When the Boss’ Lady Became His Sister-in-law

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Chapter 164

Chapter 164

Rhett shielded Kristin with his body, delivering a solid kick to Vincent’s gut. “Are you out of your mind? Lay a finger on mine and you’ll regret it.”

“Rhett! Kristin belongs to me!” Vincent wiped the blood from the corner of his eye, his gaze heavy with rage. “We’ve been together since we were sixteen. Ask her if she still has feelings

for me!”

“Sixteen? You’ve got some nerve bringing that up. What did we know about love when we were just kids?” Rhett’s voice was deep and protective as he held Kristin close.

He didn’t need to ask Kristin about her feelings for Vincent. Whether she had them or not was irrelevant.

All he had to do was do what he deemed right. Whether Kristin would fall for him was her business.

“Kristin, tell him you still care. It’s me you love!” Vincent trembled his voice, betraying a childish desperation for affirmation and answers.

Kristin was numb with tension, her anxiety so acute she couldn’t speak or make a sound.

“Rhett, she’s not answering, which means she still has feelings for me,” Vincent persisted, as if winning over Kristin was the only way to one–up Rhett.

“Kristin, can we talk, please? I know you didn’t want this six years ago. it was James who forced you. I still care for you, I can’t forget you. Let’s have a talk.” Vincent pleaded, desperate for a chance to explain himself.

Rhett snorted in disdain.

Vincent claimed to love Kristin, to be unable to forget her, yet he was clueless to the fact that Kristin suffered from depression and was too traumatized to speak.

Rhett gently covered Kristin’s ears with his hands, his voice soothing. “Don’t listen to him. It’s just nauseating.”

The very people who had caused Kristin such pain now dared to say he couldn’t forget her.

Their words were filth.

Rhett wouldn’t let that filth hurt Kristin.

Kristin slowly closed her eyes, her body rigid and trembling as she curled into Rhett’s embrace. His heartbeat was strong, a surprisingly effective balm that quickly calmed her.

“Rhett, all you want is to ruin me because you hate that my mom took Holcomb from you. You’re scared I’ll take what should be yours, so you want revenge. That’s why you’re using Kristin, because you know I’d die for her.” In Vincent’s eyes, Rhett was deliberately provoking

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him.

Rhett was indeed doing it on purpose, using Kristin to get at him.

you think you’re worth that?” Rhett said, leading Kristin

against him would be giving Vincent too much

Rhett ushered her

stiff and clutched tightly. She struggled

cramping was beyond

witness Mr.

chat would

Rhett instructed as he handed Kristin a cup of hot water to warm her chilled

Kristin felt a little

that she realized she was using

FitzGerald…” Kristin panicked, on the verge of

Rhett

the office and always used

for a

nervousness and inability to speak as well as her eyes brimming with frantic emotion, Rhett felt a pang in his chest.

dig too deep into what Kristin had endured over

head close and gently kissed

as if silently reassuring her that there was nothing to fear with him

then miraculously

she couldn’t hold back anymore streamed down her face as she wept in his arms.

just let her

don’t

Rhett curled into a half–smile, and his mood

continue to love such

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and she was the clever fox who knew

is a bad

no good,” Rhett

cried again. “I’m sorry to hit him.”

to remember hitting Vincent hard enough to draw blood, and she worried that the FitzGerald family

your fault for not finishing the job,” Rhett said, ruffling her hair affectionately.

looked up at him, her eyes

his breath. Kristin’s eyes were probably the most beautiful he had

your fingers, okay?” Rhett coaxed Kristin to open her hand and not hurt

so tightly that her nails

which seemed

I tell you, even

and slowly opened her

several

on alert. “Where did you get

gave them to me,”