Chapter 37 Marshall the Opportunist

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“And what else?” Sloane’s eyes cut sharply toward Samantha, her tone like ice. “Go on, say it.”

Marshall sat on the sofa, his face dark enough to drip ink. With a loud crack, he hurled the glass in his hand to the floor. The sound of shattering echoed harshly in the quiet living room.

“Sloane, what kind of attitude is this? Do you even see me as your father?”

Father? Sloane rolled her eyes. “Spit it out if you’ve got something to say. Don’t waste my sleep.”

-did you go partying at the Eastgate

“You-!” Marshall’s fury flared. “Tell me- Lounge bar tonight with a bunch of shady people?”

“I did not.”

“You’re still lying? Sammy saw you there herself!” Helen shot up from the couch the moment she heard Sloane deny it.

Sloane’s gaze slid coldly to Samantha. So that’s who locked the balcony door earlier.

saw me,

inside the bar, that would mean she had been inside too. “I

is huge. And that means I went to the bar

eyes gleamed as she mimicked Samantha’s usual coy tone. “Are you saying the Besnard family and the Clark family are the ‘shady

“The

were long–established aristocratic houses in Stonebridge. Not quite on par with the Hawthornes–but far above the Rivers‘ side branch.

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Sloane would’ve flown into a rage the moment her parents didn’t believe her. She never got this far into a confrontation.

ever.

were with me tonight. Don’t tell me you didn’t see them. Or are they

to Samantha, voice

hadn’t expected it to come to this. She was used to Sloane storming off long before it got this far. Caught off guard, under Marshall’s withering glare, she could only

Marshall needed to hear. As much as he spoiled Samantha,

slandering your sister?” he barked. “You’re grounded until the semester starts. Reflect in

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