Chapter 96

Ryder had never won an argument against his wife. At last, they came to

an agreement to gift Shawn the supplements to offset eighty thousand

from her poker debt.

Shawn was not even thinking about collecting the debt, so he thought he

had no reason to turn her away when she delivered to him herself.

Out of curiosity, he asked Abellyn quietly, “Are you related to Ms. Quillen,

who was in your uncle’s house the other day?”

Ryder was Emmanuel’s elder cousin, but Emmanuel’s father was older

than Ryder’s. Even more bizarre, Ryder was younger than Benny.

Ryder’s father had fathered him when the former was seventeen. Thus,

the difference in age between the two generations of the Lowe family had

always been a distinct oddity.

“She’s the wife of my cousin–in–law, Emmanuel. What about her? You don’t

have a crush on her, do you? You men are pigs!”

As she chided, Abellyn pinched Shawn on the waist.

Though she feared him, she was also trying to seduce him; she thought it

would be more worth her time to be with Shawn, the son of a rich man,

than to be with a pauper like Ryder.

not! Don’t say that. I would

deathly afraid that the woman was

some

son like Shawn did not dare indulge in

somebody

the sight of his panic. “You were

do you not

mouth, Abellyn! I’m keeping the gifts,

You’d

and her husband away,

cold CEO of Terence Group had become a

is going on?

father had business with Verkade Group. He had even

long–standing business relationship

no opportunity to curry favor with Hubert,

himself.

Hubert coveted Mackenzie, having heard

had been relentlessly pursuing Mackenzie. How

gotten married?

get to the bottom of the matter, Shawn hurriedly sought

the pretense

heard a rumor, Mr. Verkade.

spread such

table, Hubert was

denied the veracity of those words. It was clear that he

not believe it.

I play

the gossip that

misandry.

her. Do you think I wouldn’t

married?”

You have a point. That woman

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