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

no telling

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

when they attack, aiming for the right

throat first, ensuring their prey

no room for the

rested her head on Rhett’s shoulder, pondering

requires more than just tactics,

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

saying being a mistress is a personal matter, unconnected to the Haywood name. Claimed she’s not close with them, that their families don’t

just pressure. If he insists on you marrying Hertha amidst such a storm, it only means one thing: the Haywoods hold

about his mother’s death, and

was Kristin’s guess, Hertha’s final bargaining chip.

chip the Haywoods dare not

eyes flickered, looking down at Kristin.

truly

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

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the Haywoods, they knew. Theti would come after them

you to

been lying in Rhett’s arms for who knows how

still set

go?” kristie asked

want to keep

looked down, biting her lip. She truly didn’t want Rhett to

Hertha, it would mean the end of

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

of going, yet he still teased Kristin.

remembering how Fiona had coyly flirted with that man

she keep him?

tie, her voice barely a whisper. “Can

even crafted an excuse

wouldn’t want to drag

Kristen as if he couldn’t get his fill of her. It was painfully obvious he hadn’t picked up on her

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