When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 255

Susan slid a chair back and sat down, lifting her chin and looking at me with a gaze that screamed wealth and power.

“The current predicament of the Ferguson Group will be a thing of the past once news of a partnership with the Myers family gets out. But you, meddling in our business, are only holding Bryant back.

Indeed, he’s among the finest men around, looks, family background, capabilities, and character. Not only in RiverCity but also nationally, there’s hardly a match. Clinging to him is understandable.

“But, let’s be real. Shouldn’t you consider what you deserve? Without a respectable family name, how do you plan to secure your position as Mrs. Ferguson?”

Seemingly trivial, her words cut through me like a knife.

I clenched my fists, maintaining an even tone. “Susan, I respect you, but if you can’t discern right from wrong for your daughter, don’t expect me to be nice.”

daughter, cloaked in righteousness, was new to me. As if lacking parental backing or a

hearing a joke, “Td like to see how you plan to be ‘not nice to

decision to stay married to Bryant, when to divorce, or whether I even want to, that’s my call to make.” Under her increasingly sour expression, I asked

totally out of line, making cheating sound like

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a grimace. “You’ve changed your tune quickly, haven’t you? You were timid as a rabbit just days ago, and now, you’re baring your teeth? Speak, then. If you have anything else to say, out with

my voice cold, “It’s rare to see a family that not only condones their daughter being ‘the other woman‘ but also teams

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the table, glaring at me furiously. “No wonder Dorothy told me you

quite reaching my eyes. “Still, that’s

no desire to

building in Vista Town comparable to this

the catch?”