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 at camouflage.

there was no telling what she might do.

his arms. “Instead of worrying about pushing those people too far, think about where to bite to be

attack, aiming for the right

ensuring their prey can’t fight back.

leaves no room for the enemy

her head on Rhett’s shoulder,

more than just tactics, it requires absolute strength and

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

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,”

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

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

Hertha’s final bargaining chip.

it’s a chip the Haywoods dare not reveal, not until the last

flickered, looking down at

was truly smart.

mine, but then they drifted apart,” Rhett murmured, kissing Kristin’s cheek. “Even if the Haywoods have something on us,

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to do with the Haywoods, they knew. Theti

you to attend the prese

had been lying in Rhett’s arms for who

was still set on Rhett’s engagement

to go?” kristie asked timidly, gripping

to keep me

in Rhett’s lap, looked down, biting her lip. She truly didn’t want

got engaged to Hertha, it would mean the end of

Rhett’s voice

intention of going, yet he

how Fiona had coyly flirted with that man earlier…

she keep him?

at Rhett’s tie, her voice barely a whisper. “Can you not

even crafted an

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

of her. It was