Never See You Again

"If I remember correctly, the youngest member of the Quinn family is pushing 40 years old, right? You guys always had a thing for second marriages. That's not really my thing." Maeve said, not bothering to sound nice at all.

Sharon glared at Maeve.

Philip, one of her uncles, nudged Sharon, indicating for her to save her words.

"Maeve, don't take that too personally. Your aunt just doesn't want you to get mistreated by the Brooks," he said. Maeve was much more willing to be civil with him.

Sharon wasn't that much older than Maeve and had a seductive, foxy appearance. Philip married her after getting a divorce with his first wife, and to say things plainly, Sharon was simply a lowly mistress to the rest of the Scotts.

Philip liked her a lot, which meant the other family members had to at least pretend to respect her.

However, Sharon always loved to start fights with Maeve.

Maeve used to keep her mouth shut on Philip's behalf, but Sharon eventually ended up kicking Philip to the curb once the Scotts ran out of money. She also stole all of his savings.

She wasn't going to be nice to that wornan in this life anymore.

"Ms. Scott, even though Mrs. Sharon could have said that in a nicer way, she's right. It's the Scott family's monthly family gathering, and since you've only been married for a month, he should attend as well," one of the members from a smaller branch of the Scott family said.

"That's true. Do you want to call him and ask? We don't mind waiting for a little while longer," someone else piped up as the crowd murmured in agreementCcontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Maeve knew better than to take their words at face value.

The Scotts ran a lot of businesses, and they were obviously just trying to get a chance to talk Sergio into collaborating with them.

"If you feel bad about asking, I can help you make the call. We're all family now. We'll have to meet sooner or later," Sharon said, waiting to see how Marve was going to embarrass herself this time. There wasn't a single soul in Seathburn City who didn't know about Maeve and Sergio's marriage being strictly business. Sergio didn't even like Maeve, and everybody in Seathburn City knew it ever since Maeve was seen following Sergio around like a lost puppy.

Besides, Sergio liked somebody else.

"No need to worry, Aunt Sharon. Sergio is busy with work, and I don't want to disturb him."

"Is he busy with work or is he busy with someone else?"

Sharon wasn't even trying to be subtle about indicating that Sergio was seeing someone else.

Maeve simply glanced at her coldly, but she continued speaking, "I saw him shopping with a girl earlier today at the mall. Those things don't look like they would be for Ms. Brooks."

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Philip's expression grew severe as he looked at Maeve with a frown. "Maeve, what's going on? Is he having an affair?"

"Uncle Phil-"Maeve was about to explain when the doors suddenly opened.

Sergio appeared in a tailored suit with a few bodyguards lined up behind him. All of them were holding gifts.

"My apologies for arriving late, everyone."

Maeve froze and asked quietly, "What are you doing here?"

Instead of replying to her, he smoothly held her hand and said, "I was a bit delayed with the presents, but luckily I'm not too late."

Sharon was taken aback by Sergio's sudden appearance.

She had clearly seen him in a women's clothing store with another woman!

Phil's expression finally relaxed as he said, "Sergio, it's great to see you. What's all this?"

"These are my meeting gifts for everyone," Sergio said with a mild smile. "I wanted to surprise Maeve, but it looks like my plans pretty much failed."

After that, he turned to look at Sharon.

She could no longer keep her smile on her face, and even her voice sounded weaker as she said, "But I know what I saw. You were shopping with another girl earlier today, Mr. Brooks. I saw it with my own eyes."