When the Dead Still Call novel Chapter 223

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Right now, Gianna was honestly nervous. She really wanted to defend Marcelo.

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She was terrified that if her two dumb brothers kept blaming him, it would just make him hate her even more.

And once that happened, winning him back or getting any control over him later would be a nightmare.

“See? Gianna’s trying to stand up for you, and you couldn’t even protect her.”

Miguel couldn’t help feeling bitter when he saw Gianna still taking Marcelo’s side after everything.

Marcelo shot him a cold glare, thinking to himself, Idiots. This lot is completely hopeless.

“Alright, enough fighting. What matters now is that Gianna’s safe,” Emery finally said. “If anything worse had happened, your father would’ve blamed me again.”

She loved her foster daughter deeply, but she couldn’t just stand by while her sons tore each other apart over her.

Lately, Raymond had been showing Gianna extra attention, giving her company shares, plus several houses and retail properties. It made Emery feel uneasy.

Still, it had been her idea in the first place to give Gianna some assets so the Desters wouldn’t look down on her.

So she hadn’t complained when it actually happened.

But seeing it all play out now, her feelings were a mix of pride, regret, and confusion.

Raymond had never given that much to his own biological daughter, yet he was so generous toward their foster daughter.

As a mother, Emery couldn’t help feeling torn inside, even if Gianna had always been treated like family.

She was torn between resentment and affection.

Now, though, seeing Gianna hurt and humiliated, all those feelings faded away.

All Emery could feel was worry for the girl she’d raised like her own.

Marcelo, on the other hand, looked at his mother and brothers and could barely hide his

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Not only were his brothers fooled by Gianna, but even his mother was under her spell.

Did she really manage to manipulate the entire family by herself? Or is there something bigger going on behind the scenes? Maybe someone powerful is backing her, using her to strike against the Nygards.

Because honestly, with Gianna’s level of cunning, how could she know so much about every single family member’s secrets?

Is there a larger scheme at play?

Just as those thoughts started to take shape, his phone suddenly rang.

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As soon as he stepped in, more than a hundred eyes turned toward him, and he felt the weight of their judgment.

“Mr. Marcelo, you finally showed up. We thought you’d given up on handling this matter altogether.”

“Yeah, we figured you’d be too busy playing nurse to your sister.”

“You do know why we’ve called this meeting again, right?”

As Marcelo took his seat, the sarcastic remarks came one after another.

Shareholder meetings in a big public company were usually serious and rare, only called when something major happened.

But lately, Nygard Group had been holding them constantly–that alone showed just how unhappy the investors were.

Marcelo knew it all too well.

And when one of them added, “We thought you’d be busy taking care of your sister,” his expression darkened even more.

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