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Chapter 104

After Zach left, Howard finally snapped out of his daze and yanked Rachel by the

arm.

"Are you out of your mind? Do you even realize what you just told him? If he confronts Hugh and says he heard everything from you, our family is done for!"

Rachel winced from the pain of his grip, but the words had already been spoken. There was no taking them back.

She yanked her arm free, her eyes blazing with anger. "Then what do you suggest we do? The Larson family isn't planning to rein Serena in. Zach doesn't step in and keep her in check, she'll just use their influence to climb higher!

“Besides, Zach and Hugh can't stand each other. If they go head-to-head and Serena gets caught between her old flame and new husband, we'll have the perfect leverage over her. Isn't that exactly what you wanted?"

She had a point.

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But Howard was even more worried that if this blew up and the Larsons found out, they might send Serena back. If that happened, all his efforts would have been for nothing.

Shaking his head frantically, he muttered, "No, this won't work! If the Larsons find out that we, as her parents, encouraged her ex-boyfriend to interfere in her marriage to Hugh, won't that-"

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a question of her own, stepping closer to reassure him. "We just knew they had history and assumed they ended things on good terms. All we wanted was for Zach to remember their past and maybe talk some sense into Serena. It's not like

Zach never asked about Serena's relationship with Hugh. We

other words,

relaxing. "You're right. We didn't stir anything up. If something

out so easily. As long as she has an ex-boyfriend lingering around, we'll always have

curled into a

knowing glance. This was

the Larson Group's Yellowbrook City

project proposal several times. Cole

glanced at the file. "There's no

on the thick

Did

are pushing for progress on the mall

wait until Rena comes

City mall project wasn't something that could be

Seeing that Zach couldn't be persuaded,

further.

already secured, so waiting a little longer wouldn't

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