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Chapter 96

Ryder had never won an argument against his wife. At last, they came to

an agreement to gift Shawn the supplements to offset eighty thousand

from her poker debt.

Shawn was not even thinking about collecting the debt, so he thought he

had no reason to turn her away when she delivered to him herself.

Out of curiosity, he asked Abellyn quietly, “Are you related to Ms. Quillen,

who was in your uncle’s house the other day?”

Ryder was Emmanuel’s elder cousin, but Emmanuel’s father was older

than Ryder’s. Even more bizarre, Ryder was younger than Benny.

Ryder’s father had fathered him when the former was seventeen. Thus,

the difference in age between the two generations of the Lowe family had

always been a distinct oddity.

“She’s the wife of my cousin–in–law, Emmanuel. What about her? You don’t

have a crush on her, do you? You men are pigs!”

As she chided, Abellyn pinched Shawn on the waist.

Though she feared him, she was also trying to seduce him; she thought it

more worth her time to be with Shawn, the son of

be with

did not! Don’t say that. I

denied vehemently, deathly afraid that the

some sort of

rich man’s son like Shawn did not

somebody like

curious at the sight of his panic. “You were joking, right?

do you not dare

keeping

written off. You’d better get

husband away, still reeling from

cold CEO of Terence

is going

business with Verkade Group. He had

long–standing business

lost no opportunity to curry favor with Hubert,

himself.

Hubert

relentlessly pursuing Mackenzie. How could

gotten married?

the bottom of the matter, Shawn hurriedly sought

pretense of

heard a rumor, Mr. Verkade. Ms. Quillen

such vile

his feet propped on the table, Hubert was savoring his coffee

veracity of those

not believe it.

woman I play poker

you actually believe the gossip that gets passed around a

known for her misandry. Even I could

been watching her. Do you think I

married?”

You have a point. That woman shares such lousy

I heard it. Anyway, I’m here

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