บททั้งหมดของ The Love of a Stepbrother : บทที่ 31 - บทที่ 34

Despite what was said in the contract, Simone decided that she had given more than enough time and energy to the company. And thus, when 6 pm struck, she knocked on the door of William’s office, eyes resolute, tone firm, she told him, “I will be leaving now, Mr Stone.” William, who was on the phone, told them briskly, “Hold that thought,” and then pressed a key on his phone, no doubt muting it, before he addressed Simone, “Can we talk, Angel?” “What’s there to talk about?” She scoffed, rolling her eyes at him. “Should we talk about how you played me, or how I had to find out in such a despicable way that I was in fact the other woman?” “Let me just finish this call, and then let’s have dinner together and talk,” he let out in haste, his tone somewhat desperate — which wasn’t like him at all.It was precisely becau

It was Sunday morning when William received a call from his uncle. He naturally expected a good berating, and maybe some lamenting too… And he knew his uncle would deliver, given the chance. “How could you ruin everything your father worked for?” He bellowed the moment William picked up. “I haven’t ruined anything, uncle,” he retorted calmly, while sipping his coffee at leisure. “You dare talk back to me?!” He sounded beyond furious, and William was almost worried the man would pop a vein or something. “Do you even know what you’ve done?” “I’m sure you’re going to tell me,” William shot back, his voice still calm — not because he was trying to taunt him, but because he truly was calm. Why wouldn’t he be? He had settled the matter with the Black family, and no amount of reprimand