No Divorce? The Billionaire's Love Chase! novel Chapter 41

Ann had her live-in housekeeper call York several times, but he refused to come over.

Just as she was about to send him a text, the doorbell rang.

A slow smile spread across Ann's face. She told the housekeeper to go to her room and not to come out no matter what.

After a quick check in the mirror, she opened the door.

Seeing Darleen and Peter on her doorstep was an obvious shock.

Ann saw the fury in Darleen's eyes, and her own smile vanished.

After a moment's hesitation, she politely invited them into the living room. "Miss Ferguson, what brings you here so late?"

Darleen bent down, picked up a pair of men's slippers from the entryway, and glanced at the size.

It was her brother's.

The anger she'd been trying to suppress roared back to life.

She threw the slippers to the floor with a clatter. "So this is the golden cage my brother built for you?" she sneered.

"Miss Ferguson, you've misunderstood," Ann said quickly. "Your brother and I are in the past."

Darleen slowly advanced on Ann, her heels clicking on the floor. Suddenly, she reached out and ripped an earring from Ann's ear.

Ann cried out in pain, clutching her ear and stumbling back.

Darleen held up the earring. "These new designer diamond earrings, worth a small fortune. Did you buy them with your own money, Miss James? Or did my brother's money pay for them?"

Ann told the truth. "York gave them to me."

"And that's what you call 'in the past'?" Darleen snarled, grabbing a fistful of Ann's hair and yanking her forward.

"Miss Ferguson, I don't know what I did to offend you, but please, watch your words," she pleaded. "There is really nothing going on between your brother and me."

Peter pulled Darleen back a few steps. "Darleen, be careful. She's probably put some kind of spell on your brother."

Darleen shook him off and pointed a finger at Ann. "Listen to me, you. My brother is a practical man. He doesn't date down. You have no family standing, no career to speak of. And with a face like yours, in my brother's circle, no one would even pay for you to sleep with them."

Ann bit her lip, her face deathly pale.

She hadn't expected the wife to show up, but she certainly hadn't expected York's sister.

No matter what, she couldn't fight back.

Darleen stepped closer to Ann, her voice low and menacing. "You want to sleep your way to the top? Use your looks and your body to climb the ladder? Fine. Find some other man. But not my brother."

She continued, "You weren't welcome in my family six years ago. A child doesn't change that. You weren't welcome then, and you aren't welcome now."