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.

"After everything that happened, I had Emmalie send you countless messages! You're the one who shut us out. And now you're

you

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

proof. Let her show

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

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

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

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!

your mind? Why would

easy way out just apologize to Jake and

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

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

Ivy hesitated, guilt flashing across her face She opened her mouth

could speak, Emmalie collapsed into

I never should've come back," she murmured. "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,

across the face. The sound echoed through the