The Protector

Her words made everyone present stop in their tracks.

She still loves Levi?

Everyone had thought that Zoey had given up on Levi.

“I’ll be honest with all of you. I won’t marry again. Even if I do, the only husband that I’ll accept is Levi,” Zoey announced with a look of resolve in her eyes.

“You…”

Meredith jumped to her feet, furious. At that moment, she was tempted to slap Zoey.

“You don’t have a choice. You must marry Landyn, and you must attend the engagement ceremony tomorrow,” Meredith hissed.

“Sylas, keep an eye on her,” Robert ordered.

It was then Sylas argued, “Although it’s not my place to say anything, I still want to say my piece. It’s inappropriate for Ms. Lopez to marry into the Gates family. It’s rumored that the Gates family agreed to Landyn’s marriage with Ms. Lopez because they need her to change Kurt’s fate. If she marries into the Gates family, she won’t be happy. She’s nothing but a tool for them!”

“Nonsense!”

Meredith slammed her hand onto the table.

you telling me that you believe in

“Furthermore, Mr. Gates truly loves Zoey. He used to court her, and that is a fact. Zoey will only be happier after her marriage. She won’t have

Mr. Gates has a chaotic private life. He has been with more than hundreds of

your nonsense! You’re slandering Mr. Gates. If you don’t want to do your job, you can

“I-”

to do as

how Levi had tasked

marry him. Grandma, you’d better

Zoey was uncompromising.

scoffed, “Are you still hoping to marry that horrible

Grandma’s right. After all, he’s someone that took ten million but lied and said he threw it into the

us exposing him on the spot. That man is nothing but a shameless

the others were

“You…”

refute them, but she realized she did not

other choices, she silently endured

rest. She will attend the engagement ceremony tomorrow and that’s final,” Meredith

could only bring