Who would ever respect a woman who tried to seduce her own sister''s fiancé?
Skyler always felt guilty toward Aurora, and as a result, he gave her a bigger share of thepany.
Sherman''s friends liked to gossip. "She grew up out in the sticks-just a country bumpkin. Wouldn''t it be easy to throw some random guy at her and have him seduce her? Why would Mr. Burton bother to get involved himself?"
Sherman lounged back in his chair, looking bored. "You think I haven''t tried? I hired a few really good-looking guys-real charmers, the kind who know how to sweep a girl off her feet. I even gave them fancy cars and expensive watches to look the part, but that Ste didn''t spare them a nce.
Those guys hung around her for over a week and couldn''t even get her phone number.
In the end, she got so annoyed she called the police, and the whole Williams family was rmed.
There was nothing more I could do. But whatever happens, the Williams family can''t find out about this."
One of his buddies snorted. "She may have grown up in the country, but she sure has taste."
Another friend chimed in, "Mr. Burton, aren''t you worried that messing around with that country girl will ruin your chances with Miss Aurora?"
Sherman was silent for a few seconds. When he finally spoke, his voice had lost its usual careless arrogance.
"As long as Aurora is happy, it doesn''t matter if we end up together or not."
That was more than Antoney could take.
He suddenly lunged forward, tackling Sherman to the ground. The two of them wrestled, fists flying.
The lengths Sherman was willing to go, just to trap Ste-how could anyone be so vicious?
So Aurora''s happiness mattered, but Ste''s didn''t? Did she not deserve the same?
Aurora was already living a charmed life!
How could anyone justify building their own happiness on someone else''s
suffering? The audacity of it all made Antoney''s blood boil.
In the end, he didn''t manage to get justice for Ste. Instead, he was arrested for assault and spent some time behind bars.
After all, he''d attacked the wealthy son of the Burton family-of course, there would be consequences.
He never told Ste the truth. He simply said he was heading out of town for a while to study.
Later, he did some digging into the Burton family.
The more he learned, the more he realized just how vast the gulf was between himself and them.
Getting revenge for Star seemed all but impossible.
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Noah was about to introduce Ste to Mr. Walden, only to find that Mr. Walden wasn''t in the banquet hall.
Scanning the room, Noah turned to Ste. "Star, wait here for a moment. I''ll go look for Mr. Walden."
Ste nodded. "Okay, go ahead."
Noah had barely left when two foreign men in their thirties approached Ste.
They looked her up and down, obvious admiration in their eyes.
No one could deny it-Noah had great taste.
Not only was this woman beautiful, but there was something strikingly refined about her.
They''d noticed her the moment she''d walked in.
One of the men asked in German, "Miss, are you Noah''s date?"
The other chimed in, “You''re incredibly beautiful. Would you care to join us for a drink?"
Normally, Ste ignored these kinds of tante-ons. She didn''t reply, nor did she even nce at them.
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