Marrying A Secret Zillionaire Happy Ever After (Linsey)

Chapter 889:

Linsey sucked in a quick, shaky breath, her hand tightening around Caylee’s beside her. She fixed Gorman with a glacial stare as he lounged there, smug as ever. “You planned this whole thing, didn’t you? You wanted me to lose faith in Caylee, so I would feel helpless and rely on you.”

She paused, letting her thoughts settle before continuing. “If I really cut Caylee loose, you’d stop footing the bill for her grandma’s surgery, wouldn’t you? Because by then, she’d be no use to you.”

Caylee’s heart clenched.

Deep down, she had known it from the start—agreeing to Gorman’s demands had set her on a road with no good exits.

If she had said no from the jump, she would never have scraped together the money for her grandma’s surgery, nor would she have made it to Grester with Linsey.

with the betrayal. And once she was no longer Linsey’s assistant, she would have nothing to offer Gorman. He would cut off the surgery funds without a second

led to the same dead end. It was only a matter

was done selling

the stories

her grandma’s surgery fees, she would find another way to

glint in his gaze before his lips curved into a sly, loaded smile. “Linsey, when you say that, you’re really just talking to Caylee, aren’t you? You’re boxing her in, making sure she’s got no choice but to stick by you. You know as long as Caylee works for you, I’ll keep footing the bill for

up like a pot about to boil over. “Don’t go slapping your sneaky assumptions on everyone else! You think we’re all as calculating as you? We’re not playing those

spill. She gave Linsey’s hand a quiet squeeze, her heart swelling with gratitude. The heavy cloud of gloom that had been weighing her down

his hands, a mocking show of applause. “Well, ain’t that a heartwarming little bond you two got? Since you’re

out. Talk some sense into Linsey. Two