Chapter 11 Trying to Buy Her Off Dream On

Upstairs.

Lillian stood at the top of the stairs, her ankle swollen. Hearing Patrick speak so kindly to Ste, a flicker of disappointment. and coldness shed through her eyes.

bAfter /ball, they were blood rted…

An bhour /bter.

Patrick arrived at Kingston Heights

Seated on the bsofa/b, he looked at Ste bwithout /bquestioning why she hadn’t answered his calls earlier. Ste remained. expressionless as she poured him a ss of water.

bPatrick /bsighed. “No need to busy yourself. Come sit,”

When it came to this daughter, bPatrick /bbtruly /bdidn’t bknow /bhow to interact with her. She hadn’t grown up by his side, and he barely understood her, Ste sat directly bacross /bfrom bhim/b.

Patrick sat upright on the sofa, his hands sped on his knees. “Did you argue with Lillian again?

Ste asked tly. “bAre /byou here to me me too?”

me, ever since I became part of the Reed family, I have grown bused /bto it.

Hearing her cold tone, Patrick let out a sigh. “Did you break off the engagement with Ethan because of her?”

Ste didn’t respond, simply taking a sip from her bss/b. The Reeds family weren’t the kind of people she would confide in. If someone wasn’t worth trusting, she didn’t see the need to share too much. Seeing her silence, Patrick felt helpless.

No wonder Susan always bgot /bfrustrated, this child clearly had no intention of opening up to them.

“You don’t have to be mad at her. She’s only back for medical treatment. Ethan was bjust /bapanying her bto /bthe bhospital/b. I already spoke to your mother, this won’t happen again.”

Ste set down her ss and looked at him.

“Their next time has nothing to do with me anymore. You didn’t have toe herete at night just to tell me this.”

Patrick frowned. “What do you mean nothing to do with you? Ste, marriage isn’t a joke. You and Ethan are already at this stage, there’s no turning back.”

Backing out will make them aughingstock! Worse, it would make the entire Reed family a joke.

Ste said calmly. “Precisely because marriage bisn’t /ba joke, I have even less reason to go through with it after seeing things

bHer /breasoning actually made sense.

“But you band /bEthan…”

“You’re just worried about embarrassment, aren’t you? Actually, this is an easy fix.”

Ste cut him off. Patrick’s expression darkened as he was directly called out. “How do you n to fix it?”

Of course, Embarrassment that was his biggest concern.

Fuer bsince /bilus news ad bthis /bmaming he had been tormented all fernoon Ste bsaid /bindifferently “hust announce

Chapter 11 Trying to Buy Her Off Dream On

Finished

How was that a solution? That would make things even more humiliating Not only would she be breaking off the engagement with Ethan, but also cutting ties with the Reed family!

Patrick’s face darkened. Ste, however, remained firm. “Either way, there’s no way I’m marrying Ethan.”

“If not Ethan, then bwho/b? Your wedding bis /bin a week, after making such a scene with the Keene family, who in Rivermount would still dare to marry you? bAnd /bbwhat /babout byour /bfeelings for Ethan?”

She heard the wedding a week from now….

Ste chuckled, her smileced with mockery,

“You probably don’t know yet, do you? bEthan /btold me this morning that since Lillian is back, our wedding needs to be postponedb./b”

Patrick was stunned. His expression showed he waspletely unaware of this.

Ste’s voice was cool. “Just because the Reed family depends on the Keenes family, you have no dignity, so I have to lose

mine too?”

Patrick fell silent. The words no dignity made his face turn bashen/b.

And yet, she bwasn’t /bwrong. Over the past few years, the Reed family’s business had relied almost entirely on the Keenes family.

“You

“I’ll say it onest time, Ethan and I are bdone/b. There is no room for negotiation.”

On this point, Ste was resolute. Patrick was blivid/b.

“What do you mean no room for negotiation, I don’t agree to bthis/b!”

If they really angered the Keene family, things would be difficult for the Reed family. Even though Ethan clearly bhad /bfeelings for Lillian, the Keene family elders wouldn’t allow it. Patrick had experienced their methods firsthand two years ago…

Back then, even if the Reed family managed to gain benefits from Ethan, those Keene family elders would always find a way to make them lose everything-

Patrick said gravely, “I’ll talk to bthe /bbKeene /bfamily about this. Stop being so willful.”

Ste didn’t bother responding. She simply walked to the door, pulled it open, and silently signalled for him to leave. Seeing this. Patrick’s temper red. “You’ve already hit Ethan, and you’ve humiliated him. What more do you want?”

“Oh, and I told your mother to reactivate your bbank /bcard. She’ll call the bank tomorrow.”

Ste’s voice was firm. Ethan is not an option!”

That same unyielding answer!

“You.. Her defiance finally pushed Patrick over the edgeb. /b