Chapter 296

Holden ambled over to the couch and plonked himself down. Maria instantly beamed and brought him a cup of coffee. Holden took it and leisurely lifted the cup. When he spoke, his voice boomed.

“Ms. Shepard, you must know that lan has married already, right? I gifted Rosewood Manor to Maja as their love nest. You hustling over here, didn’t the Shepard family teach you about shame and decency?”

“Holden, I…”

“Zip it!”

Holden put down his coffee, his piercing gaze drilling into her.

“Now, you’re going to ring your parents. I want them to come pick you up from Rosewood Manor themselves. If they didn’t teach you not to play the mistress, I’ll school you on it tonight.”

Carlene’s eyes instantly welled up, tears spilling down her cheeks.

lan sat off to the side, his brow deeply furrowed.“Carlene was just here for a visit.”

“You shut up as well!” Holden slammed his hand on the table, his eyes narrowing. “lan, if you utter one more word, I won’t cooperate with any more hospital treatments.”

and he immediately

the matter,

she was picked up from Rosewood Manor, the news would spread like wildfire

clearly couldn’t do anything. If Holden fell ill, no

was burning with humiliation, her grip tightening on

face was smeared with tears.

I promise you that

all, she was a friend

turned to Maria, and said, “Where’s Maja?”

evening, but now she

but after all, she was

to run, and she’s

turned to

Ian, I’m compromising because of you, not because of the Shepard family. If the Shepard family pisses me off again, they can forget about doing business in Greenfield. Ms. Shepard, realize who you are.

you’re just a woman disrupting others‘ marriages. Your mom acted this way. Are

low blow, leaving Carlene

lan, but remembering Holden’s words, she

were tightly pressed together, drawing

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