Chapter 850

Her and Richard? They barely counted as friends-more like acquaintances, really.

"We've met before," she said.

Richard arched an eyebrow, a faint smile tugging at his lips. “Yeah, we kind of grew up together, but we never really hung out. I was a handful as a kid and ended up in military school. Scarlette was always the good girl-the type parents love to brag about. Super well-behaved."

He wasn't wrong. In their circle, everyone saw Scarlette as the model child— polite, always striving to be the best. Whether it was tests or anything else, she pushed herself to be number one. That was the only way she felt she belonged in the Greenard family.

And beyond all the hard work, her biggest role was keeping Nicholas happy.

Even when she was little, she'd known what she had to do to survive in that house. She did everything she could to please Nicholas.

Nicholas only grew more attached to her, but for Scarlette, it was just a way to get by.

wanting to think about the Greenards

a kid had come back to haunt her. Who would've thought Nicholas would end

him, always putting her little brother

Scarlette, her only worth was making sure Nicholas liked her enough to

she pushed thoughts of

the

start up again,


age, some people's second kid is already running around. What have you

right there.

"I'll go

hand, then gently tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, a smile playing at his lips. "Aunt Carrie, let's not rush it.

thirty-if they waited much longer, she'd be an older mom, which

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