Chapter 397

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That was just Aubree being sarcastic, but Birgitte was even more ruthless. Their styles were totally different. Aubree liked to set up a long game, draw people in, and then slowly grind them down.

Birgitte, though, was just savage. She was hard on herself and even harder on others.

She said, “You really think you can get into the Moore family after sleeping with some old man? Take a good look at yourself. Can you stop hanging all over Hugo already?

“You’re just a shameless homewrecker, always trying to come between Hugo and me.”

Those filthy words rolled off Birgitte’s tongue in that icy, almost creepy tone of hers. After a few lines, she paused and stared straight into Grace’s panicked eyes. “If you’ve forgotten what you said, Miss Lawson, I can remind you.”

Stuff like that would be a lifelong scar for just about anyone.

Elizabeth finally gave Birgitte a real look. ‘Damn, this girl is ruthless. She really doesn’t give a damn,’ she thought.

Hugo’s face turned stormy. “Grace, I’ve told you before. I’ve only ever seen you as a little sister. I don’t have any feelings for you. Not now, not ever.

That so–called engagement between our families was

family actually took it seriously, you can go ask my folks

like that. If he was on board, it’d

trembled with disbelief. She was the one

me so intimately,”

reddened instantly, tears welling up as she stared at him in

a second believing that

as he spoke. “So, Ms. Lawson, you brought your cousin here thinking my girlfriend and her friend would

to say nasty things and got what was coming

faltered. ‘Wait, this isn’t how things were supposed

they’d gain sympathy. Elizabeth felt that Bowen

Lawson, you’ve got it all wrong. I’ve never been the reasonable type. In fact, I’m fiercely protective of

made her upset, you’ll just have to deal with it. If you’ve got a problem, come talk to me when you can actually put me under your

this

The sting from that slap on her face was still burning, and no matter how hard Elizabeth pulled, she stood her

to leave, Bowen didn’t mind giving them

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