Chapter 64:

“Who in the world is this lunatic?” Gregory exclaimed, his eyes widening in shock as he stared at Shirley.

Before Kallie could respond, Gregory’s expression softened to one of regret, as if realizing something. “Oh, my apologies. You’re the patient, aren’t you? I shouldn’t have said that.”

“Shut up!” Shirley’s fury was palpable, her stance tense as if she was on the verge of throwing a punch.

Quickly, Kallie stepped in, positioning herself between them and silently signaling to Gregory that Shirley was her mother-in-law.

“Oh, that must be tough taking care of her,” Gregory murmured with a solemn nod, his words inadvertently stoking Shirley’s anger further.

“Get out of my house!” Shirley’s command boomed across the room.

“At your age, you should watch your temper. It’s not good for your health. You might have a stroke,” Gregory said, his tone patient. “I’m just here as Kallie’s colleague, bringing her some work-related stuff. What’s got you so worked up? Are you feeling paranoid?”

But Shirley was beyond listening. Seizing Kallie’s wrist, she huffed, “I’ve caught you in the act this time, haven’t I? You slipped past me last time, but now I’m calling Jake back! Let’s see how you wiggle out of this one!”

Kallie tried to wriggle free, her heart sinking.

Shirley could maintain a poised appearance before others, yet she reserved her most spiteful and hideous behavior for Kallie alone.

Kallie had become Shirley’s emotional punching bag, a target for all her frustrations and anger.

“No wonder you refuse a divorce, splurging Jake’s money and keeping a toy boy on the side!” Shirley lashed out in front of Gregory, who she mistakenly thought was just a young lover funded by a wealthy woman. Little did she know, Gregory hailed from a rich family himself.

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the word that

this, Kallie felt a weight lift off her shoulders. She had already decided to divorce Jake. Now she felt even

her arm free from Shirley’s grasp with a

backward and landed heavily on the

me!” Shirley stared at Kallie in

had struck Shirley or not, Shirley knew the truth. Not only Shirley, but Gregory and the butler had seen the entire

Kallie turned to Gregory to express her gratitude first. She admitted she had failed to check her phone, inadvertently missing his messages. Pausing a bit, she gestured to ask whether he had any knowledge of Jake’s situation before coming here, prompting his

motives now being exposed, showed no embarrassment.

it all along, he could have told Jake before the incident escalated to this point, which would certainly earn him Jake’s gratitude while telling her wouldn’t

unspoken implication was clear. Insider knowledge was as valuable as

on anything. He gave a nonchalant shrug. “Perhaps you misunderstood me. I’m not that influential. Before

had transpired, and Gregory was not that close

point. She shoved Kallie

illness had spread, Shirley’s temper had flared uncontrollably. Coupling this incident with her ongoing frustrations, she felt an overwhelming urge to vent her

herself and tumbled forward, crashing into a cabinet

butler sprinted to assist. But it was

to the ground,

commanded the butler as he scooped Kallie up.

slap should wake her up!” Shirley

dialed Jake’s number. With chaos erupting at home, he knew he couldn’t manage alone. Having served the Reeves family for years, he understood that when Shirley lost

butler tried calling repeatedly,

white of the hospital ceiling met her gaze. As she focused, Linsey’s face came

in confusion. How had she ended up

her bed stood not only

called me using your phone

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