Replacement Bride Left With His Baby (Sophia and Easton) novel Chapter 322

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Eleanore wasn’t surprised at all. If he’d come all the way here, of course, he knew she’d testified for him.

Derrick let out a deep sigh and brushed away her tears with his fingers. “That day at the mall, I saw you first. Then I noticed you were tailing me the whole time.”

Eleanore defiantly stepped back, refusing to let him touch her.

“I don’t want your thanks,” she said, her voice tight with frustration. She stared at him, unwilling to back down. “Derrick, just tell me. Do you like Sophia? What’s really going on between you two?”

Derrick raised an eyebrow, thinking, ‘What’s going on in this silly woman’s head?‘

He shoved his hands into his pockets, looking totally unfazed. “It’s definitely not what you’re imagining. Since you won’t come eat with me, I’m out of here.”

Before Eleanore could even react, Derrick got in his car and drove off.

Eleanore stomped her foot in anger. “Derrick, you jerk!”

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At Foster Group, Easton sat on the couch in the reception lounge on the first floor, looking steely.

Fletcher was there as well.

Stella hovered anxiously in the corner, not daring to make a sound. She kept stealing glances at the man sitting next to Easton, someone she’d never seen before.

‘Who on earth is he?‘ Stella wondered.

Gordon brought Alex into the lounge, and Stella couldn’t believe her eyes. Just a few days ago, Alex was all swagger and arrogance, acting like he owned the world.

Now he looked totally wrecked. He’d lost everything overnight.

Alex stepped in and met Easton’s icy stare from the main seat. He couldn’t help but feel a chill running down his spine. “Mr. Foster, I brought everything you wanted. As long as you help us out this time, it’s all yours,” Alex said humbly.

Easton didn’t even bother to dignify Alex with a response. He just flicked his eyes at Fletcher, hinting at him.

Fletcher stood up and, with two bodyguards dressed in black, forced Alex down to the floor. Fletcher said, his voice cold as ice, “Mr. Weston, why don’t you open your goddamned eyes and see what’s in front of you?”

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With that, he tossed a fat stack of photos right at Alex’s feet. Some showed him doing shady business with Yorkland’s criminal underground.

Others were shots of him hooking up with the woman of a local gang boss.

Alex stared at the photos scattered on the floor, his face filled with anger and panic.

His eyes went wide with terror as he shook his head. ‘No way… How did they even get these?‘ he wondered.

Fletcher stepped forward, crouched down, and traced the blade along Alex’s cheek. “Take a good look, Mr. Weston. Now it‘

s your call. Are you handing over those files to Mr. Foster or not?

“After we verify them, maybe we’ll think about not sending these photos to your boss in Yorkland.

“And another thing. Come clean. Was it your family that arranged for David to get snatched? And all those ‘accidents‘ that happened to Ms. Roth, were you guys behind those, too?”

As Fletcher spoke, his gaze turned cold as he glanced over at Stella.

Alex’s heart lurched. The files he had on Sophia’s parents were worthless now. He realized he couldn’t use them to squeeze Easton anymore.

At this point, all that mattered was staying alive. He’d always planned to make Stella the scapegoat, and now was the perfect moment.

He replied, “Mr. Foster, as long as you don’t send those photos to Yorkland, I’ll give you everything I’ve got. As for David’s kidnapping, my dad and I had nothing to do with it.

“It was all Stella, she cooked up the whole scheme just to break you and the Roth family apart.

“And Stella also orchestrated every incident that happened to Sophia after she got back to Ostville. I’ve got proof. She’s behind everything.”

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