I Quit Being a Stepmother (Cypress Gem) novel Chapter 481

Chapter 481

Rhea felt that Kate had clearly pushed Lauren too far. Even when Valerie had given her a hard time in Draventh, Lauren hadn’t lost her temper like this.

At that moment, she couldn’t help but feel entertained by the spectacle.

Rhea didn’t consider herself kind. She had simply realized that it was all meaningless the moment she truly saw Carter for who he was.

Jealousy wasn’t in her nature.

She admitted to herself that she had been a little blinded by love when it came to Carter. But once she came to her senses, those impulses had served as drivers that forced her to wake up.

Now, seeing Carter again months later, she regarded him with the calm detachment of a stranger.

She wouldn’t belittle him inwardly. That would only remind her how foolish she once was.

Yet the truth was, her mind couldn’t help but conjure images of George.

At that thought, Rhea texted George a single question mark during Lauren and Carter’s tense

standoff.

She knew that she was being unfair, but lessons were meant to shape a person. The naive part of her had long disappeared.

Fortunately, George understood, adapted, and accepted her for who she had become.

George replied, “I’m in a meeting. Did something happen?”

Since Rhea had started at Solaris Ventures, she rarely contacted him during work hours.

George, for his part, didn’t reach out either. These days, apart from handling company matters, he mostly preferred to stay at the Snider residence.

After George got engaged to Rhea, Cynthia hadn’t spoken a single word to him.

The three generations of the Snider family–from Bryan to Steven and George–had all promised the Ravelle family that George would stand on his own.

George had become fully independent, and his private residence now surpassed even the Snider residence in prestige.

To ensure Rhea’s comfort and peace, George had hired a private butler and a team of professionally trained maids at a high cost.

Everything was ready. They could move in right after getting married.

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In a quiet room of the Snider residence, Cynthia sat in a wooden chair. There was a photo of Gerard

beside her

“Why did you come here? Go be with your fiancee,” she said.

George paused at the doorway without stepping in.

In fact, he didn’t have to be there, but he felt it was his duty.

Word had spread across Draventh that Cynthia disapproved of Rhea as her future daughter–in–law. She hadn’t attended the engagement ceremony or party, fueling gossip everywhere.

George didn’t want Rhea to suffer.

Even if some outsiders or elders in the Snider family disapproved of his actions, he couldn’t give up on Rhea just because Cynthia disagreed.

It wasn’t just because he loved Rhea; Cynthia’s refusal just made no sense to him.

Her main reason for objecting to their marriage was that Rhea had somehow shown up on the day Gerard died. Cynthia couldn’t bring herself to hate George, so she shifted all her anger onto Rhea

instead.

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