Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 208 I’m Not a Scammer

“Why is he here?” Erin screamed wordlessly. Her heart skipped a beal, and she cursed her own bad luck! She would be meeting her ex- husband–no, scratch that–her brother–in–law!

Just as Erin was feeling a flurry of complex emotions, lan and Cherry had already walked into the living room together. Ian wore a dark gray suit with a maroon shirt underneath. He wore an elegant black tie made him look very stylish and put together.

His thick hair was styled handsomely, with each strand seemingly meticulously designed. His appearance was not much different from before; he still looked youthful elegant, and dashing. His skin appeared even more refined and pleasing to the eye, indicating that he had become more particular about his appearance after becoming a billionaire. Moreover, from his appearance, it was evident that he’d started working out and had improved his physique.

“Mom, you have a guest?” A hint of surprise flashed across lan’s eyes when he saw Erin.

Cherry smiled and introduced, “Pam, this is my other son–in–law, lan. He’s Yvette’s husband. lan, this is Pamela, Erin’s close elementary school friend. Pam came to see me today, and we had a long chat.”

Her introduction prompted Erin to stand up politely. She looked at lan, smiled slightly, and nodded while saying. “Hello.”

lan’s gaze remained fixed on Erin. When Cherry looked back at him again, he quickly regained his senses.

lan said, “Mom, I came here without any specific reason. It’s been a while since I last visited you. Yvette has been busy filming recently, so we haven’t been able to come and visit you together. I hope you understand.”

“It’s alright. You and Yvette are both busy. I know that.” Cherry showed lan to the sofa, getting him to sit down.

lan nodded and walked toward Erin as Cherry asked, “lan, have you eaten?”

“Yes, I have. There’s no need to get me any food.”

“It’s great that you’ve eaten. That means I don’t need to cook again. But we should have some coffee. I just brought back some new coffee

beans from my hometown. I’ll brew some for you. Pam, would you like a cup too?”

The mention of coffee from her hometown stirred up some emotions in Erin’s heart. It’d been seven years since she last had a taste of it.

Erin smiled and said, “Sure. I would love that.”

“It’s no trouble at all. You young people can sit and chat. I’ll go boil the water. The coffee tastes best when brewed with freshly boiled

that, Cherry went back into the

were left

conversation. “Miss Eastwood, did you say you were Erin’s

calmly replied,

with me, she

disclose every detail to you, right? Just because you haven’t heard of me doesn’t mean

subtly hidden in

For your information, ever since my wife.

disappearance of my ex–wife Erin as bait. They’ve swindled my mother–in–law out of more than a million dollars. Money is not the issue, but I can’t bear

eyes flashed with a hint of coldness, and his smile turned chilling. “Moreover, I hate scammers the most! I’ve sent all those scammers to prison in the past. Miss Eastwood, I hope you think twice before attempting anything dishonest. After all, it

it surprising that Cherry had been conned out of so

felt a sense of

I’m not a scammer. I’m simply Erin’s elementary school classmate who has a good relationship with her. I came here purely to visit Cherry.” Erin enunciated

a scammer and say that you have a good relationship with

She suppressed her amusement and inwardly found lan absurd. How could he

had no shame, she didn’t

formed on Erin’s lips as she spoke seriously, “Mr. Sloan, to my knowledge, Erin and you never had any substantial physical intimacy. So, where does this talk of her having an abortion

stood up. He couldn’t believe that this unfamiliar woman in front of him knew so

with doubt. Just as he was about to ask something else, he saw Cherry approaching

the coffee.” Cherry carefully walked over with a tray.

them sat on the sofa, engaging in casual

for Erin to make a move. She was

got into her car and drove

of road that had maple trees on both sides, Erin noticed a dark blue Bugatti parked by the roadside.

of the car to assess the situation. Both the front and rear tires had been punctured

saw several scattered nails on the road as expected.

thing? How could they scatter nails on the road like this?” She sighed, stressing

could make the call a group of young

a man with blonde hair, immediately asked, “Hey there, pretty lady. Did your

smile carried malicious intent, making Erin instinctively raise her guard. She politely declined by saying, “Thank you, but I don’t need

a

man behind wearing a thick gold chain said, “The nearest towing company will take at least two hours to arrive here. Are you sure you don’t need help? We have an

guess was correct, they were likely the ones who intentionally scattered the nails on the