Chapter 282

"How did you handle that pretty boy?"

Rachel was at a loss for words. "Pretty boy?" she thought, unsure if it was because of Everard's reputation or his intimidating presence. As Everard left, he glanced back, his gaze so commanding that Rachel felt a chill run down her spine.

She stuttered, unable to form a coherent sentence.

Belinda leaned in, whispering, "Why the silence? We're practically family now. What's there to hide?"

The Delaney family wasn't exactly on par with the Fosters, which had always made Belinda somewhat skeptical about Juliana's engagement to them.

She continued, a bit louder now, "Is it because you didn't want to make a scene in front of everyone? If it's bothering you, you could always show that pretty boy who's boss. It's just a bar, Midnight Scent, right...?"

Confront the founder of Fortuna Group?

She must have a death wish!

Worried about the Fosters possibly retaliating, Rachel blurted out, "Please don't! That guy... he's not just some pretty boy. He's the founder of Fortuna Group! Even Bill treats him with the utmost respect, calling him 'boss'!"

Silence fell upon them.

It took a moment for Belinda to recover before she laughed, "You're joking, right?"

Rachel sighed, "I'm dead serious. This is no joke."

Belinda was speechless.

Unaware of the Delaney family's shock, Cordelia sat in the car on the way home, lost in thought with a vocabulary book in her lap.

from the news, both staring

off, Lorna finally broke the silence, "Lia, what's on

Cordelia responded, "Italian."

It's okay to call him Everard, right? Who knew he spoke Italian

blinked, "I'm thinking of

Sanderson exchanged bewildered

in shock, asked, "You want to learn Italian? That's all you're

maybe other languages too. Japanese,

a loss for

again

go upstairs as usual, Sanderson couldn't help

the couch,

be direct. "Lia, how did you really meet Everard? What's your relationship with him? You're still young and

was intimidating, and the Delaneys

initially accepted Everard, thinking he was just a bar owner, someone they could influence

But now-

Cordelia were to be wronged, they doubted they could

went to his bar, Midnight Scent, to buy a

identity made it even more crucial not to

you love him more, or does he love

Cordelia

peculiar, occasionally speaking to her in strange tones,

was at a

to ask more, Sanderson coughed, signaling, "That's enough, Lia.

and

gone, Lorna turned to Sanderson, "Why

his brow

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