Betrayal At The Altar

Chapter 855

Louis Smith panicked when Rachel Grey read his mind; he immediately denied it.

“No, That’s not true. I-” he tried to defend himself.

“My time is precious. I don’t want to waste time talking nonsense with you, Rachel said without looking at him. “Let me give you a piece of advice, Louis. Instead of wasting your time and energy on me, why don’t you think about how the Smith family should proceed from now on?”

Then she walked past Louis and headed to the office.

Louis watched her leave and clenched his fists. “Are you so anxious to cut ties with me because of David Jones?” he growled, feeling hurt.

Rachel stopped in her tracks and turned to look at him.

Then she casually tucked the stray hair behind her ear.

Rachel was enveloped in the warm sunshine, and the diamond ring on her finger reflected a dazzling glow under the light that pierced into Louis’s eyes, making him squint uncomfortably.

Rachel’s gesture spoke volumes even though she did not speak a word.

Louis understood what her ring represented, having been in a failed marriage himself.

Louis was confident he could change Rachel’s mind if it were someone other than David Jones. Unfortunately, he was no match for David on all fronts.

David, the Jones family’s patriarch in Aureliana, also had absolute authority in Seaxas’s underground forces.

That was no way the Smith family could measure up to him in terms of fortune and power.

Rachel gazed at Louis coldly. “Let bygones be bygones, Louis. We will go our separate ways and mind our own business as we move on. If you don’t listen to me, then…

She paused for a moment, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly. “you will end up like the Grey family in Pollister.

nonchalantly; she sounded so calm that

was icy and bone-chilling. Louis felt trapped in a snow cave, forced to bear the frigid temperature.

involuntarily; his pupils constricted as he

declared bankruptcy in the financial news this morning, caused by its inability to repay its debts. The banks involved enforced the regulations by freezing the Grey family’s accounts and seizing all its assets. However, Louis knew fully well that the Grey family’s bankruptcy came without

had lobbied tirelessly at the bidding meeting, trying to rope in investments. Although the Grey family was not as prominent as before, it was in better shape than other families in Pollister. It could not have gone bankrupt so quickly. When the Grey family was in its heyday, Hans had offended many people and made countless enemies in the business

was out of the limelight, Hans initially thought that one of his enemics had sabotaged him to avenge the family. Therefore, he ended up on the short end of the stick and had to pay

that the

that’s your father. How could you?”

it do her

did she do it?

would surface eventually, no matter what. Was Rachel not concerned that everyone would despise her for being heartless when that day came along?

replied indifferently, smiling. “Yes, he’s my father, but I disregarded my feelings and made him pay the price. What makes you think what I said to you was just a harmless

into an ice hole;

him and had abandoned him for good.

would undoubtedly stop him. She was someone who did

was no going back between them.

away. Louis reached out his hand slowly as if he wanted to grab hold of something. But in the end, he was

feeling sorry for

phrase “serves

into Linda Galler when she stepped

Louis Smith pestering Rachel at

her.

“What’s the pouty face all about? Did you wake

instinctively touched her mouth and thought, “Is

you? Are there conflicts between you two?” Rachel asked knowingly.

so, she could not help mocking him mercilessly. “He came to the office early morning to see you; one look at him, and I knew he was up to no good. That bastard left you without a word at the altar on your wedding day. Now that he found out about your status, he came running like

Louis had abandoned Rachel on their wedding day and how the Smith family had sucked Rachel

She had come across countless hooligans since she was young. However, the Smith family took the cake

Smith family put on airs of a prestigious background, but what they did was despicably out of this