As Linnea took a step forward, Noelle immediately sidestepped, deliberately blocking her path. "Linnea, what exactly are you trying to do?"
Linnea frowned, looking at her in amusement. "What do you mean by that? I'm afraid I don't follow."
"Cut the act." Noelle had noticed Linnea conspicuously throwing herself in Finnian's path recently. How much more obvious could her intentions be?
Linnea let out a sudden, mocking laugh. "Ms. Lawrence, you're merely his sister-in-law, not his wife. Don't you think you're overstepping your bounds?"
"What did you just say?" Noelle narrowed her eyes, instantly reacting like a cat whose tail had just been stepped on.
Linnea kept the smile on her face, but her tone was sharp and uncompromising. "I said, you are not his wife. I suggest you worry about your own affairs, Ms. Lawrence."
With that, Linnea brushed past Noelle's shoulder and strode away, not sparing her another ounce of respect.
When had Noelle ever been subjected to such blatant disregard? She whipped around, glaring daggers at Linnea's retreating back, but Linnea completely ignored her.
As the legitimate, pure-blooded heiress of the Holt family, Linnea naturally looked down on a manipulative adopted relative like Noelle. Furthermore, the Holt family had access to far more accurate intelligence than the public rumor mill. Noelle's desperate ambition to usurp Kaia's position was an open secret in their circles.
If the woman blocking her path tonight had been Kaia, Linnea would have undoubtedly shown deference.
But when faced with a shameless woman actively plotting to be a homewrecker, Linnea felt absolutely zero obligation to play nice.
Noelle's chest heaved, suffocating with indignation. She hadn't expected Linnea to be so brazenly arrogant.
By the time Noelle finally returned to the private room, Finnian had already left with Brynlee. Instantly, an empty void hollowed out her stomach.

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