Chapter 117 Episode 117

“Aunt Sophia, there she is—chatting up that guy from the Rodgers family again!”

Billie’s expression curdled like milk left in the sun.

Her voice sliced through the air with sharp disapproval.

“Why don’t you keep a tighter leash on your wife? What sort of spectacle is she making, cozying up to another man at such a formal event?”

Kailee, always eager to fan the flames, added with mock concern, “Exactly, Aunt Sophia! Imagine what people might say if they saw this.

The whispers alone could tarnish the Norris name!”

Elijah pressed his fingers against his temple, the beginnings of a headache knocking insistently.

His patience frayed, he replied curtly, “Soren and Elizabeth are collaborating professionally.

This is a business event—social mingling comes with the territory.

no scandal in networking at a

frown deepened, her displeasure bubbling into

want to be the bad guy, I’ll do it for you.” She

“Go get Elizabeth.”

lit up with a zeal she reserved

soldier given marching orders, she

you’re coming home

of the growing attention around them, allowed herself to be led

she shook off Kailee’s grasp

your cousin’s wife, a Norris daughter-in-law, not some errand girl for

well to remember

her smugness barely

“Oh, please.

me about overstepping? Save it—I’m just

you stop making a spectacle of yourself, chatting with every man

doesn’t need a daughter-in-law with

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