Chapter 15

Benji hadn't liked Amy from the get-go. He found her to be too much of a fake bitch. He got angry at the thought of Thaddeus divorcing Jessamine for Amy's sake.

"You don't deserve to drink my wine, you jerk. Jessie's a great woman, and she's obviously much easier to deal with. I don't know why she had the bad luck of meeting you."

Thaddeus sneered. "Her, easy to deal with? Do you know how much she demanded from me? A hundred million dollars! And she can't wait to get the divorce over with."

"Oh? She demanded too little if you ask me."

The two men drank and drank until they could barely speak. Thaddeus kept muttering, "Tomorrow at 10:00 am. Whoever doesn't show up is a coward."

…

And just like that, Thaddeus disappeared for a night. Everyone at Holt Manor thought he'd spent the whole night outside. Jessamine was the only one who knew he'd stormed off after she'd pissed him off. She supposed he'd returned to Islington Apartments after that.

Thomas was grumbling about Thaddeus all