Evelyn Grant looked utterly wronged and ignored her apology.
"Miss Rhodes, you said Mr. Keaton's love for me would fade, that I would leave the Keaton family a complete wreck, become the laughingstock of all of Veridia, and that we would get a divorce. I don't agree with any of that."
The more Mr. Rhodes heard, the dizzier he felt.
'How dare this damn brat say something like that in front of Preston Keaton's woman!'
Seeing Preston Keaton's expression grow darker by the second, a vein throbbed on Mr. Rhodes's temple, and his blood pressure soared.
"I understand you might have been emotional and couldn't control yourself, and maybe I wasn't clear at the time. So let me tell you, very seriously, right now: I will never leave Preston Keaton. No amount of money you could offer would make me leave."
Even though he knew the young woman in his arms was being slyly mischievous and deliberately adding fuel to the fire, Preston Keaton's anger still subsided significantly.
