Chapter 89:

Jake was the one who seized Kallie’s wrist. His brow furrowed as he stared at her with evident displeasure, his irritation stemming merely from her attempt to leave.

“What are you doing?” Jake demanded in a hushed tone. “Come back with me.”

Kallie met his gaze, her expression clouded with confusion. She had been to similar events with Jake before, yet she always felt like she didn’t belong. Whether she clung to his side or left early, his complaints were inevitable.

Eventually, Kallie stopped accompanying Jake altogether, and Sarah had taken her place.

Now, confronted with Jake’s familiar scowl, Kallie braced herself for another round of criticism.

However, to her surprise, Jake pulled her back to his side without a word and steered her toward Louis to resume their conversation.

Keith, witnessing the scene, shifted from anxiety to embarrassment. He shot a glance at Sarah and quietly retreated.

“Oh, Mr. Reeves, you and your wife seem to get along well…” Louis remarked with a smile, engaging Jake in conversation as others joined in.

Throughout the evening, Jake’s grip on Kallie’s hand remained firm, never once loosening until the banquet concluded.

As the final guest departed, silence enveloped the mansion.

a private conversation, while Kallie

that Shirley approached

head to toe, her eyes brimming with disapproval. “You didn’t lift a finger earlier, and now you’re not planning

a blank expression, offering no

and dumb too?” Shirley taunted under her breath as she reached out to

targeted the softest parts of Kallie’s arm, a cruel habit

reflexively as Shirley

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you over his own mother?” Shirley hissed

more, Kallie abruptly broke free from her

forceful, accompanied by a

her face, her eyes wide with disbelief at

phone and quickly typed a message: “Ask Sarah if she needs

Shirley before abruptly spinning around and striding away, leaving Shirley gaping in

Shirley reached out to stop Kallie, but Kallie shrugged off her grasp

because Kallie rarely resisted and always seemed so meek. Despite her slight frame, Kallie was much younger than Shirley, and

Shirley nearly lost her balance from the force, yet

was on the verge of yelling, but she restrained herself, wary of drawing Jake’s attention. Clenching her teeth, she shot a venomous look at Kallie’s disappearing figure.

by a voice calling her from the front yard of the mansion. It was

interpreter

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