Chapter 60
“Heading back to Emberfall Heights?” Zea asked.
“No, to my mom’s place.” Moira said.
Zea paused while wiping her hands with a tissue and looked up at her. “Did you and Virgil have a light?”
“Don’t try to hide it,
- it’s written all over your face. Za quickly put two and two together. “Is this because of the trending topic on X?”
“No,” Moira replied softly, placing her spoon down in her plate. “Actually, we haven’t been in contact for half a month;
Zea knew she’d been recording a show and staying in a hotel for the past few weeks, but she still frowned.
I get that some guys might think you’re busy with work and don’t want to bother you, but after everything that happened yesterday, he didn’t even call You once? If I were you, I’d be really mad Zea said.
Moira fell silent for a moment, then replied in a flat tone. We had a flash marriage. There wasn’t much of an emotional foundation to begin with. We’re just two people looking for someone to get by with.”
After a brief pause, she gave a bitter laugh. “Maybe now he regrets marrying a woman with so much baggage.”
“Baggage? That’s just slander!” Zea shot back angrily. “Virgil might be a good–looking guy, but if he doesn’t trust you, if he can’t even check in on you after everything, I think you should get rid of him.”
i with a relationship
ship that feels like being married to a ghost” She added firmly, “Marriage should make your life better. I wouldn’t put up
When she mentioned “marriage to a ghost,” Moira froze, her expression blank. She didn’t say anything more.
to texts, no nothing.
A few moments later, Moira picked up her phone again and checked her call log. Since last night, Virgil hadn’t called her once. No texts, no It would be a lie to say she wasn’t disappointed.
But then she remembered how, just half a month ago, he had driven her to work, picked her up afterward, and even bought her blue cheese.
She thought, “Maybe, with Virgil’s personality, even if he is upset with me, he can’t bring himself to say anything directly!
Moira borrowed Zea’s car and drove to the Lakeside Apartments. With her hat and sunglasses on, no one recognized
As she walked in. Jane greeted her with a complaint, “I called you so many times. Why didn’t you pick up?”
Moira glanced at her phone. Over twenty missed calls. “My phone was on silent. I didn’t hear it
d her.
She put the phone back in her bag and carried the groceries into the kitchen, sorting them in the fridge.
Jane looked at her in a panic. “Forget about the groceries. You need to go on X and repost Mitchell Group’s statement, clarifying that you and your dad aren’t in that kind of relationship…
“I’m not along it”
“Moira, listen to me. He’s your father. You can’t just let people sinear him like this,
Moira slammed the fridge door shut, stood up, her eyes red with anger, trembling slightly. She looked at Jane with disbelief.
You feel sorry for
Jane met her gaze, her own eyes faltering Tm worried
you. How does this rumor help you, especially as a woman?”
Man you forgotten how he betrayed you? How he treated me! When I was slandered, he chose to do nothing. Why should I help him now! Have you even thưught about how I feel? Are you still my mother” Moira’s voice crackril, rising with emotion.
Jane was stunned by Moira’s outburst. She opened her mouth to explain, but no wonds came out
Finally, the said. “Moira, you’ve misunderstood. I’m not asking you to do this for him. I’m doing it for the Kitchell family. You know your
helped raise me. He called me personally, and Lcouldn’t refuse. I know you’re upset, but “
what Mom! That he helped raise you, so his debt to you is more important than what I’ve been through?” Moira cut in sharpl
Jane tell silent. She knew deep down that she owed Moira an explanation, but she couldn’t find the right words.
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Chapter 60
“Mom, do you really not remember? Grandpa kicked us out of the Mitchell family for his grandson. Haven’t you suffered enough over the last twenty years to repay him?” Moira sand.
“Moira, this is a different straition. Please, just help me this one tune. Don’t be so stubbom. Help me out, okay”
Moira wanted to refuse. She wasn’t a saint, Honestly, she didn’t want to make things easier for the Mitchell family.
But seeing the pleading look in Jane’s eyes, she didn’t know how to turn her down. In the end, she reluctantly agreed.
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