Marrying A Secret Zillionaire Happy Ever After (Linsey)

Chapter 857:

He was sending a crystal-clear message: he could plant moles right in her inner circle without her blinking.

Even if Linsey booted Caylee out now, Gorman would just slip another pawn into place, keeping his grip tight.

And if Caylee ever became dead weight, Gorman wouldn’t hesitate to pull the plug on her grandmother’s lifeline.

“Linsey, I’m so sorry…” Caylee’s voice faltered, words drying up under the weight of her guilt.

She felt naked, her shame laid bare for exploiting Linsey’s generosity. Linsey shut her eyes for a heartbeat, steadying herself, before her voice came, soft but loaded. “Caylee, level with me. How much does your grandmother’s care really cost?”

Caylee kept her head down, her voice a faint murmur as she spilled the number.

It was a jaw-dropping amount.

out of the woods yet,” Caylee added, her

doc says more bills

as she took in Caylee’s

her like a ton of bricks: Caylee had made the only call she

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would never have scraped together the cash for that surgery,

she was gutted, her faith in Caylee shattered by

even after all the time they had spent together, Linsey couldn’t just stand there and let Caylee’s

self-mocking grin tugged at her

in Caylee’s shoes, she would have jumped at Gorman’s deal too—anything to keep the last piece of her

fixed on the floor, her voice flat. “You

head snapped up, eyes wide as saucers, brows knitted in shock. “Linsey, no way! I’m done with that, I swear. I’m not passing another word to