Chapter 24
Lillian had always been a staple at every major family gathering, her presence as expected as the turkey on Thanksgiving.
Brielle suddenly lost her appetite for the outing. I’m swamped with work, Dad. I’ll have someone drop off the cake.”
Robert glanced at Spencer sitting across from him. Spencer was seated next to Lillian, and his complexion didn’t look very good.
That morning’s negotiation with Integral Elements Inc. had been a battlefield, with Tanner sparing no one’s feelings, his sharp tongue rattling the upper echelons of management. If it hadn’t been for the protective wing of Spencer’s father, Max would have gotten wind of it by now.
And that-Tanner, he had the gall to dress down the whole M&A department like they were rookies. He was just small company’s man. Where did his audacity even come from?
It all came back to Brielle.
Spencer was holding his rage, and with Brielle not answering his calls, he planned to take it out on her as soon as she showed up.
at work. She’ll probably be late,” the Haywood family seemed to be still
his chair already dangling in the air. “Working late? What job does she have to work late at? I’ve
frosted
was Lillian, her face shadowed by disappointment, instinctively
at me. I’m sorry, Miranda, that your birthday has
made up excuses to skip her birthday! And with Spencer
anger, pulling out her phone and calling
tell us you’re not at Dorsey International anymore? What’s gotten into you
never admitted to playing favorites, especially not when the
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Get over here now!” And with that, Miranda hung up
at the cake she had made herself, Brielle had
was not an
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