I Quit Being a Stepmother (Cypress Gem) novel Chapter 562

Kate frowned. "Miss—"

She tried to assert herself as the host, hoping to stop Sylvia from rambling.

But Sylvia seemed oblivious. There was a hint of hurt in her voice as she said, "You don't seem glad that I came. After all, you just told me to leave and even threw the gift I brought you."

All eyes were on them now. A thin layer of sweat formed on Kate's back, especially now that Sawyer had arrived.

He naturally stepped beside Kate and asked, "What's going on?"

Tall and composed, Sawyer exuded the relaxed confidence of someone successful.

Kate immediately straightened up, basking in the glances of envy and admiration that rippled through the crowd.

"It's nothing. Just a friend of Mrs. Snider's who got the wrong idea." Kate made a move to take Sawyer and leave.

Sylvia's gaze followed her. "Ms. Pearson, I don't understand. What do you mean that Rhea let Mrs. Snider come out for some fresh air? Who is Rhea? Didn't you give Mrs. Snider the invitation yourself? And didn't she message you beforehand, saying that a friend would bring her here? Didn't you respond?"

Sawyer turned sharply when he heard that voice.

Their eyes met, and both their gazes darkened for a moment.

But in Sawyer's eyes, there was an unmistakable, indescribable pain.

He had kept the truth hidden all this time to prevent Sylvia from reliving her past suffering, yet she…

The surrounding guests, however, did not notice any of Sawyer's distress. They were all drawn to the words of the masked woman.

So Kate had just staged that whole scene herself? But why? For what reason?

The ladies who had been following the tension between Rhea and Cynthia suddenly put two and two together.

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