He Lost Me to His Best Friend novel Chapter 286

"How about this?" Franklin continues smoothly. "As long as you can let go of your anger and tell Blackstone Capital to back off the Flynn Group, you can punish my wife and daughters however you see fit. I swear on my life, nothing like this will ever happen again. Can you look at me—your father-in-law, personally begging you—and give Yardley one more chance? We're family. There's no hurdle we can't overcome together, right?"

Scarlett can scarcely believe her ears. Hearing such words from this haughty, untouchable patriarch is a first. But she quickly realizes what's happening. Franklin is an old fox; his brain works much faster than Yardley's, and he knows how to read the room.

Over the past few days, Scarlett has been tearing Bay City apart with reckless abandon. If she didn't have massive backing, she could never be this ruthless. Yardley is too close to the situation to see clearly, but Franklin, a veteran of the corporate world, has smelled the danger and instantly done a 180.

Scarlett isn't buying a word of it.

"Mr. Flynn, your flexibility is truly eye-opening," she says, a mocking smirk playing on her lips. Her gaze sweeps over his fake smile like a blade. "Do you remember what you said when Yardley and I got our marriage license? You said a woman of my background didn't deserve to enter the Flynn family. You warned me that even if I forced my way in, my life here would be hell, and told me to get a divorce while I still could. Now, when I'm the one demanding a divorce, you're begging me to give your son another chance?"

Franklin's smile stiffens, but as a seasoned manipulator, he quickly shifts to a look of profound regret. "Scarlett, the past was all a terrible misunderstanding. It was his mother and sisters being ignorant, and they blinded me to the truth. You're the bigger person here; don't lower yourself to their level. If you just call this off, the title of Young Madam will be yours forever. Yardley was completely wrong to treat you like that regarding the baby. I'll make him kneel and apologize to you right now. From now on, he will dedicate his life to you and Dawn. How does that sound? And if Sylvia bothers you, I promise the Flynn family will cut all ties with her permanently."

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