Chapter 179

"Just look at her, look at the girl you raised! That man won’t even give her a proper status, and she’s still out here defending him. I... I ought to beat some sense into you, you shameless—" Oliver Rios, red with rage, raised his hand, only to have it suddenly caught mid-air by Lucian Sterling. "You're her elder, I respect you, but that doesn’t mean you can lay a hand on her!" Lucian said coldly, his grip firm. "Oliver, this isn’t the way to handle it. You can be mad and scold her, but hitting her? That’s crossing the line." Rebecca Fields hurried over, gently pulling at her husband’s arm to calm him down. Lucian sensed that Oliver probably wouldn’t actually strike, so he slowly let go, careful not to make it seem disrespectful—after all, this was his future father-in-law. "You’re right, why am I even bothering? She swore to me—said as long as I was alive, she’d break things off with him. Now look at her, living like nothing happened. Go ahead then, enjoy your life here. When I’m dead