Chapter 603 Boiling Point

There was something oddly calming about watching Marie eat.

“Is the food good today?”

Marie took the seat across from Stella, who nudged her plate of wings toward her. “Try these–they’re amazing.”

She’d already eaten several of them.

Stella kept her eyes on Marie’s face, studying her carefully.

Marie glanced up and raised a brow. “Why are you looking at me like that? Relax. It was just a rapist–I’m not that fragile. I’m not about to go jump off a bridge or anything.”

Stella stayed quiet.

Of course Marie wouldn’t do something like that.

Given how badly she laid into Morris, he was probably the one ready to lose it.

From Stella’s perspective, if Morris had known what the consequences would be, he never would’ve touched her last night–no matter what.

Suddenly, Marie’s phone buzzed on the table.

Unknown number.

She answered without hesitation. “Yeah?”

“Are you serious right now? You weren’t with Derrick last night?”

Morris’s voice came through the phone, sharp and trembling with rage–you could practically feel him ready to explode.

Laid up in a hospital bed, Morris had finally put the pieces together–and the more he thought about it, the angrier he got.

Yeah, wronged.

He hated to admit it, but he’d finally realized–he took the fall for something he didn’t even do.

And Derrick… that bastard actually ran?

The second Morris remembered Marie and Derrick had been together last night, he completely lost it. His chest tightened. Breathing got harder.

He wanted to tear Derrick apart.

“Wow.

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are? Do something and then try to pin it

Morris growled, “I-”

You sleep with me and then throw Derrick under the bus like it’s nothing? What, trying to start a war between us?

her and Derrick to fight. Just what he

walked in from outside. He paused mid–step as he caught the tail end of her sentence. His face said it all: What

sleep with you!” Morris snapped. “Jesus, what is wrong with

happening? He couldn’t even

that story, huh? Fine. Doesn’t matter.

just pissed she ever gave a guy like him the

She couldn’t believe she’d ever been

off. “Marie, what the hell is wrong with you? Why don’t you go after

it. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t explain himself. And he knew exactly why. Because of that fake–death stunt, Marie didn’t believe a single word

lying. Go ahead. You’re

away and

stepped forward respectfully.

“Where’s Abraham?”

“In the study.”

was low. “Alright. I’ll go

too busy yelling at Morris to notice Derrick. Stella was just as focused on Marie and didn’t see

a tight breath, somewhere between discomfort and amusement, then

Morris was spiraling. “Marie, you crazy b*tch! Are you

What the h*ll

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out who’d actually been with her, he’d make sure that guy didn’t

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