Chapter 383

Briony tossed the card straight into the trash.

"If anyone sends flowers again, just have them returned on the spot."

"But if the order's already accepted, the delivery guy can't just take them back, can he?"

"Then tell them if they try again, I'll file a complaint. Make it clear."

Hannah nodded briskly. "Got it!"

Briony turned and headed toward her office.

She hadn't even reached the door when a woman's furious voice erupted outside

"Briony, get out here right now!"

Briony froze mid-step and turned back.

Fiona, ignoring Hannah's attempts to hold her back, stormed in, shouting and shoving Hannah aside as she made a beeline for Briony.

"Ma'am, please, calm down..." Hannah tried to catch up and restrain Fiona.

Briony didn't want to engage. She pivoted toward her office again.

But before she could get away, Fiona shoved past Hannah and grabbed Briony's arm in a vice-like grip.

time to react before Fiona's palm struck

the hall, sharp and

to the spot,

"Briony!"

her arm free

stumbled backward, barely catching her

wave of ringing filled Briony's ears, and

her expression dark and foreboding. "Fiona, you'd better

eyed Briony up

years had passed, and if anything, Briony looked even more striking than before. Clearly, time

sneer, Fiona spat, "Seems like losing your son didn't affect you much

pain deep in her chest, but her

you are?" Fiona jabbed a finger at Briony's face, her voice shri with rage. "You have the nerve to tell me how to talk?

Irwin.

Realization dawned on Briony.

took in Fiona's furious, bitter expression, lips pressed in a thin line, one hand slipping discreetly into

"So what is it you

say?" Fiona snapped.

what this is

my daughter and never took back. Or

of

her eyes glinting with rage. "Briony, if you had a son, maybe I could understand you fighting for your place. But you only

and you still have the nerve

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