Chapter 22: Just a Fun Thing to Do?

When Troy glanced up, he noticed Imogen standing at the door.

She was silhouetted against the light, making it hard to see her face clearly, but he sensed her gaze fixed on him.

“Cedric and I bumped into each other in the hallway, so I thought I’d say hi to everyone,” Imogen said, smiling as she looked around the room.

Troy inquired, “Are you here with your friends for dinner?”

“Yes.”

Riley smiled at Imogen and asked, “What have you been up to lately?”

“Working on a project for McKesson.”

Riley was taken aback when he realized the significance of what she just said

But to others, it seemed like an innocuous remark as someone pointed at Sarah and asked, “Isn’t she the spokesperson for McKesson?”

Imogen walked over to the table and playfully poured herself a cup of tea into an empty wine glass. “Today, I’ll offer you tea instead of wine since we ran into each other,” she said, smiling. “I’ll treat you to dinner some other time. As your older brother, I raise my glass to you.”

She emphasized “older brother” clearly.

Since their marriage, Imogen rarely called him “older brother” anymore; instead, she used “Troy,” a sign of their closeness.

Imogen took a sip of tea from the glass.

“Thank you,” she said.

Imogen placed the wine glass down and added, “I have some other matters to attend to, so excuse

me.”

Cedric interjected, “Imogen, you can’t leave without toasting your sister–in–law.”

Riley inwardly cursed Cedric for making such a foolish suggestion, but before he could intervene, some guys at the table playfully flirted with Imogen. “Come on. Imogen, your older brother acknowledges her as your sister–in–law; give her a toast!” one of them said. “Are you being rude to her?”

“Do you still work together? Have a drink!” another said.

Imogen closed her eyes and pouted

How could she have expected Sarah to drink a toast?

“Or perhaps you’d rather leave,” Riley suggested.

is Imogen unhappy with her brother’s wife? This is the one Troy calls

words were laden with

how dare she mistreat the future Mrs. Marshall?

does Imogen know that Sarah is her sister–in–law. Is Mrs.

circle?

Marshall’s heart. Does her behavior reflect his actions?

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were on Imogen.

smiled softly and said, “Imogen doesn’t mean anything by it.

Sarah is your girlfriend; say something,” Cedric

attention shifted to Troy.

her

eyes met, and their gazes

for a wine glass on the table, poured the bottom, and placed it

like a stab to her

of so many friends, he asked her, his wife, to raise

her as his wife, or is she

her body stiffen, as though she had fallen into an icy pit. A deep chill engulfed her, and her teeth chattered.

tie, and squinted his eyes. “Aren’t you going to? Or do you not recognize your

stung, and a sour taste rose in her throat as the corners of her mouth drooped Troy, you

thrusting the knife into her heart.

it’s just a toast to your sister–in–law,” someone

so

it be that hard to raise

her face tensing up. She stepped forward, picked up the wine glass from the table, lifted it toward Sarah, and downed it in one gulp.

glass down, she turned

refuse the toast to her sister–in–law,”

true lady of the Marshall family.

place in the company now. Sarah is going to be the face of the Marshalls, yet she doesn’t take it seriously. Troy, are you just going to

get hurt?”

sneeze,” Riley cleared his throat, noticing Troy’s displeased expression.

like Imogen, so they refrained from saying anything further.

trying to please Troy and Sarah, suggested, “Troy, since Imogen is still single, why don’t you find her a husband? Her

interesting idea.”

person was praised, and they

Troy stood up, and without warning, he kicked the person in

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off guard, falling to

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