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-”

was about to retort when she noticed someone entering, and promptly put on a mild expression. “How could you

the quick change in her reaction, and turned

he approached her. “You‘ve gotten bolder after marrying into the Jefferson family, haven‘t you?

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continued, “My mother‘s medical bills need to be paid. As we‘ve

the

cool. “The Jeffersons paid you a dowry of 30 million dollars, and you don‘t have the money? Father, I‘m your daughter, and my mother is your

“Are you

seen any importance in me just

look of determination on her eyes left Lionel stunned right then,

to stop him.

his desk drawer, pausing halfway as he wrote

Mrs. Jefferson,

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 check. “Don‘t you know what happened after I married? Asking Isaac Jefferson for

Try to learn how to please a man–it‘s not like you‘re

is an idiot?” Irene snapped even as 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

are you talking about?” Lionel retorted.