The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 697

So that was when he finally realized he had misunderstood me.

"Who... who was she on the phone with? What did she say?" My throat tightened, my voice coming out hoarse.

"Hold on. I'll play it for you." Ferris didn't answer directly. He reached into his pocket, pulled out his phone, and pulled up an audio file.

He tapped play, and Lucille's frantic, furious voice filled the air. "If you don't have enough money, then spend less! Do you think I'm an ATM? You know exactly what's going on at home right now! Your Uncle Silas is in the hospital, your sister is trying to get a divorce, and my head is about to explode! Can't you cut me some slack?!"

"What did you just say?! What 'sucker brother-in-law'?! Is that any way to speak?! Swallow those words right now! Haven't you exploited your sister enough? Are you never satisfied? Do you want to bleed her completely dry?!"

"Your sister still doesn't even know what really happened behind the scenes! Do you have any idea how hard this is for her?! You... what did you say?! Sabrina, you're full of absolute crap!"

"Her loving Ferris is her own business! But that bastard father of yours setting up this trap to con Ferris, and then forcing her to marry him—that's a massive betrayal to her! If she found out what really happened, she might actually lose her mind! You know exactly how long she's loved him!"

"Keep your damn mouth shut! If you ever sprout that kind of garbage again, I won't even let you through the front door! You can drop dead out on the streets!"

"So what if you're my biological daughter?! If you act like a monster, I'll disown you! As for that scumbag father of yours, if I wasn't worried about dragging you girls down, I'd kill him myself! It's one thing for him to screw around, but to pull off this filthy stunt and force me to carry the guilt? Do you know that for the past two years, every time I look at your sister, I can't even meet her eyes?!"

The rest of the recording held nothing important—just Lucille spewing an endless stream of profanities. She still had the same explosive temper, shrieking the most vile insults imaginable when enraged.

Listening to it all, my face went entirely blank. Only my heart continued to ache with a sharp, stabbing pain.