Beyond the Divorce

Chapter 85 A Trojan Horse I had to keep Johnson here.

He was my ace in the hole.

As for why I didn’t insist on keeping everyone else, I wanted to leave myself an escape route.

I wanted Matthew to reconsider his actions without pushing him to the point of no return.

To my surprise, the next person to speak up was Henry, Matthew’s father.

“Why bring this mess into the office? Can’t it be discussed at home? It seems like people have lost their sense of decorum,” Henry said in a commanding tone, his nose in the air.

I spoke respectfully but firmly, “Dad, is that directed at me? You’ll see soon enough if I have ‘decorum.” But you should listen and watch closely.

Who lacks decorum here?‘ Matthew immediately grew uncomfortable.

Perhaps it was because I had never spoken like this since joining the Murphy family.

were used to

stood up and said, “Matthew, are you accustomed to,my mild nature? Do you think I’m a

the bag, so he adopted a

image as the ideal husband and was ready to throw me under

taken aback by my

me, trying to

saw I was being assertive, she yelled at me

you who ran off with another man,

“You’ve been

Then she looked at Henry and said, “Dad, let’s

nonsense.” “Leaving already?” Ivanna blocked Melanie’s path and crossed her

You jumped in with someone else’s

out of my way! Who do you think you are? You have no right to meddle!” Though Melanie protested, she avoided Ivanna

I grew visibly imitated.