She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 821:

“No,” Hugh said flatly.

First it was lies about Freya. What would come next? Would she move on to scheming against his daughters? He couldn’t afford to take that risk—not when his girls were involved.

“My dad’s about to walk free from prison,” Vivien murmured, worry etched into her face like a fading bruise. “He’s probably still nursing a grudge against my mom for turning him in for domestic abuse. I fear peace will never set foot in our lives again.”

Ethel’s brows drew together, a faint crease of unease appearing between them.

She had always held contempt for those who raised their hands instead of their voices. Still, her father couldn’t be expected to be a lifelong pillar for Vivien and Cheryl.

Freya’s eyes shimmered briefly, betraying the still waters stirred beneath her calm exterior.

Cheryl, after suffering her husband’s wrath, had reached out to Hugh for help. Hugh, seeing the signs, had helped her find a lawyer. That was the first domino to fall. A storm

for you comes with top-notch security,” Hugh said in a measured tone. “As long as you make no effort to reach out to

man returned like a ghost from the past, he wouldn’t make

we’ll have to step outside eventually,” Vivien pointed out, her

to hire two bodyguards. As long as you don’t pour it down the drain with lavish spending, that money should keep

L𝑎tеst chαptєrs in g𝒶l𝓷ovє𝓁s.𝗰𝗼𝗺

and Vivien fell silent, realization dawning upon them like daybreak after a long night—Hugh had drawn a line in the sand. His daughters stood behind it;

ruin of her past two years settle around her like dust after a collapse. She had placed too much weight

a lover’s

hoping to tilt Hugh’s affections, but that had been her fatal mistake. He would forgive many things—but not a threat to

for a driver to escort them partway. It was a

into silence, like a theater after the

stood there, tongue-tied in the