Second Chances Protecting Mrs. Hall

Chapter 10

“Mr. Rivera, why are you defending her? Got a crush on her or something?” Aria st Emma’s uncle, Daniel was young and strikingly handsome, which fueled her jealou

“God, that’s just stupid!” Daniel retorted, disgust clear in his voice.

arly misreading the situation. Despite being

Aria lost it. “Stupid? What’s so great about Emma, huh? She’s ready to sell herself for money. She’s nothing but a whore!”

Emma turned to face her. “Watch your mouth, Aria. Spreading lies is a crime, you know.”

Aria screamed, “Lies? You don’t even know Liam, yet you’re marrying a cripple for his money. Tell me you’re not in it for the cash!” Gasps echoed through the room as Aria insulted Liam so openly. People began to wonder if she had completely lost her mind or if she was just that

desperate.

Just then, a glass came flying from the second floor, smashing to pieces inches from Aria’s feet.

Terrified, Aria screamed and looked up, only to lock eyes with a cold, handsome man upstairs. She froze.

“Liam? What’s he doing here? I thought he wasn’t coming today!” the crowd roared.

Seeing Liam’s icy stare, the Wilson family went into a panic. “Mr. Hall, we didn’t expect you. Why didn’t you tell us you were coming?” said Mateo tremulously.

Liam’s high–tech wheelchair descended the stairs automatically. Even seated, he radiated authority. “If I’d given you a heads–up, would we

have had such a show?”

His cold gaze zeroed in on Aria. She stepped back, but Nora pushed her forward. “Aria, apologize right now.”

sorry. Aria is just having a rough day and

the moment. “We’re all going to be family soon. Some bumps in the road are normal,

avoiding eye contact and

cool. “It’s not me

cripple. The Hall family had amassed enough power that he had to fake a disability to keep a low profile. But that didn’t mean he was actually disabled. Someone like Aria wasn’t even worth his anger. But anyone who dared to

was crossing

at the fuming Aria. “You catch that?

she just couldn’t bring herself to apologize to

the standoff, Nora quickly interjected, “Alright. Aria’s just being stubborn. She knows she messed up. I’ll apologize on her

memory of the flames consuming her, every cell in her body screaming in pain, haunted her. Watching her loved one burn to a crisp, the smell of charred flesh, it was pure despair. A simple apology wouldn’t

and she wasn’t ready to

pressed a button on a remote. The LED

Chapter 10

Aria and Nora’s

he wouldn’t give everything to

shouted in

But forget

the video kept rolling, capturing her

rich kid about dating. Once you’re overseas, snag

and

guests began to chatter

messed up,” one guest

so Emma going missing was because of them?” another

it on purpose? Emma was just a