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As soon as Daron asked his question, everyone present turned their eyes to Carter. Carter’s face froze.
Chris fixed him with a stern look and said coldly. “If I’m not mistaken, Reynaldo is Mary’s son from her previous mar the kid you’ve been raising all these years for free, right?”
Chris didn’t bother sugarcoating it, leaving Carter no room to save face. Carter’s expression flickered with embarrassn “Uncle…” he muttered.
Chris’s face went cold as he shot back at Carter. “You bastard!”
Chris’s features still bore a resemblance to Cole, especially when he was furious. In that moment, Carter couldn’t help feel like he was staring at his own dad.
He immediately lowered his head, but still insisted on making excuses for himself. “Reynaldo is a kid I’ve watched grow He’s a good kid. Uncle, if my dad were still around, he’d never let Marina get mixed up with Daron in such a messy way
“The Milner Family and the Zamora family are already engaged. Daron is basically trying to make Marina the other
woman.”
Marina glanced up at Daron, catching the pure contempt and scorn in his eyes as he looked at Carter. “I had no idea you were so clueless about what’s really going on,” Daron said.
“But then again, you got kicked out of this circle by your father just to be with Mary, so no wonder you don’t know anyth these days.
“The Milner Family and the Zamora family do have an engagement, but the one who’s supposed to marry Joyce isn’t me
Carter froze for a second at Daron’s words. “You’re not the one engaged to Ms. Milner?” Carter asked in disbelief.
But just a while back, when he ran into Joyce, she called him out in public, saying he was a lousy father who’d raised a daughter that’s only good at stealing other women’s men. There were plenty of people there who were tight with the Miln Family.
Hearing Joyce’s high–and–mighty rant, Carter’s mind instantly jumped to Marina and Daron. He felt utterly humiliated an bolted from the party as fast as he could. He never expected Joyce to totally play him for a fool.
Under everyone’s burning stares, Carter couldn’t bring himself to look up. Daron fixed Carter with a cold, cutting stare, his tone razor–sharp.
“Nobody’s ever had the nerve to say I’m not better than some loser right to my face. Carter, if Reynakhy’s really that impressive, then let’s see if he’s got what it takes to face me.”
Carter looked up, instantly realizing Daron was about to make things difficult for Reynaldo He jumped in, trying to plead his case. “That’s not what I meant, Daron. You’re misunderstanding me What I’m trying to say is
Daron didn’t give Carter a chance to finish, cutting him off in a cool, dismissive tone. Don’t worry. In not going to bully him myself. I’ll have one of my guys take him on instead. Let’s see just how impressive he really is
With that, Daron reached out and took Marina’s hand, gave Chris a quick nod, and walked out.
Chris watched as Marina and Daron left together, then gave Carter a frosty glance before saying, “Marina and Daron were finally starting to get along, and you just had to stir up trouble, didn’t you?
“Carter, your father really made the right call when he chose Elnora to run the company and pushed you out of the Finley
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Marina had driven herself to the restaurant. After they left the restaurant, Marina led Daron over to her car. Daron ha drinks at dinner, is he settled in the passenger seat while Marina took the wheel.
poiler wway from the restaurant, Daron finally broke the silence, his voice low and serious. “Why didn’t you inth we’re married? If he knew you were married to me, he wouldn’t dare bring up those nasty things in front of you e
When tharon went to find Marina, he noticed the disgust and icy indifference in her eyes as she faced Carter. She really cenddest stand him. She county had an easy way to solve this mess, but she just kept it to herself, refusing to say a wo
Marina Danced up at Daron, her voice cool and indifferent. “Don’t you think it’s actually kind of fun? Watching him pra around like a clown putting on
Theron froomed Pat even if watching the drama unfold is fun, doesn’t it just make you feel gross?”
Marinde lips curled into a faint smile. “That’s exactly why I do it. It keeps me from ever having any thoughts of acting lik Sery, dauder toward him, she said.
“We’re related by blood, so sometimes 1 can’t help but feel a bit of compassion for him. But the more I see him act like thi the tee 1 feel that way?
Theron went tenet, just listening to Marina. When Marina saw his eyes dim for a moment, the said in a cool voice. “Heidex tething ham we’re really married might not actually solve anything
He hasn’t learned a thing all these years, but somehow he’s gotten even more shameless than he was back with the Finleys That he’s my dad is just a fact Frant erase. If he comes at you waving the whole father–in–law card, what would you do?
dp give prinde more stuff in gossip about when they’re bored After saying that, Marina turned her gaze from Daron the triad iad, writhing the tiple withent missing a beat Are we heeling straight back to Zamora Groups” she asked fram replied condly, Test Marina tumed the car around and headed for Zamora Group The whole drive, either of then
When they fredly pulled up to the entrance of Zanicus Chrous Laron was the first to break the silence. You had a tough
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she said. “It’s part of my job.
“Besides, missing the signs right away was on me. Still, at least I managed to get things back on track before it blew up
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Lately, she’d been handling things for both the Finleys and the Zamoras, keeping up with all her commitments. No w she was more drained than ever, inside and out.
She was so wiped out, she had no idea when Daron drove off from the villa last night. Thankfully, she got up early tod instincts were spot on, and she headed straight from the rescue scene to the hospital without missing a beat
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
