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Kris was so upset that the veins in his neck were popping from how hard he was clenching his fists.

“Brother…Kris, I was just putting this bitch in her pla-”

“Shut up, Susan,” Kris hissed, staring daggers at his sister. “Is it true? Everything you just said?”

He felt so conflicted. Was this truly how his family had treated Thalassa three years ago? He’d known his family didn’t like her, especially his mother, but had it been that bad?

“Kris, she attacked Mum in the organizer’s office. Look what she did,” Susan said, taking his mother’s hand to show the red marks on her wrist.

“Just answer my question,” Kris gritted out, his anger and anxious need for an answer overshadowing his worry for his mother.

Susan didn’t speak. Instead, it was Thalassa “Why are you so surprised by what you just heard, Kris? How else did you expect them to treat me when you never treated me with respect?”

Thalassa scoffed as she turned to Susan. “And you, what did you think you were going to achieve by bringing all this up? Did you really think I was going to feel humiliated if you told people about how you and your family mistreated me? All it does is prove just how horrible you people are.”

Murmurs of agreement echoed from the other guests.

“What a lack of class,” someone commented.

“Money really doesn’t buy class,” another seconded.

furious hearing all of this. “She is the classless one. No matter how many men she sells

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mouth, Susan,” Kris growled, sounding even angrier. “Apologize to her right

can you even ask me to apologize

to move away, but Kris grabbed her fiercely by the arm. “I said apologize to her.”

such passion. “Kris, how can you defend her so much after everything she has done to your family? After how she cheated on you

the organizer’s office, and still all you care about is for sister

his jaw, glaring at Karen in a way that told

“Apologize for what exactly, Kris? For the insults she just threw at me right now or for how she and the rest of your family treated me years ago? I don’t need it. Nothing that comes from your family is worth anything to me.

turned and gracefully made her way towards the door. Sweeping a glare across the

believe you defended that woman over me,” Linda immediately began lamenting, but Kris didn’t even stick around. Instead, he

called out. “We need to talk.”

turned to face him belligerently. “She doesn’t have anything to say

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“She might be your woman now, but I don’t think she has given you mandate to speak for her.”

Kris?” Thalassa questioned,

the

from a distance, since Zeke was

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