Chapter 290

But when she looked up and saw that her brother was still staring at her with that same cold, distant face, Emily Hayes felt even more wronged. "Nick, you don’t like Sarah Knight either, right? I’m helping you out here! Why are you scolding me instead?" "Now everyone online is tearing me apart. You won’t even defend me—and fine, let’s say that’s whatever—but you’re siding with those people instead? Whose side are you even on?" Nicholas Hayes could barely stomach the stupidity in front of him. He was this close to losing it. Siding with outsiders? All because of his sister’s reckless nonsense, his company’s phones were ringing off the hook, completely disrupting everything. Project deadlines had all but collapsed. And she thought he was being harsh? He was already going easy on her. But right now, the scandal had already blown up in their faces. No amount of lecturing her would fix it. What he needed to do was clean up the mess—and fast. Fighting back his rage, Nicholas spoke in a firm,