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Chapter 47

Author: Tightrope
Ariel hurried into a fine dining restaurant, where reservations were required every day.

The moment she entered, she saw a furious Janice and a disheveled Lori sitting across from each other.

"What's going on?" Ariel's expression immediately turned cold. She approached to see if Janice was hurt and noticed the red marks on Janice's neck.

Lori spoke first, "You're truly cut from the same cloth! Both unreasonable shrews!"

Janice stood up. "You think you're in the right?"

Through gritted teeth, she said, "If I hadn't come here for lunch, I wouldn't have known that your father brought his illegitimate daughter to meet Jayson! She's trying to turn him from a brother-in-law into a lover! How shameless!"

Janice had overheard their conversation in the private room when she arrived.

Morgan had introduced Lori to Jayson, wanting her to "learn" from him. What could she possibly learn? How to please a man?

Lori knew Janice had no filter, and hearing her shout like that was a bit embarrassi
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