Chapter 516

“Leslie... *sob* I’m so happy I could cry. I’m really touched. Now there’s someone else looking out for you. Besides Mr. Ackerley, there’s another guy who’s got your back.” Leslie Green felt... weird. Being protected like this—it was just... unfamiliar. Broderick Ackerley protected her because they were married. Because he loved her. That made sense. But deep down, she’d always been the one doing the protecting, the strong one. This thing with Simon Cross—this kind of care that had nothing to do with romance—was this what people called... family? Honestly, no one could blame Leslie for being skeptical. Growing up in the Green family, everything branded as “family love” was just a big fat lie. In her past life, the Greens had brainwashed and guilt-tripped her in the name of family, ruining both her and Broderick. She’d sworn to herself she’d never fall for that crap again. Even with the Ackerleys, apart from Broderick and Sienna, she was only cordial to the others because they cared abo