From Heartbreak to Happily Ever After

Chapter 529

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

Melody shot Debra a sharp glare, displeased with what she had just said.

Unfazed, Debra continued, “How about one billion dollars? I’ve heard that Melody has quite a personal fortune. That should be enough to compensate for your emotional damages.”

Hester wavered further. Her family business was only a mid–sized enterprise, and one billion dollars was a massive amount of money.

If she could bring that sum back to her family, maybe they’d overlook the fact that she had lost her chastity. Perhaps they wouldn’t see her as a useless daughter.

“I disagree!” Melody snapped.

She didn’t have nearly that much set aside for herself, and the mere thought of handing it over to someone who used to bring her foot–washing water made her blood boil.

Hester barked, “Shut up!”

held at knifepoint, didn’t dare

center, too. And I demand that the Nichols family partner with my family. For every project, you’ll cut

outrageous demands hung in the air. Debra chuckled, “I have no problem with that, but

“I don’t agree!”

anger, but Hester sneered, “If you don’t agree, then you

from the knife pressing against her neck. Desperate,

at Juan.

hesitation,

but seeing no way out, she

in writing, anyway. With no paper trail, no one could hold her accountable later. All she needed to do

lower the knife, Debra suddenly

you mean? Are you

“Do you think Miss Vargas is that naive? You made a verbal agreement, but without anything on paper, do

Hester, who quickly realized her mistake. She hesitated for a second before pressing the blade against

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