Chapter 3

"Mr. Stone, you shouldn't be letting her off this easy." Lily kept shouting at him.

Lily continued, "If Sophie hadn't thrown that reckless fit back then, you never would've gotten caught by the side branch of the family. You almost lost every share you had, and I wouldn't have been shipped off abroad for a year."

Charles' voice turned ice-cold, leaving no room for argument. "Enough!

"The Summers family still doesn't know I kicked Sophie out. She's been punished plenty. I need the Summers family's backing for the project I'm working on."

Lily's gut-wrenching sobs echoed from the ward.

"Then…