He Lost Me to His Best Friend novel Chapter 182

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"You tell me to bring my daughter over, and I'm just supposed to do it?" she mocked. "Who do you think you are—the King of the World? Why on earth should I bring my daughter to see you?"

"And giving me a twenty-minute time limit... that's hilarious. What do you think I am, a delivery driver? Even if you're ordering takeout, you should show some basic respect, shouldn't you?"

She had completely reached her breaking point with everyone and everything in the Flynn family. She was sick to death of their arrogant, high-and-mighty attitudes. Right now, she was ready to burn the bridge entirely. She didn't want to tolerate them for another second, nor was she willing to suffer even the slightest bit of grievance anymore.

She couldn't care less who he was. So what if he was Yardley's father? Back when she gave him the utmost respect, he had never treated her like a human being. Now, expecting her to respect him again was absolutely impossible.

Franklin could never have imagined that putting his pride aside to call her would result in such a disrespectful attitude. He had the phone on speaker, and Scarlett's words felt like a series of harsh slaps across his face.

Wherever he went, he was always revered and flattered. No one had ever dared to verbally shred him like this.

Franklin completely lost it. The veins on his forehead and neck bulged, his heart raced, and his face flushed a furious purple. "Scarlett! I am your father-in-law! How dare you speak to me with such an attitude? You... you are completely unruly and entirely lacking in manners! I am your elder. How exactly did your parents raise you to be so vulgar and utterly disrespectful?!"

He burst into a fit of violent coughing, teetering right on the edge of sheer fury.

Scarlett was just about to retaliate when Jacqueline, sitting beside her, suddenly snatched the phone. Before Scarlett could even react, Jacqueline unleashed a furious verbal assault on the line.