When the Boss’ Lady Became His Sister-in-law
Chapter 220
Chapter 220
Just head on back Rhett sald, pressing a hand to his forehead
The lawyer hesitated, his words stuck in his throat, but after a long silence, he decided to speak up. ‘Mr. FitzGerald, you’ve endured for over a decade. A few more days won’t make a difference”
Rhett remained silent.
Over a decade. Since he was a child, certain seeds had already taken root and begun to sprout.
“Rhett, rebvember, mom would never take her own life, never.”
Rhett. I have you, I would never han myself. Remember, if something ever happens to me, it wasn’t by my own hand…”
Rhett could never forget, that year he was only eight, the night Holcomb came home drunk and turned the house upside down in a violent rage.
On that stormy night, Rhett stood hidden behind the door, watching Holcomb strike his mother with a golf club, over and over.
His door was locked from the outside, and no matter how much he cried and screamed, he couldn’t open it. His fingers trembled as he pressed them against his forehead, veins bulging on the back of his hand.
The shadows of childhood can indeed follow you for a lifetime.
“Rhett Upstairs, Kristin walked out barefoot, her eyes red and swollen from crying.
She called out for Rhett, not Mr. FitzGerald, just his first name – Rhett.
Rhett’s thoughts snapped back to the present, a sharp pang in his chest.
Looking up at Kristin standing at the top of the stairs, he rose to his feet and quickly ascended. “Bad dream?”
“I dreamed you died…” Kristin was still crying, crying hard.
For Kristin, the worst nightmare wasn’t Rhett leaving her, it was Rhett dying – He was killed by someone because of her.
Rhett let out a chuckle, pulling Kristin into his arms to comfort her. “Been watching too many thrillers?”
Tm scared, if we push the Haywoods too far…” Kristin fretted.
She knew Hertha wasn’t foolish, not like Adrienne and Fiona, those foolish women.
patient and skilled at camouflage.
no telling
pushes you too far?” Rhett carried Kristin downstairs in his arms. “Instead of worrying about pushing those people too far, think about where
kill when they attack, aiming for
the throat first, ensuring their
no room for the enemy to
Rhett’s shoulder, pondering his
requires more than just
The Haywoods haven’t retaliated?” Kristin clung to
a mistress is a personal matter, unconnected to the Haywood name. Claimed she’s not close with them, that their families don’t mingle much, and she’ll take all responsibility, distancing the Haywoods completely,” Rhett
“No matter how fierce the online uproar, to Mr. Holcomb, it’s just pressure. If he insists on you marrying
all along, the truth about his
Kristin’s guess, Hertha’s final bargaining
it’s a chip the Haywoods dare not reveal, not until
flickered, looking down
was truly smart.
apart,” Rhett murmured,
1/2
10:34
with the Haywoods, they knew. Theti
to
had been lying in Rhett’s arms for who knows how long when York’s call came
Holcomb was still set on Rhett’s engagement to the Haywoods.
asked timidly,
keep me
lap, looked down, biting her lip. She
engaged to Hertha, it would mean the end of
voice was husky,
he had no intention of going, yet he still teased Kristin.
remembering how Fiona had coyly flirted with that man earlier…
keep him?
Rhett’s tie, her voice barely a whisper. “Can you not go? Don’t leave me alone.”
even crafted an excuse
in the eye of the media storm; he wouldn’t want to drag the Fitzgerald Group into it,
get his fill of her.
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