Chapter 75
Youne pot to her feet
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et in the pool, dipping wet. Her hair ching to her cheeks and neck, leaving her looking disheveled. Even Though the air was warm, the pool water had been cold.
“Jared Ford! What is your problem?” she shouted.
This wasn’t what Yvonne had expected. Shirley hadn’t pushed her fared had Yvonne and Shirley were in the piel, and the latter was still thrashing around and screaming for help.
Luther showed up right when Yvonne tumbled into the pool. “Mr Hord! What do you think you’re doing?”
Jared slowly crouched by the pool. Shirley had expected him to help her, but he reached for Yvonne instead
“We have photoshoots coming up, Vvvy. I want you next to me,” he said.
Yvonne’s face, gleaming with the water’s reflection, looked cold and striking
“Mr. Ford, did you push Ms. Jamison into the pool to make her accept your help? That’s going too far!”
Luther’s rebuke was sincere. He meant every word. And as things unfolded, his need to compare only grew stronger.
The two men stood apart, each extending a band to Yvonne.
“Jared. I don’t feel well either…”
Shirley couldn’t make sense of why she was the one left without a choice. It didn’t add up.
Hadn’t Jared pushed Yvonne into the pool to get justice for her? So why were he and Luther suddenly competing to be Yvonne’s choice?
“Ywy, you have to pick me.” Jared had lost it. He admitted that her cold attitude had eaten away at him. He hadn’t expected to spiral so far out of control that he’d end up hurting her himself.
“Otherwise, you’ll stay in the pool all night. No one’s coming to help you,” he threatened.
Luther snarled, “Mr. Ford, you don’t call the shots! Yvonne, grab my hand and get out!”
Two men held out their hands to her, each waiting to see who she would choose.
Yvonne stood in the pool, the icy water sending a sharp, sobering chill through her body. After a pause, she raised her hand as if she’d made up her mind.
She didn’t take Luther’s. Instead, she grasped Jared’s arm with both hands.
Jared had likely never imagined Yvonne would choose him so suddenly. His heart swelled with fierce delight. At last, she’d picked him! She was coming back.
“Come up, Yvvy,” he said.
A victorious gleam lit Jared’s eyes as he leaned toward Yvonne. Without warning, he met her frosty glare.
She stared straight at him, unflinching. The pool water caught the light, sending shimmering ripples across her face and shrouding her expression in something mysteriously alluring.
Jared was spellbound. He couldn’t look away or think straight. For a heartbeat, time itself seemed to freeze
Rejected, Luther stillened in shock. Even if Yvonne hadn’t picked ham, she couldn’t seriously be choosing Jared, could she?
She knew exactly what Jared was doing. His cruelty was nothing but revenge, a way to force her into submission. It she gave in to him now, then none of it mattered.
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hen Yvonne took Jared’s hand, Jealousy and anger
Nearby, Shirley stood frozen, no longer pretending to struggle in the water. When ed inside Shirley. Just as she’d suspected, Yvonne had been schieming all along
Yvonne gripped Jared’s arms tightly for three seconds. She wasn’t trying to climb out. She was pulling him into the pool!
Taken by surprise, Jared stumbled as his balance gave way. A sharpsplash rang out as he hit the water hard, emerging drenched and disheveled
“Mr. Ford! Are you alright?”
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