THE DIVORCE GAMBIT From Dumped Wife to CEO's Forever novel Chapter 668

Tammie stood frozen in the middle of the crowd, bewildered, until his eyes landed on the portrait in the young man's arms.

It was… Lindy.

These must be her relatives.

Tammie looked at the young man. "You're Lindy's son, right? I'm very sorry for your mother's passing, but I am not a murderer. Your mother died by suicide. Her death has nothing to do with me."

At his words, the young man, Tim, exploded with rage. His eyes were bloodshot. "Nothing to do with you? How could it have nothing to do with you? If you hadn't falsely accused my mother of stealing, would she be dead? You drove her to her death! A life for a life! You're going to get on your knees and apologize to my mother!"

After divorcing her ex-husband, Lindy had changed her son's last name to her own.

Tammie's own anger flared. "I'm a murderer? Get your facts straight! Your mother killed herself out of guilt! If she hadn't stolen my company's design drafts, would she have killed herself? Out of respect for the dead, I chose not to press charges against her for theft, and this is how you repay me? You turn around and try to blame me?" He sneered. "What is this? Are you trying to blackmail me?"

He should have known. People from small, poor towns were all the same. He regretted not looking into the housekeeper's background more carefully. He never should have hired someone from a place like that. Now, instead of an apology from the thief's family, he was getting blackmailed.

Blackmail? Tim looked at Tammie with such hatred it seemed he wanted to devour him whole. His mother was dead, and this man not only showed no remorse but also accused them of trying to extort him.

"My mother was not a thief!" Tim yelled, his hands trembling as he clutched the portrait. "When my mom and I first came to The Capital, we had nothing. We slept on the streets, and even then, she never stole so much as a needle from anyone! Why would she steal some design draft? You're slandering her! You'll pay for this!"

Tammie laughed coldly. "If she didn't steal anything, why did she kill herself?" As far as he was concerned, this family was just trying to profit from a death. The mother was a thief, and the son was no better.

"She died to prove her innocence!" Tim screamed, the veins on his forehead bulging. "She died to show the world that she was innocent! My mother was not a thief!"

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