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.

with her brother’s wife?

words were laden

raised by the Marshalls, how dare she

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

circle?

in Grandpa Marshall’s heart. Does her behavior reflect

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eyes were

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

is your girlfriend; say something,”

attention shifted

at Troy, her hand involuntarily

eyes met, and their gazes intertwined.

reached for a wine glass on the table, poured the bottom, and placed it in front of

word “sister–in–law” felt like a

he asked her, his wife, to raise

wife, or is she just a casual affair to

fallen into an icy pit. A deep chill engulfed her,

and squinted his eyes. “Aren’t you going to?

sour taste rose in her throat as the corners of her mouth drooped Troy, you know just how to hurt her.

the

just a toast to your sister–in–law,” someone else said, adding to her

so

that hard to raise a glass to

up the wine glass from the table, lifted it toward

the wine glass down, she turned

her sister–in–law,” Cedric said,

true lady of the Marshall family. How dare she behave like this in front of Troy?”

in the company now. Sarah is going to be the face of the Marshalls, yet she doesn’t

get hurt?”

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

unhappy face, the others assumed he didn’t like Imogen, so they

and Sarah, suggested, “Troy, since Imogen is still single, why don’t you find her a husband? Her husband could make you happy,

an interesting idea.”

praised,

without warning, he kicked the person in the

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The

was caught off guard, falling to their knees in pain.

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