Dumped My Cheating Ex. Now I'm Sleeping Next to a Billionaire CEO novel Chapter 557

Emmy’s heart squeezed tight as she hurried over and stepped in front of Abriella, shielding her without thinking.

“Auntie, please calm down!” she said, her voice trembling with urgency.

“The Rinehart family is asking way too much. If Abriella really marries into that family, it’ll be a disaster. There’s no way she’ll be happy.”

Mrs. Sullivan’s chest rose and fell as she tried to control her anger.

“The Rineharts are Cloudville’s top family. If Abriella marries in, the Sullivans can finally expand into Cloudville. And in the end, all of that will be hers, won’t it?”

She thumped her chest, frustrated. “She’s throwing away such an amazing opportunity for some silly idea of love. I can’t believe I raised such a foolish daughter.”

Mandy, lounging on the sofa, chimed in with a sly look.

“Mom, don’t get so worked up. She’s only acting like this because someone’s been putting thoughts in her head.”

“If you ask me, Emmy, maybe you should keep some distance from Abriella.”

“Go live your whirlwind romance, but don’t drag her into it. She’s a Sullivan—she has a duty to our family. Arranged marriage is her fate.”

Mrs. Sullivan’s gaze shifted, her attitude toward Emmy suddenly chilly. She’d always liked Emmy—pretty, polite, the Sparrow family’s future daughter-in-law, from a good background.

But now? She’d fallen out with the Sparrows and married a firefighter with no prospects.

Suddenly, Mandy’s words didn’t sound so wrong.

Emmy looked right at Mandy, her voice icy but steady.

“Mandy, you’ve been given everything the Sullivan family has to offer—fancy clothes, the best schools, you’re the one everyone dotes on. If anyone should do something for the family, shouldn’t it be you, the one who’s benefitted the most?”

“Instead, you want Abriella—the girl who grew up struggling outside, who finally got brought home only to be treated like an outsider, who doesn’t even have a share in the family business—to jump into the fire?”

Mrs. Sullivan’s face turned ugly in an instant. “That’s not the same!”

“Abriella is my flesh and blood! She has the Sullivan bloodline—the very best we have. The responsibility of marrying for the family falls on her!”

Abriella suddenly laughed, her eyes shining with tears, her voice hollow and full of hurt.

“So that’s it, huh?”

“You brought me back just for my blood, just to use me as a tool for your alliances.”

She glanced at the people who called themselves her family.

“You’ll use your own daughter to help the Sullivans expand, and then hand over everything to an outsider without a second thought…”

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