Molly yanked her hands out of Chad's grasp.

Her mother, Coleen, fixed her with a stern look. "What's going on here?"

"It's not true!" Molly burst out.

But everyone else seemed to disagree. Chad chimed in, "Over the summer."

Vivian wasn't having it. "No way. Just a few days ago, Molly told me it was just sibling stuff between you two."

Jade was fuming. Vivian was trying to break up her and Chad, and now she was almost forced into marrying him.

Vivian turned to Molly. "You can't be with Chad. You're siblings; it's not right."

Jade snapped, "So, we can't be together, but you can? Aren't you just after our family's money? You're not even blood-related, and neither am I. If it's about who's closer, it's me and my mom. And now you're trying to mess with my family here on my turf? Vivian, if you had no brains to begin with, why compete with a pig for its intellect?"

Molly sighed. "I've seen people sabotage others, but never someone as dumb as you, Vivian. You ended up screwing yourself over, and dragged me down with you."

She regretted sending those photos to provoke Vivian yesterday. How could she have known they'd end up causing her such trouble with Chad?

Coleen questioned her daughter, "So, is there something going on between you and Chad?"

Molly looked her mother in the eye and said, "No."

But Chad countered, "Mom, you saw the truth last night. Molly's just embarrassed to admit it."

"It's not true! Mom, seriously, I have thick skin - super thick. Don't listen to him; he's making stuff up," Molly insisted, her voice desperate. Chad faced their mother's angry glare, confident she believed him.

Molly turned to her father. "Dad, you believe me, right?"

Kendrick asked, "Where did you sleep last night?"

Molly hesitated. "At a... hotel."

Chad?" her

out his hotel keycard and then another

looking at the identical keycards, was filled with regret. "Dad, I

grandparents, Grandma Aubree and Grandpa Elmer. "Grandma, Grandpa,

Grandma Aubree wasn't blind to what she had seen

her hands in the Byrne family living room, silent, knowing she was beyond defense; all she could

widened as she

stood up. "Molly, come

her mother to the

started, "Mom, there's

does he know about your

"He saw

the kiss in

"It was an accident."

the same

the hickey on your neck, was that

raised you? To be a self-respecting young woman? Which of those lessons did you

streaming down her face, Molly whimpered, "I

she had just found out her children were dating. "When did you two become

Molly insisted, "We haven't."

there any point

the ceiling, lied, "Chad told

only saying

her head against

you love Chad?" her

...

was fervently seeking his father's and grandparents'

she couldn't handle the shock. But since it's out, I need to be responsible for Molly. Selfishly, Molly marrying me is good for our family. If we broke up, she wouldn't be able to face me, and you might lose a daughter and a granddaughter. If Molly marries me, she can rightfully inherit Chade Inc., and she'll still be part

met his father's gaze. "No, it's

confessed his feelings in front of his

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