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Timothy furrowed his brows, clearly irritated.
Sarah’s words seemed to fall on deaf ears, as though she were speaking to the air, with no response whatsoever.
Eric, ever eager to stoke the flames, added fuel to the fire. “Exactly, Ms. Campbell. You keep saying you’re doing all this for the Hargreaves family, that you’d do anything for them. Then why don’t you leave? You’ve talked a big game, but you haven’t taken a single step. In the end, isn’t it all just empty words?
“Anyone can say pretty things, but if you don’t back it up with actions and still take all the benefits, doesn’t that make you a bit too hypocritical?”
Sarah’s expression was nearly on the verge of cracking.
She couldn’t believe her tricks were failing.
She thought, “What’s wrong with Timothy and his assistant? Are they really that dense? Can’t they hear me? I’ve been playing the role of the perfect, selfless woman. how can they not see that?”
Jennifer, standing by, found the whole scene so amusing that her stomach hurt from laughing.
She thought, “It’s rare to see Sarah suffer a complete defeat.
Not everyone falls for her act.”
With a smile, Jennifer commented, “Sarah, stop pretending innocent. Not everyone’s fooled by your act.”
Only her four foolish brothers would fall for Sarah’s sweet, docile persona.
In her past life, Jennifer had been completely unprepared for Sarah’s manipulation.
By the time she realized something was wrong, Sarah’s image had become so ingrained within the Hargreaves family that her brothers had never once questioned her.
Sarah gritted her teeth in frustration. “I really can leave, but Daniel won’t let me.”
Timothy’s tone was cutting. “If Daniel doesn’t let you leave, are you going to stay? Your legs are your own. The truth is, you never intended to leave. You’re just using pretty words to gain sympathy.”
Jennifer smirked, her voice dripping with sarcasm. “Not everyone’s as clueless as you think. I chose a man who doesn’t fall for this nonsense.”
Timothy raised an eyebrow, thinking, “I’m the man she chose?”
Seeing that Timothy wasn’t buying her act, Sarah reluctantly abandoned her current strategy and turned to Daniel, her face contorted with a mix of guilt and sadness.
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Daniel immediately jumped to Sarah’s defense. “Sarah, don’t listen to them. You’re part of the Hargreaves family now, you’re our sister. Why should you leave? If Jennifer wants to throw a tantrum and leave, let her go.”
Jennifer nodded casually. “Alright, then. We’ll be going now.”
With that, Jennifer began to push Timothy’s wheelchair toward the door, completely ignoring Sarah’s “innocent” facade.
“Jennifer, stop! You haven’t finished explaining yourself!”
It was then that Daniel realized that he had originally wanted to confront Jennifer, but the conversation had veered off in an entirely different direction.
As he tried to follow, Eric, flanked by bodyguards, stepped in to block his path.
Eric, his face indifferent, addressed Daniel, “Ms. Hargreaves is our future Mrs. Clark now. She’s no longer the young girl you used to bully at will. Mr. Hargreaves, you might want to choose your words more carefully.”
“Even if Jennifer were to marry the king, she’d still be a member of the Hargreaves family. As her brother, am I not allowed to speak to her?”
“I’ve made it very clear. Ms. Hargreaves is now the future Mrs. Clark. If your words upset her, and if Mr. Clark decides to end the partnership with the Hargreaves family, there will be severe
consequences. Are you sure you want to proceed down this path?”
Daniel didn’t dare to speak.
He knew how important the Clark family’s partnership was to the Hargreaves family.
He finally kept quiet, watching as Jennifer left. He slapped the armrest of the wheelchair in frustration. “Unbelievable. So she’s leaving the Hargreaves family to use the Clark family as her support now. Does she really think that Timothy is some kind of knight in shining armor?”
Sarah stood nearby, wearing a look of disdain.
The Clark family was in a completely different league from the Hargreaves family. The Clarks had been around for centuries and once held noble titles.
The Hargreaves family, on the other hand, came from a business background, and they could never compare to them.
Once Jennifer became Timothy’s wife, the Hargreaves family wouldn’t dare offend them. But here Daniel was, still daydreaming, thinking Jennifer was the same person who could be easily bullied.
As Sarah watched Jennifer being so well treated in the Clark family, a trace of regret flickered across her face.
It had been Sarah’s idea to get engaged to Timothy, but after she
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realized Timothy was disabled, she lost interest.
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She didn’t want to marry him, so she had gone to great lengths. to get Jennifer to take her place.
If the Hargreaves family went bankrupt, she couldn’t continue living the life of a rich young lady.
If only she had married Timothy instead, she would be the one enjoying all this now.
She began to plot how to bring Timothy back to her side, convinced that with her beauty and wit, Timothy would eventually fall for her.
She was sure that once he understood her better, he’d be smitten with her.
Meanwhile, Jennifer was in the car, leaving the hospital with Timothy.
She couldn’t stop laughing at what Timothy had said earlier. “I didn’t expect you to speak so sharply.”
Timothy shot her a quick glance. “Where did that sharp–tongued woman from the Clark Manor go? Why are you acting all timid in front of the Hargreaves family?”
Back at the Clark Manor, she had been a little wildcat, her claws sharp.
But in front of the Hargreaves family, she was just a scared little
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