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

Chapter 205

Kristin’s eyes shimmered with unshed tears, her lips tightly sealed.

Rhett stepped forward, pulling Kristin into his embrace as he frowned at Garner.

Garner opened his mouth but no words came out.

“Wow, who’s the owner of this shiny beast? This ride didn’t come cheap,” Madge quipped as she ushered Jeannie outside, whose voice cut through the air like a knife.

“And who might this be? Didn’t you say your daughter was single?” Jeannie’s eyes widened in surprise as she noticed Rhett holding Kristin,

Kristin squirmed, trying to escape, but Rhett’s arms held her fast.

“Hold your horses, getting all cozy before you’re even hitched? That’s hardly proper, Madge. You better have a word with your daughter, How’s she gonna find a decent match behaving like that?” Jeannie’s voice was stern.

“Don’t tell me she’s playing the other woman? The guy looks loaded, that car’s gotta be worth tens of thousands,” murmured the other relatives, chattering among themselves.

“Kristin had a child out of wedlock? Did she bear the child for some wealthy old man?”

Garner, annoyed, turned to the relative. “Over three hundred thousand.”

“What?” The relative was taken aback, not having grasped the information.

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“This is Mr. FitzGerald’s most modest set of wheels over three hundred thousand,”

Garner reiterated.

The relative’s face was a picture of shock, as if they had never imagined a car could cost

as much as a house.

With that kind of dough, why

the cheapest pad would set you

people were clearly

few million?” Jeannie nearly bit her tongue. “Madge, about that blind date tomorrow, should I still

if she didn’t recognize Rhett, she had a

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all, Holcomb had already been in

married off pronto,” Madge said darkly, soothing

going!” Kristin suddenly found her courage, perhaps because Rhett was there, and she was

it before, I’m going to work. And you have no right to decide my future or my marriage. You’ve already shattered me once; I refuse to call you my mom, and I don’t want to see you again. You dumped me when I was just a kid, so just carry on like you

Garner nodded in agreement. “Mom, you’ve never raised Kristin for a day. Even if she doesn’t support you in your old age, you can’t complain. I’ll take care of your needs. If you can’t settle in the city, you’re welcome to go back to your hometown, where

she pointed at Garner, cursing him.

brow furrowed, his

What a heavy

mother!” Madge lunged

Kristin,

her now? Don’t forget, she did it all for you. She didn’t

the Turners, would you have had such a good life? You should be

rich, he’s probably just toying with you. Do you think he’ll treat you and your son well?” Jeannie said, feigning concern.

Being an unwed mother, what kind of man would seriously want you?” Jeannie/deliberately brought up Kristin’s out–of–wedlock birth, thinking Rhett

Summer called out from the back

go for some barbecue,” Summer beamed at

Summer’s hair, a helpless smile on his

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help but cringe. He’d only managed a few bites the last time, and his stomach

at Summer with tearful eyes, then at Rhett. “We don’t need any of you fretting over our business. Consider it as if the

time for the last five years, and for whom?!” Madge began to

in Kristin’s eyes, her chest aching with pain. Sometimes she wondered, if people lacked conscience, would they be free from the damnation of morals