Girl Get Rid Of That Jerk by Melissa Johns

Chapter 364

"Allie, it's over," Joshua's voice was low and slightly raspy. "Chris is gone. It's all over."

Allison's heart skipped a beat. "Are... are you okay?" she asked, her voice tinged

with worry.

There was a brief pause.

Then Joshua's voice came through the line, "I'm fine."

Thank goodness. Allison let out a relieved sigh, her heart settling back to its normal rhythm. She had been so anxious about Joshua getting hurt while dealing with Chris in New York.

"Alright, I'll hang up now. It's dinner time," Allison said, trying to sound casual.

"Allie, wait for me," Joshua's voice was soft.

Allison didn't respond, just ended the call. Her mind was spinning, even though the whole Chris situation was finally behind them. But what about Grandma Emily? And now Javier was upset with the Fisher family too.

She couldn't just brush aside the past hurts and start fresh with him.

ready," Linda called, snapping

pushing her worries aside as she

room.

...

hadn't told her about the trouble brewing at Reynolds Corporation yet; he was hoping to

unaware of the impending crisis, Cindy continued living like a glamorous socialite, decked out

shopping with the housekeeper to pick up some nutritional supplements for expectant mothers. She also had the housekeeper grab top-notch organic veggies and a free-range chicken from the members-only supermarket. She was planning to

Kate's apartment, Cindy was all smiles, holding Kate's hand

the best mood, responding with half-hearted nods and

Kate's mood swings were just due to

to put away the supplements and said, "Mrs. Wang, could you start on

housekeeper replied, "Yes,

used to dream of hearing. Yet now, it

that the Reynolds Corporation was drowning in debt,

into the Reynolds family now, she'd be saddled with a mountain of

Not feeling well?" Cindy asked, noticing her unease. Kate gave a nonchalant

do that to you. Sometimes you feel low or irritable, and it

mood swings too. Why don't you move in with us? Having the staff around to take