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

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

no telling

what if someone 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 prey can’t fight

for the enemy

on Rhett’s shoulder, pondering

That requires more than just tactics, it

The Haywoods haven’t retaliated?” Kristin clung to Rhett’s neck,

with them, that their families don’t mingle much, and she’ll take all responsibility, distancing the Haywoods

slowly, then spoke again. “No matter how fierce the online uproar, to Mr. Holcomb, it’s just pressure. If he insists on you marrying Hertha amidst such a storm, it only means one thing: the Haywoods hold something

had been seeking all along, the truth about his mother’s death, and the evidence, was

Hertha’s final bargaining

not

flickered, looking

was truly

mine, but then they drifted apart,” Rhett murmured, kissing Kristin’s cheek. “Even if the Haywoods have something on us, they wouldn’t dare go

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Rhett’s mother’s death had anything to do with the Haywoods, they knew. Theti would

to attend the prese conference this afternoon.”

Rhett’s arms for who knows how long

still set on

going to go?” kristie asked timidly, gripping Rhett’s

want to keep me here? Rhett

Big in Rhett’s lap, looked down, biting her lip.

Fervent got engaged to Hertha, it would

keep me…” Rhett’s voice was husky, lazily leaning back on the

had no intention of going, yet he

Fiona had coyly flirted with

she keep him?

tugged at Rhett’s tie, her voice barely a whisper. “Can

even crafted an excuse

to drag the Fitzgerald Group into

of her. It was painfully obvious he hadn’t picked up