Rachel wasn’t the least bit afraid. She knew as long as Tyler was around, William wouldn’t darey ia /i

    hand on her

    She smiled nonchntly. “Aren’t you just embarrassing yourself?”

    William’s fury boiled over, his chest heaving as he lifted his hand.

    Just then, a female voice suddenly cut in.

    “Rachel.”

    Rachel turned around and found Yvette standing beside her, staring at her with an odd expression.

    She had no interest in engaging and didn’t even spare Yvette a nce. Instead, she fixed William bwith /ba warning look.

    “William, bif /byou keep causing a scene here, I’ll have no choice but to call the police.” She turned around to

    face Jerry. “Call the police.”

    Yvette quickly stepped forward to smooth things over. “Rachel, maybe this is all just a misunderstanding

    Besides, William is your ex–husband. Do you really have to threaten him with the police?”

    She subconsciously nced inside the room.

    “Whoever’s inside, I’m sure it’s not what it looks like. I know you’d never two–time anyone.”

    Her words sounded like she was defending Rachel, but the way she said it only nted suspicion that

    Rachel was cheating.

    Rachel had no patience for Yvette. She was busy enough and had no intention of humoring thetter.

    Still, if someone handed her an opening, she wasn’t about to let it pass.

    She gave Yvette a cold look. “What does my love life have to do with you? Did I steal your boyfriend? And honestly, even if you wanted to cheat, it’s not like you’d have the chance.”

    The wordsnded like a p.

    “Rachel, how can you say that? I’ve never cheated! I was just trying to remind you not to take things too far! This kind of behavior will ruin your reputation.”

    Yvette’s soft, pitiful tone made her sound like a good sister trying to pull Rachel back from the edge.

    William even chimed in on her side. “Rachel, you should listen to Yvette. She’s right. You shouldn’t keep making the same mistakes.”

    Rachel folded her arms and scoffed. “What does any of this have to do with either of you? The way you’re

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    ganging up, you’d think I threatened your livelihood or something”

    Yvette ignored the jab, slipping closer to take Rachel’s hand as if nothing had been said.

    “Rachel, please don’t be like this. I know I’ve made mistakes in the past, but I never meant to hurt you. Can’t we go back to how things were? I promise I’ll never cause you trouble again. We can reconcile. I don’t care about the inheritance. I don’t want any of it. I just want to be sisters again. And don’t worry, I

    won’t breathe a word of what happened today.”

    Rachel leaned against the doorframe, watching Yvette’s performance silently without any emotion.

    After a while, she spat coldly, “Yvette, are you out of your mind? After everything between us, do you think we can y happy sisters again? Doesn’t that sound ridiculous even to you?”

    She yanked her hand free and gave Yvette a look of pure disgust.

    Yvette froze, staring at her hand hanging awkwardly in the air. Tears rolled down her cheeks.

    “Rachel, you don’t have to be this cruel! I was only trying to make peace. I even promised to keep your secret I didn’t tell Mr. Hunt you were sneaking around with another man. Besides, don’t you worry about catching something? First it was William, then Howard. Well, we don’t really know if Howard has any-”