Dr. Billionaire's Fake Marriage by Spencer Emma

Author:Spencer, Emma
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-07-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter seventeen

Family Business

Troy

I run up the stairs to Mother's mansion to see her sitting on the patio, pretending to be engrossed in the book in her hand – a familiar sight. "Do you have a problem?" Mother asks coldly. "Shouldn't you be at work, running the biggest private hospital in Wallace?"

I am livid, almost bursting in anger at Mother's nonchalant attitude toward Camile's pain.

"You offered to pay Camile off to disappear from my life?" Mother raises her face when I mention Camile. "It can only mean one thing…," I say, "there is more to this story than you are telling us, and I demand to know it right away."

"You don't have to know anything." Mother turns to pick up her book. "What you have to know is that I offered to pay Camile off because I think it’s best for her to stay away from you. Everything I did, I did for you and this family."

"What did you do, Mom?" I beg her to answer. "What did you do to Camile's father?"

Mother looks away. "David and I offered to pay him off, but he declined the money," she begins, "then he threatened to involve the legal system…to sue the hospital and take back the company. So, I threatened him with his wife and child. I made him leave Wallace forever, drop the court case, and never step foot on Wallace soil."

I am nervous hearing Mother speak without remorse. "You destroyed a family, and for what, Mom?" I ask, hoping to see an ounce of remorse reflected in her face, but she doesn't show any.

She is as cold as ice. It scares me to see her this way. I have seen Mother act coldly, but I haven't seen her as ruthless as this.

Mother glares at me. "For you!" she lashes out. "For you and for this family. I will do it again if I have to." She sighs and adds, "I did it so you can have this life. So you and your brother can live a luxurious life for the rest of your lives."

"Your father wouldn't do it," Mother continues, boasting about how he got Camile's father to flee Wallace. "David wanted to be noble, but you know who isn't? Me! I made George Howard leave without looking back." I exhale softly, hoping this was a bad joke.

"You will leave Camile the hell alone, and you will do as I say," she commands, but I shake my head, reminding her that I am a forty-five-year-old man who is old enough to make his own decisions.

“No,” I insist. “I am not leaving Camile, and I am not coming back here until you make things right with her family.”

"You've fallen for her, haven't you?" As I leave, Mother quietly stammers, "You have fallen in love with Camile."

I don't deny her observation.

I don't turn to look her in the eyes; I just walk away from her presence and head to the door.

I feel my chest tighten as I open the door to my car.

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