Natalie was taken aback. She suddenly realized that, as venomous as this woman was, she was the only one who saw things with brutal rity.


    Arthur Griffith was stunned, unable to believe what he was hearing.


    "So, when you said your stomach hurt, that you fell, that you were being followed... it was all a deliberate act to make mee find you, to make Hailey think I was having an affair."


    “What else could it be? Arthur Griffith, do you honestly expect me to believe you never had feelings for me? Can you honestly say you were never tempted by me? Can you honestly say that in your heart, I''m not as important as your wife?"


    "It''s because you see me as a woman, because your resolve wavered, that you came running to me time and time again, leaving her behind. She tolerated you, she put up with you until she reached her limit."


    "Now she can''t take it anymore, and that''s why she''s divorcing you. Your love wasn''t exclusive, and that''s what gave women like me an opening."


    "So, why are you pushing all the me onto me?" Brittany screamed, her voice raw with anguish.


    She had wanted to marry Arthur Griffith. They weren''t blood-rted, after all.


    But Hailey Lawson had snatched him away, and she had harbored a deep resentment for Hailey ever since.


    Arthur waspletely bewildered. "What do you mean, boundaries?"


    "Brittany, I''m not like Sebastian."


    Sebastian thought, *What the hell? Why are you dragging me into this?*


    He suddenly felt he shouldn''t be there.


    "Brittany, I left my wife home alone to see you because you were hurt, because I cared about you as my sister. But you used my concern to drive a wedge between my wife and me. You say I have no boundaries? Have I ever slept with you or even held your hand? I have only ever loved my wife. When you imed you sprained your ankle, I had a bodyguard carry you. Did I ever carry you?"


    "What boundaries are you even talking about? Huh?" Arthur was furious. "If you hadn''t faked being sick.over rand over again, would


    have left my wifes Would


    have just


    ignored you? You were just banking on the fact that I''d take care of you, so you exploited my kindness again and again!”


    “Sebastian is openly flirty. Have I ever flirted with you?"


    Sebastian was silent.


    Brittany was stunned into silence. She couldn''t argue.


    Yes, she admitted her intentions weren''t pure, but Arthur had never once crossed a line with her.


    But she was a woman, and women understand women. Every time Arthur rushed to her side, Hailey would feel jealous and hopeless.


    "But Arthur, every time you ran to me, every time you abandoned Hailey, she lost a little more hope in you. If I can''t be happy, then none of you get to be happy either."


    "Brittany, so this was all your n."


    Hailey Lawson was standing at the door, her eyes red.


    When Arthur saw her, he rushed over to support her. "Honey, why are you out of bed?"


    Hailey shot him a re. “If I hadn''t woken up, I would never have realized what was really going on behind my back."


    “Honey, it''s better that you heard it. Now we don''t have to get divorced. This was all Brittany''s doing."


    Arthur was livid. If he hadn''t been


    stuck in traffic by some twist of fate and ruminto Natalie, who saved his wife and child, he would have never


    believed his own sister could be capable of such terrifying schemes.


    Seeing that Hailey had heard everything, the color drained from Brittany''s face. "So what if you heard? It doesn''t matter if 1 schemed of not on my brother''s heart, I will alwayse first. He will always leave you for me. I''ll always be more important than you."