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? This is the one Troy calls ‘Madam Marshall.”

words were laden with meaning.

a girl raised by the Marshalls, how

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

circle?

in Grandpa Marshall’s heart. Does her behavior reflect

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were on

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

Sarah is your girlfriend; say something,”

attention shifted

Troy, her hand involuntarily curled up.

eyes met, and their

and placed it in

word “sister–in–law” felt like a stab to

friends, he asked her, his wife, to raise a toast to Sarah.

as his wife, or is she just a casual

body stiffen, as though she had fallen into an icy

his eyes. “Aren’t

throat as the corners of her

one thrusting the knife into

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

that so

be that hard to raise a glass to

stepped forward, picked up the wine glass from

down, she turned away without a word.

toast to her sister–in–law,” Cedric said, smiling and shaking his head.

lady of the Marshall family. How dare she behave like this in front

in the company now. Sarah is going to be the face of the Marshalls, yet

get hurt?”

sneeze,” Riley cleared his throat, noticing Troy’s displeased expression. “Let’s not discuss

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

still single, why don’t you find her a husband? Her husband could make

an interesting

was praised, and they

up, and without warning, he kicked the person in the knee.

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caught off guard, falling to their knees in

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