamed down her cheeks. If I didn't have this proof,

despair, Ivy hesitated, guilt flashing across her face She

Emmalie collapsed into Ivy's arms, sobbing

with you. Then everyone would be happy, and Thea wouldn't resent you. I'll leave right now, I don't want to cause

The sound echoed through the

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