When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 285

That afternoon, while I was deeply engrossed in sketching designs for our spring collection, a heated argument outside my office broke my concentration.

One voice was unmistakably familiar, and the other wasn’t completely from a stranger.

I had barely cracked open the door when I heard Christine’s unmistakable retort, “Don’t you get it? I said no, we’re not taking your business! Designing a dress for you is beneath Jane’s talent!”

“Hmph!” The other party scoffed, dripping with their usual arrogance. “Well, I’m laying it out here. You’ll do it whether you want to or not.”

Only Dorothy could wield such brazen bullying.

“And what it I refuse?” Christine stood her ground, opening her arms in a gesture of defiance. “Why don’t you call the cops? Oh, right, you’ll need animal control for that. Don’t bother dialing 911 and waste their time.”

when it

it came to verbal sparing, Christine was undefeatable.

won’t do it? Fine, then I’ll make sure your grand opening today is

I’ll do it!”

forward, making

way to squash any lingering feelings I might have for Bryant, and to

was over

countless moments of despair and disillusionment, I had thought he was the light in my darkness.

should I

she chose to be our

RF Group wouldn’t risk offending a powerful and well–established family for a small

least you know what’s good for you. Your friend here, not so

smile, “She just hasn’t mastered the art of animal

moment to catch on that I was echoing Christine’s earlier insinuation, calling her

momentarily, letting out a scomful chuckle, “People like you, born to serve me, can only find joy in

victories.”

I clenched

my fist

birth and the allies they find along the way play huge roles

in being bom into the Myers family, a household whose wealth and power dwarfed that of generations of others,