Chapter 124 Episode 124

Oliver’s voice teetered on the edge of anger when suddenly, Sophia intervened, her tone soothing as she took over the conversation.

“Elizabeth, there’s no need to be so aggressive with us.

We’re still family, after all.

I understand that this apartment is the only legacy your mother left behind, and I have no intention of depriving you of it.

There was a brief pause before Sophia added, “But we have a proposition that could benefit us both.

Should you accept, your father will relinquish his inheritance rights, and the apartment will be solely yours.”

Sophia’s cunning was no secret to Elizabeth.

She had always been a master of manipulation, cloaking her sharp acumen with the facade of a benevolent stepmother, regardless of how Elizabeth responded.

With a skeptical frown, Elizabeth probed further, “And what exactly are you proposing?”

the idea outright, which prompted Sophia to seize the opportunity,

remember Nate Crawford? Your ex-fiance? Married or not, he still loves you—it doesn’t matter to

a divorce from Elijah, perhaps reconsidering Nate isn’t such a

was their true

they had failed

surge of defiance tightened Elizabeth’s grip on her

“Forget about it.

treat me like a thing

phone from Sophia, Oliver’s

you reject Nate and refuse to settle the debt, I’ll sell the apartment off to a salvage firm to convert into

no familial bond left between him and Elizabeth,

down the wall, drawing her knees to her chest and resting her chin upon them, her body curling into a shield

sanctuary of the

of its dilapidated state, it was a piece of her

attorney review the offer you’ve made to ensure it’s fair, and I’ll pay

that doesn’t satisfy you, feel

everything else,

to let you three

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