Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

Chapter 1644

Zoe's leap into the sea was the last thing anyone expected.

But Jackson, ever the foresighted one, had seen it coming. With a simple wave, he dispatched several rescue boats to comb the waters within a ten-mile radius of the island.

"Those boats were meant for emergencies," Jackson commented with a touch of irony as he surveyed the gathered guests, his expression tinged with annoyance. "Seems like today they're being used for something else entirely. Sorry for the spectacle, but the Larkin family can't sidestep the blame here."

His words shifted the spotlight back onto the Larkin family.

Everyone knew that the happenings on the island should remain a secret. These high-society families understood that if they fueled the gossip mill, they might be next in line to fall from grace.

The Larkin family members were visibly rattled, their resentment towards Zoe growing deeper for landing them in this mess.

family began, desperation in his voice, "we're prepared to offer half our wealth to the Woods family as

of their fortune was no small gesture, especially from a family as influential

Jackson wasn't having

Jackson repeated, a faint smile playing on his lips. His calm demeanor belied the chill his words sent through the room. "Do you

are lacking in sincerity. If that's all you've got, I'm not taking

formidable figures: the shrewd and powerful Jackson, and the clever

ground in the Capital by fifteen, and propelling it to the top by seventeen. That

to forget Kimberly's formidable presence in the Woods

think you can sweep this scandal under the rug with some

had it Kimberly had a way with words, and the Larkin family

was tough enough, but throwing Kimberly into

full of regret. If only they'd never let Zoe marry