She never liked beating around the bush. Cutting to the chase, she pulled out a check
“Fill in the amount. Don’t let me see you have any contact with Alex again. If you do, don’t blame me for taking your life.”
She wasn’t like Noelle and Heather, who only talk without giving. No matter how high the price, she could afford it.
Maureen finally realized she was here to accuse her. She didn’t take the check.
“I always thought Barbara was a strong businesswoman with a sense of right and wrong. But now it seems she’s not much.
Alex is my husband’s brother. How can I avoid contact with him?”
Hearing this, Barbara’s eyes showed amusement.
It was the first time she’d seen someone dare to talk back to her like this. They really didn’t value
their life.
She didn’t speak. The driver seemed to have received a signal, reversed, and drove straight toward Maureen.
The car halted just an inch away from Maureen.
Maureen’s pupils contracted slightly, yet she remained composed.
Surveillance cameras covered the area, and she doubted Barbara would dare make a move against her so brazenly.
Barbara studied the calm and beautiful woman before her. Were it not for her daughter, she might have felt genuine pity for her.
“So you’re truly set on opposing my daughter, then?”
She asked.
Maureen answered truthfully: “I have no connection with Alex–not now, nor ever will.”
She’d already chosen Geoffrey. How could she possibly accept Alex?
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Besides, even without Geoffrey, she’d never be with Alex–not with her children to consider.
“See that you don’t.”
Barbara ordered her driver to leave.
En route, watching Maureen shrink in the rearview mirror, she lit a cigarette.
Uncertain whether Maureen was genuinely principled or merely putting on airs.
Barbara made a call to Heather, though the conversation’s content remained unknown.
That evening, Heather invited Elizabeth back to the Sutton estate, suggesting they spend the upcoming Christmas Holidays together.
Elizabeth marveled at her adoptive mother’s influence–even Karaville’s famed Iron Lady Heather heeded Barbara’s words.
She phoned Barbara: “Mom, you’re incredible. Thank you.”
Barbara smiled knowingly.
I’ve already warned Maureen. From the look of her, she wouldn’t dare have any improper thoughts about Alex anymore.
Just a warning?
Elizabeth wasn’t satisfied. “Mom, did her innocent act fool you?
Let me tell you, she’s two–faced.”
“Last time she swore nothing was going on with Alex, but soon after, she secretly contacted him
to meet.”
Elizabeth dramatized the story.
Barbara lit a cigarette. Hearing this, her fine brows furrowed slightly. “Really?
She’s that cunning?”
“Mhm, otherwise how could she have tricked me?”
Naturally, Barbara chose to believe her daughter.
“Don’t worry. I’ll stay in Karaville with you for now. Let’s see who dares bully you.”
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Elizabeth agreed instantly. With Barbara staying in Karaville as her shield, what did she have to fear”
That very night, she packed her bags and moved into the Sutton estate.
When Alex returned home and saw Elizabeth there, he was surprised. “What are you doing
here?”
Still ashamed and anxious from the earlier humiliation, Elizabeth faced him nervously.
“Mrs. Sutton asked me to come.”
She said softly.
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Heather walked downstairs: “Alex, since you and Elizabeth are already engaged, it’s time to work on your relationship. Living together would be ideal.”
Heather was in excellent spirits after learning about Ethan.
She couldn’t wait for Alex and Elizabeth to get pregnant soon, giving her several bouncing baby boys. So when Barbara called to remind her, she immediately agreed to have Elizabeth come over.
Alex neither refused nor agreed upon hearing this.
“I have work to attend to. Excuse me.”
He headed upstairs to the study.
A flicker of disappointment crossed Elizabeth’s eyes.
Truthfully, she initially valued Alex for his status, but now she’d genuinely fallen for him.
Refined, handsome, and the Sutton Family’s leader–no less impressive than Geoffrey.
“Elizabeth, don’t overthink it. My youngest son has never been in a relationship before. You’ll need to guide him in this area,” Heather comforted from the side.
Elizabeth feigned surprise.
“Auntie, Alex has never dated?
How come I heard…”
She deliberately trailed off, sparking Heather’s curiosity.
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“What have you heard?”
When it came to matters about her son, Heather was particularly attentive.
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Elizabeth deliberately kept her in suspense: “Nothing, it’s probably false. Alex isn’t that kind of person.”
The more she said this, the more Heather wanted to know what it was.
“Don’t be evasive, just tell Auntie.”
Elizabeth finally said slowly: “I heard that Maureen used to like Alex and even dated him.”
These words struck Elizabeth like a thunderbolt.
Elizabeth didn’t like Maureen to begin with, and now hearing that Maureen had designs on her own younger son, she was instantly furious.
“This woman really can’t stay peaceful for a single day,” Heather said coldly.
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