She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 858:

“Dad,” Ethel said pointedly after Freya put the pen down, her tone firm.

“What do you think of Jarrett?”

Hugh was taken aback. She really knew how to pick her timing. It was bad enough she asked with Freya sitting right there, but Jarrett hadn’t even left yet.

Freya instinctively looked at him when she heard the question.

“He’s fine,” Hugh answered with a slight cough, keeping it brief. He fully intended to give Ethel a talking-to once they got home for putting him on the spot like that.

“Then you don’t have any objections to us dating, right?” Ethel wasn’t even trying to be subtle anymore.

Hugh, always the dignified one, held his composure. “When did I ever say I objected?”

peace. She walked out of the restaurant with Hugh and Freya, her arm linked with Freya’s, her happiness

the corner,

I needed to. Working with me will do

don’t see what good this is going to do.” Vivien watched as Freya and the others slowly faded from sight, her voice eerily calm—almost devoid of emotion. “Whether it succeeds or not, it’s still a crime.” The

know how deep the Briggs family’s roots run.

like the Seymours and other major players.

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force in the corporate world, but the blood that runs in my veins could wipe them out. Wealth means nothing

hesitated. The Russell family’s background was nothing short of

you,” the voice continued, smooth and steady. “Isn’t your situation—and your mother’s—all

a long while. Eventually, she asked, “Can

voice said, confident. “The name ‘Russell’ alone

it,” Vivien murmured,