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.”

a rough day and said something stupid. She usually looks up to you

chimed in, seizing the moment. “We’re all going to be family soon. Some

eye contact and mumbling,

cool. “It’s not me you should apologize to.

fake a disability to keep a

was crossing the

look at the fuming

so tightly it felt like her palms might bleed, but she just couldn’t bring herself to apologize to Emma. Her hatred for Emma was too intense. She’d rather die

Aria’s just being stubborn. She knows she messed up. I’ll apologize on her behalf. Emma, I’m really sorry. Please, don’t hold it against your

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 erase

she wasn’t

Emma pressed a button on a remote. The LED screen,

Chapter 10

Aria and

adores you, he wouldn’t give everything to

shouted in the

Not a coincidence. But forget

it off, now!” Nora shrieked, but the

you’re

would be recorded and played back

began to

two are messed up,” one

Emma going missing was because of them?” another

it on purpose? Emma was just a toddler back then.

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