Natalie traced the rim of her glass idly, stating, “Besides, as you said earlier, the reason I want to get close to Mr. Shane and Sean is to marry into the Thompson family. That means no matter which one of them I marry, I’ll still be a billionaire. So tell me, why should I give up on such a wonderful future for a few million?”

“You!” Catherine was rendered speechless. At the same time, she could not refute Natalie’s words since they were very reasonable. Anybody with brains would make the same decision.

However, that was not a decision that the Thompson family would accept.

After a moment of thought, Catherine smacked the table and stood up. “You shameless woman! Do you seriously think you can marry into the Thompson family just because you want to? You’re trying to seduce both Shane and Sean at the same time! Just based on this fact alone, there’s no way my husband and I will accept you!”

“That’s fine. If I can’t have Sean, at least I still have Mr. Shane. He’s richer anyway,” Natalie replied with a wide smile.

Catherine’s chest heaved with the force of her anger. “Don’t even think about putting your filthy hands on Shane either! He’s already engaged.”

“Engagements can be called off.” The smile never left Natalie’s face.

She was purposely doing this to piss off Catherine.

came here today to humiliate me. I’m not going to just roll

the thoughts going through Natalie’s mind. She sniffed disdainfully and hissed, “Calling off the engagement?

her. “The Smith family isn’t exactly J City’s most influential family. If Mr. Shane wants to break off the engagement, all he needs to do is post something online. He doesn’t even need to discuss anything with the Smiths. Even if the Smiths are unhappy with his decision, they’ll have no choice but to accept it. They won’t even dare to take

deliberately trailed

implied meaning was

Catherine picked up her coffee and threw it

expected the older woman to do something like that. As such, she was unable to avoid the liquid. The coffee splashed all over her, drenching her entire head while also ruining her

sorry state soothed Catherine’s anger immensely. She felt much better

to dab at the coffee expressionlessly. “Mrs. Thompson, the only thing holding me back from doing the same to you is the fact that you’re my elder.

possibly do about

but that doesn’t mean I can’t in the future. Who knows, maybe I’ll marry Mr. Shane one day and become the new matriarch of the

tell Shane all about you! I’ll

that, she took her bag and left for the restroom. She needed to clean up the coffee still in her

Catherine dug out her phone and called Shane. She recounted everything that had happened

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