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.

was patient and skilled at

there was no telling what she

carried Kristin downstairs in his arms. “Instead of worrying about pushing those people too far, think

they attack, aiming for

first, ensuring their prey

for the enemy to breathe.

rested her head on Rhett’s shoulder,

strike… That requires more than just tactics, it requires absolute strength and

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

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 Hertha amidst such a storm, it only means one thing: the Haywoods hold something over the Fitzgerald Group,

truth about his mother’s death, and

Hertha’s final bargaining

chip the Haywoods dare not reveal, not

eyes flickered, looking down at

was truly smart.

murmured, kissing Kristin’s cheek. “Even if the Haywoods have something on us, they wouldn’t dare go public with it now.”

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with the Haywoods,

Holcomb expects you to attend

lying in Rhett’s arms for who knows how long when York’s

was still set

go?” kristie asked timidly, gripping

want to keep

her

got engaged to Hertha, it would mean the end

do to keep me…” Rhett’s voice was husky, lazily

going, yet he still

had

keep him?

stiff fingers, she gently tugged at Rhett’s tie, her voice barely a whisper. “Can you not

an excuse

of the media storm; he wouldn’t want to drag

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

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