Chapter 176

“Hey, Manny, I see things have taken a turn for the better. The cyberbullying

against you has settled, hasn’t it?” Ryder asked with genuine concern.

He had just returned home from work after picking up Tommy and glanced

at the news on his phone before making dinner.

Seeing the public opinion now unanimously in support of Roselynn and

Emmanuel and scolding Hermann, Ryder’s heart was finally at ease.

Just as he was engrossed in the conversation, Abellyn returned home, a

storm brewing inside her. She had had an unlucky day playing poker, losing

all her money, and even skipping lunch. Naturally, her mood was nothing

short of foul.

Her anger was further kindled when she heard Ryder’s voice wafting from the

kitchen, full of concern for his cousin without even sparing her a glance.

“Ah, did Ms. Quillen help you out again? She’s pretty and capable, huh? You’ve

truly found a treasure, Manny,Ryder remarked sincerely.

However, these words triggered Abellyn’s simmering anger into a full–blown

tempest.

“What is the meaning of this? Spending your time worrying about your

cousin’s wife while your own wife and son starve?” Abellyn yelled, her voice

laced with venom.

Ryder paused, setting his phone down, matching her ire with his own steely

working all day, and I’m tired. Is it

If you have so much

yourself!” he

go make dinner for

it!” she berated righteously.

honest and down–to–earth Ryder was, he was but

deserved respect.

tirelessly like a dog all day, and I’m

How dare she yell at me when all I ask is for her

I truly done, marrying this impudent woman to be

my wife?

to vent his

his room, phone in hand, and resume

with Emmanuel.

did you have another fight with

cautiously.

he had sensed the tension between Ryder and

She’s becoming

replied, suppressing his anger.

not to make dinner for the insolent woman today,

less if she would go

seething

refusal to include Robby in their family registry had already made

guilty toward Chloe and put a strain on their relationship as

his wife in favor

the last straw.

preposterous! I cannot live like

with fury.

madness, she stormed into the kitchen,

stormed toward

busy doing his

his

room, she planned to

seeing him still on the phone with Emmanuel,

Mackenzie, she felt a rush of resentment. Without

Emmanuel,

never attacked anyone in her life in her younger days

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