The Runaway Groom

Chapter 20

In the living room, Sheryl White was sitting on the couch, wearing silk pajamas that accentuated her devilish figure.

She raised a pretty brow when she saw the other woman entering. “Oh, if it isn‘t Irene!”

Irene clenched her fists right then. Sheryl had moved in while her mother was sick?

She then glanced at Sheryl‘s wrist, and noticed the bangle that looked like it cost an arm and a leg–it seemed that things had taken a turn at the Spencer household after they received the Jeffersons‘ dowry.

Despite feeling embittered, she said, “I‘m here to talk to Lionel.”

Sheryl brushed her thick, maroon hair and replied, “He‘s not here.”

Irene quickly turned to leave, but Sheryl called out to her. “Stop–did you come to ask for money? Why would you need money when you‘re Mrs. Jefferson now? I‘m telling you, we don‘t have any money for you. I‘m sure you know how much your mother‘s surgery costs.”

Irene pursed her lips. Sheryl was merely a mistress, but she acted as if she was now the head of the household!

“Lionel hasn’t divorced my mother yet. I’ll file a lawsuit

if he refuses to pay her medical bills!”

“You-”

on a mild expression. “How could you call your own father Lionel?

her reaction, and

me money,” she said shortly. Lionel scowled as he approached her. “You‘ve gotten bolder after marrying into the Jefferson family, haven‘t you? What was that about

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gaze as she continued, “My mother‘s medical bills

have the money

Father, I‘m your daughter, and my mother is

glowered. “Are you

any importance in me

and I‘ll do anything,” Irene retorted. The look of determination on her eyes left Lionel stunned

to stop him.

out a check from his desk drawer, pausing halfway as he wrote

Irene, he said, “Have 200,000 instead. You should dress better as the new Mrs. Jefferson, and get rid

welling in her eyes even as she looked at the check. She understood that her father‘s kind gesture and concern was to flatter her, because he still intended to use her to earn favors from the Jeffersons. Her heart hurt at the

“Don‘t you know what happened after I married? Asking

woman. Try to learn how to please a man–it‘s not like

hadn‘t had women before? Or that a man like him can be beguiled by a pretty face? If you have so much time

talking about?” Lionel retorted.