The Runaway Groom
The Runaway Groom Chapter 20
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-”
noticed someone entering, and promptly put on a mild expression. “How could you call your own father Lionel? You should be
saw the quick change in her reaction, and turned
approached her. “You‘ve gotten bolder
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as she continued, “My mother‘s medical bills need
the
dollars, and you don‘t have the money? Father, I‘m your daughter, and my mother is your legitimate wife. I was hoping you‘d uphold your end of our agreement, but I don‘t
glowered. “Are you threatening
never seen any importance in me
now desperate because you‘ve pushed me, and I‘ll do anything,” Irene retorted. The look of determination on her eyes left Lionel stunned right then, and he suddenly decided that he could still
to
and took out a check from his desk drawer,
dress better as the new Mrs. Jefferson, and get rid of
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
know what happened after I married? Asking Isaac Jefferson for money? He can‘t wait
learn
she pocketed the check. “That he hadn‘t had women before? Or that a man like him can be beguiled by a pretty face? If you have so much time to think about that stuff, just divorce Mom as soon as you
are you talking about?” Lionel
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