After Being Replaced I Left Them All Behind-Now They Regret It novel Chapter 89

Chapter 89

Chapter 89

After hanging up, Maxwell’s face fell, and he let out a heavy sigh.

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“Getting back on Alicia’s good side isn’t going to be easy this time,” he said. “And she actually sued Hammond Group. If Leo finds out about this, he’s going to lose his mind. Kevin’s stuck in the middle too.”

Nicolas couldn’t wrap his head around it either. “Yeah, I don’t get it. If word gets out, the Hammonds look bad, but what does she gain from that?”

Alicia didn’t need money, so it couldn’t be about the cash.

Knowing Kevin’s personality, he wouldn’t refuse to give her the dividends.

‘This is something they could sort out face to face,’ Nicolas thought. ‘Why won’t she just sit down and talk it through? What’s she really after?’

Maxwell thought for a moment. “Maybe I should try to talk to her tomorrow and convince her not to push this so far. Leo cares about his reputation more than anything, and if this gets out and embarrasses him, I’m worried it’ll damage their relationship for good.”

Nicolas nodded. “Yeah, someone needs to talk some sense into her.”

Otherwise, at this rate, he was afraid Alicia would go too far down this path, and they wouldn’t be able to pull her back.

Then he asked, uncertainty creeping into his voice, “But will she even listen?”

After all, she’d yelled at him and even hit him today.

Maxwell’s face fell, and he groaned, “I have to say something even if you don’t want to hear it. God, this sucks.”

He paused and then asked, “Do you think she’s cutting us off because of Nicole? I mean, yeah, we missed her performances and all that, but is Nicole the real reason?”

Nicolas thought back to what Alisha had said, and it seemed like she hated Nicole even more now.

Nicolas let out a heavy sigh and said, “I’m getting that feeling too. She told me we’re not close anymore and she wants nothing to do with us.”

He continued, “I think the online hate she got was the breaking point. You know, when people attacked her for supposedly clout-chasing by claiming to be a Hammond family heiress, your childhood friend, and your

cousin.

“It was all true, but we never stepped up to defend her. We let them tear her apart online, and I think that’s when she finally gave up on us.”

Maxwell thought it over carefully and nodded, “Yeah, that’s probably it. But we were stuck between a rock and a hard place.”

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He sighed again and said, “If we’d gone public to clear things up, Nicole’s status as the adopted daughter would’ve been exposed.”

He ran his hand through his hair in frustration and muttered, “I can’t go through that again. I can’t watch her lying in a pool of blood, almost dead. Not again.”

When Nicole first came to the Hammond family, she’d tried so hard to fit in and make them like her.

After she arrived, the Hammonds noticed she showed signs of depression, so they hired a therapist who worked with her for months.

Her mental health was fragile, and she’d break down crying over the smallest things.

She was thin and frail, and once they learned about her past, they all felt sorry for her.

They hadn’t exactly welcomed her into the family, but they hadn’t gone out of their way to hurt her either.

But then one day, Nicole mentioned she wanted to grow azaleas.

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