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.

did not! Don’t say

vehemently, deathly afraid that the

to some

a rich man’s son like Shawn did not dare indulge in the

with somebody like

of his panic. “You were joking,

you not

keeping

debt written off. You’d better get

Abellyn and her husband away, still

Terence Group had become a married

going on?

Verkade Group. He had even

long–standing business

he lost no opportunity to curry

himself.

well that Hubert coveted

relentlessly pursuing Mackenzie.

gotten married?

get to the bottom of the matter, Shawn hurriedly sought an

under the pretense

a rumor, Mr. Verkade. Ms. Quillen

would spread such

propped on the table, Hubert was savoring his coffee when

of those words. It was clear that

not believe it.

woman I play poker with,”

actually believe the gossip that gets passed around a

for her misandry. Even I could not approach

you think I wouldn’t find

married?”

woman shares such

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