Chapter 25

Chapter 25:

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“Looks like Cathryn was the first to cheat, and poor Liam only turned to her sister out of pain.”

Under Zoe and Jordyn’s careful manipulation, the atmosphere inside the funeral marquee curdled. Guests leaned together, voices lowered, fingers pointing. Judgment filled every gaze fixed on Cathryn.

Cathryn dug her nails deep into her palms, the sting drowned out by the tremor running through her body. Her mother was gone, yet it didn’t stop the shameless Moores from staging a spectacle to serve their own agenda. Here they were, painting her as a whore—twisting baseless humiliation into a ladder they could climb to protect their wealth and status after stealing her mother’s assets.

But Cathryn’s silence only looked like an admission. It was all the confirmation the gathered guests needed: she must have spent that night with some random man, all while her mother was slipping away.

Harold sagged back into his chair, his face drained of color. He had always believed the Moores had been mistreating Bettina and Cathryn, but now he wasn’t so sure.