The Runaway Groom

Chapter 165

With those words, Irene turned to Sheryl. “Let’s go, Mom.‘

Sheryl quickly followed Irene out of Spencer Mansion, which had become a bleak place since Lionel’s death.

“What did your father say in that letter?” she asked when they were out–it had been gnawing at her for a while, but she did not ask immediately since Samantha and Ricky were around.

“Dad asked me to take care of Ricky,” Irene replied.

Sheryl laughed icily. “What is he thinking? Entrusting you with that boy? Is he that sure that you can accept such an arrangement? Even if you do, I won’t.”

After all, Samantha had groomed Ricky since she was a child, and he was therefore heavily influenced to become just like her.

“That’s why Dad gave me evidence of Samantha attempting to murder me. He’s trying to appease me.”

In reality, Irene thought that Lionel was a little heartless–Samantha had been with him since her youth, even giving him a son despite having no legitimate ties to him.

But in the end, he left her with nothing.

tragic, and it made evident how

“He was siding with you, just so that you have reason to take

certain that was Lionel’s

you ever

silence. “Of course. I wouldn’t have married him

“Do you hate him?”

and my head is

hatred and lamented, she

grievances

turned out that Mr. Cooper worked fast–Samantha’s case was done and dusted in just a few days. With the evidence of her attempted murder and her disenchanted state, things

child, and Lionel clearly intended to keep it within the family, which was why

Lionel’s intention, and moved in with Sheryl and Tommy–with this,

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with a headache because she did not know anything about

the company under her management might

entrusted the company in her hands, and