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.

sounded so calm that no

every word that she spoke was icy and bone-chilling. Louis felt trapped in a snow cave, forced to bear

constricted

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 warning; it was a deliberate conspiracy to destroy the

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

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 the price.

in his wildest dream that the instigator

your father. How could you?” Louis

do her to destroy the Grey

do it?

Rachel not concerned that everyone would despise her for

father, but I disregarded my feelings and made him pay the price. What makes you think what

an ice

Rachel detested him and had abandoned

hound after her, she would undoubtedly stop him. She was someone

them.

if he wanted

smirked self-deprecatingly, feeling

the meaning of the phrase “serves you right” in the past.

Linda Galler when she stepped into the

witnessed Louis Smith pestering Rachel at the door. She looked annoyed as if something bothered

her.

entered the elevator. She teased smilingly, “What’s the pouty face

and thought, “Is it that obvious?”

you? Are there conflicts between you

with a disdain that translated into a contemptuous look as if she could not bear to utter his name. Even 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

family had sucked Rachel dry along the way,

come across countless hooligans since she was young. However, the Smith family took the cake when it came to shamelessness.

prestigious background, but what they did was despicably