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Shawn stood there, looking at Kelly with an innocent expression. "Like I said, because of where Ie from, everything I do is wrong. I don''t have any family in
this city....
Kelly was taken aback. As Shawn spoke, the sadness in his eyes didn''t seem fake; it was full of bitterness and self-mockery.
At that moment, Kelly probably understood Shawn''s intentions-it was a pity y. He wanted to make her feel sorry for him and slowly move on to his next step.
This man was maniptive, skilled at controlling others, especially women. "You''re crazy," Zev said angrily. Shawn''s hypocrisy was difficult to deal with.
"Enough!" Patrick''s voice was low but firm. "Come inside. What''s all this shouting at the door? Don''t make a scene for others to see."
Zev snorted and grabbed Kelly''s arm to pull her inside.
Kelly nced back at Shawn, her voice soft as she tried to reassure him. "Come on in."
Shawn didn''t speak. He stood there, unmoving, looking lost and sad.
Kelly sighed, about to say something more, but Zev yanked her away. "Don''t worry about him."
After a moment''s thought, Kelly shook off Zev''s hand and walked over to Shawn. "It''s fine. If you''re ufortable, you can go home."
Shawn''s eyes briefly reddened. After staring at Kelly for a long time, he spoke. "Thanks, but I''m fine."
He didn''t go home. Instead, he obediently followed Kelly toward Patrick''s house.
Zev stood at the door, visibly irritated, and grabbed Kelly forcefully. "I told you not to care about him!"
Shawn stepped forward angrily, positioning himself protectively between Kelly and Zev. "Don''t be so harsh with her. How can you treat her like that?"
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Zev, seething, grabbed Shawn by the cor. "She''s my Honey. Why do you think you can talk to me like that?"
"Just because she''s your wife doesn''t mean you can treat her like that!" Shawn pushed Zev away.
Gary, standing off to the side, was confused. Usually, Zev couldn''t do enough to please Kelly, but today he was so aggressive-it must have been because of Shawn. Shawn was clever and skilled, but Kelly should have seen what was going on. Yet she still let Shawn provoke Zev.
Gary couldn''t help but think that he was getting old and couldn''t understand the mess these three young people were making.
"Enough!" Seeing that things were about to escte, Gary stepped forward and pped Zev on the back of
the head.
Zev, frustrated, snapped. "Why didn''t you hit him?"
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Gary nced at Shawn and gave him a p on the back of the head too. "You too. Now get inside
Shawn paused for a moment, looking at Gary.
For a brief second, he seemed somewhat moved. At least Gary was fair, treating
both him and Zev equally -pping both of them.
Zev grumbled under his breath, grabbed Kelly''s wrist, and pulled
away.
Kelly struggled to break free. "Zev, you''re hurting me!"
Shawn red at Zev, ready to say something, but Gary stepped in to stop him.
Gary said in a firm tone, "Stay out of their business. I''ve heard about your abilities with the Wagner Group, but at the end of the day, family is family. Even if Zev has a bad temper, he''s still your brother. You should at least have some consideration for the family''s dignity."
Shawn lowered his head, not particrly bothered by Gary''s words. "Uncle ... I didn''t provoke him. He''s like a mad dog, attacking me every time he sees me.”
"Don''t think I don''t know that rissa poached Zev''s people to work for you," Gary continued. "Whether or not you and rissa had a deal, I need to remind you-don''t mess with rissa or the Lynches. You don''t want to bring trouble on yourself. You have no idea who''s behind the Lynches, and they''re not people you want to cross." Gary spoke to Shawn as if he were a younger generation, so his tone was more paternal, but his message was clear.
Shawn didn''t respond but was surprised that Gary was speaking so candidly with him.
"Alright, enough. Go inside," Gary said, nodding.
Zev dragged Kelly into the downstairs bathroom of Patrick''s house, grabbed her face, and kissed her forcefully. It was an act of revenge.
"Get off!" Kelly frowned, pulling away.
"Honey, you''re scaring me. You''re going too far with this..." Zev looked at her with a pitiful expression. “Honey, look at me. Don''t tell me you don''t feel a bit sorry for me..."
Zev opened his eyes wide, trying to make Kelly see the bloodshot whites of his eyes, hoping to get a little tenderness from her.
Kelly couldn''t help butugh softly and kissed the corner of Zev''s eye. "Shawn is trying to use a sympathy trap to manipte me, gradually breaking me down psychologically."
Shawn was clever.
He nned to break Kelly down psychologically first and then drive a wedge between her and Zev. That way, he could sit back and watch everything unfold to his advantage.
"Honey... So, when you''re this harsh with me, are you trying to y along with him?" Zev listened intently.
a wedge... Kelly shook her head. "No, I''m going to use his method-y the sympathy game, then
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Kelly nned to turn Shawn''s tricks against him. She would use his arrogance and confidence to mid him think he had sessfully manipted the situation between Zev and her Kelly would pretend to have conflicts with Zev, creating tension, while keeping Shawn on edge.
Then, she''d work on sowing discord between Shawn and rissa, leaving rissa isted,
The Lynches would be forced to rely on whoever was behind them, and Kelly would figure out how terturn rissa and Beau against each other, making rissa try to rece Beau in establishing ties with the person behind them.
Throughout the process, Kelly was certain rissa and the person behind her would make a mistake, and that''s when Kelly would expose them.
In all of this, Kelly''s main goal was to figure out if Shawn had any connection with the mysterious person behind the Lynches.
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