Chapter 247

Franklin walked in with Kayden and Isaiah Hayes, their entrance not subtle in the slightest. Right behind them was Isaiah's wife, Dorothy. The second George caught sight of the four of them, his face instantly turned pale. What the hell were these high-and-mighty Hayes brothers doing here? Wasn't today the day the Everetts were coming over with a marriage proposal? Why weren't they involved in that? Across the room, Amelia Bennett's expression froze the moment she caught Dorothy's figure. Fear flashed in her eyes. The memory of getting punished by the Hayes family hit her like a truck—still painfully vivid. Back when their affair got exposed, Jessica Reed and Dorothy had dragged her out in front of everyone. She'd been stripped and humiliated in broad daylight, thrown out on the street. It even made the local news. Even though George shelled out a fortune to cover it up, Amelia had never been able to lift her head in public since. With time, people slowly stopped talking about it. But