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.

was patient and skilled at camouflage.

comered, there was no telling what she might do.

you too far?” Rhett carried Kristin downstairs in his arms. “Instead of worrying about pushing those people too far, think about where to bite to be lethal and prevent them from biting back.”

when they attack, aiming

throat first, ensuring their prey can’t

no room for

head on Rhett’s shoulder,

than just tactics, it requires absolute strength and resources.

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

matter, unconnected to the Haywood name. Claimed she’s not close with them, that their families don’t mingle

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,

what Rhett had been seeking all along, the truth about his mother’s

guess, Hertha’s final bargaining

a chip the Haywoods dare not

looking

was truly smart.

to mine, but then they drifted apart,” Rhett murmured, kissing Kristin’s

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to do with the Haywoods, they knew.

Holcomb expects you to attend the prese conference

who knows how long when York’s

still set on

asked

want to keep me here? Rhett smiled.

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

would mean the end of their

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

had no intention of going,

looked down, remembering how Fiona had coyly flirted with that man earlier…

she keep him?

her voice barely a whisper. “Can

crafted an

wouldn’t want to drag the Fitzgerald Group into it, better to wait until the

gaze on Kristen as if he couldn’t get his fill of her. It was painfully