When Ryan’s hand met Carrie''s slender back, he realized sweat had


    seeped through the fabric of her clothes.


    His heart dropped, and his breath hitched.


    Ryan had pushed her too far. He should not have let her dwell in the painful past or be stuck at getting even.


    He did not want the love of his life to be burdened with anything because he would handle it all for her.


    “D-Did your sister pick on you?”


    Gregory’s sudden question made Carrie shiver to the core.


    With her head hung low, Carrie gripped her skirt without saying a word.


    “Is that true? Has Bethany been abusing you? Tell me. I''ll take care


    it.”


    “Mr. Salvador, you know Carrie. She doesn’t have your other


    daughter''s knack for saying the right things. Sometimes, Carrie can be too kind to have a fallout with her family. She would rather


    live cautiously and tolerate the insult than destroy the peace at home.”


    Unable to hold his tongue, Ryan opened his mouth, his eyes chilly.”


    Let bygones be bygones. It’s not worth getting upset about things that happened so long ago. They are both your children


    anyway.”


    Ryan made no mention of Bethany, but he was talking about her for


    sure.


    Gregory grimaced, his hands on hisp clenching.


    Ryan helped Carrie up and slipped his arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him in an assertive manner.


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    Once Ryan left with Carrie, the air in the room remained suffocating. Gregory could cut the tension with a knife.


    “So Ryan is aware that Bethany has been bullying Carrie?”


    Gregory looked at Paul in a daze, finding it difficult to fathom what had happened. “I just overheard a maid talking about it. Even


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    nothing.”


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    or two might slip your attention.”


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    home.”


    “But it’s all in the past now, Chairman Salvador. Ms. Carrie has Mr.


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    Mr. Hoffman.”


    Gregory gave a nod.


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    “You are thepany you keep, Chairman Salvador.” That was all Paul had to say.


    Gregory tensed his jawline, his eyes unreadable.