<strong>Chapter 510:</strong>


    “Bitch!” M stormed down the steps, raising her hand to p Lily.


    Instinctively, Lily ducked behind Shawn, who moved just as quickly to shield her. M’s hand nevernded. Shawn caught it mid-air, gripping it tightly. She sneered, twisting her wrist in a vain attempt to break free.


    “Let go of me, you worthless fool!”


    Shawn’s gaze turned icy, his tone low and measured.


    “How dare you try toy a finger on her?”


    “And what if I do? Your family’s in shambles, and you still have the audacity to stand here like you matter? Shawn, you are nothing. Without Adrian’s charity, both you and Joelle would be outcasts!”


    Shawn’s smirk barely touched his eyes.


    “You’re not wrong. But Adrian likes my sister. He enjoys keeping our family afloat. Doesn’t that just gnaw at you?”


    M’s face tightened, but she feigned indifference.


    “As if I care!”


    “Oh, please!” Lily snickered. “You’re practically burning with jealousy. Everyone knows you’ve beenpeting with Joelle your whole life over food, clothes, looks, everything! And what have you gained? You don’t have an ounce of her grace. All that bitterness has turned you into a sour old spinster. It’s no wonder you’re still single!”


    “How dare you!” M’s face reddened as she barked at her bodyguards. “Get them both out of here!”


    “M, do you really have the nerve toy a hand on me?” Lily’s voice dripped with quiet confidence. Her family’s old ties with Stephen had long ced her out of harm’s way, and everyone knew it.


    But M, her pride wounded in front of so many guests, wasn’t thinking straight.


    “I’ll do as I please! Why are you all standing there? Get rid of them!”


    “Stop!” Fred’s voice cut through the tension like a knife as he stepped forward with the calm authority of the Finch family’s head.


    With so many people watching, letting M force Shawn and Lily out would only fuel the gossip. The Finch family’s reputation was already on shaky ground.


    “My sister’s emotions have been unstable since we lost our grandfather. Please, forgive her outburst,” Fred said.


    Shawn’s face softened.


    “It’s nothing. I only came to pay my respects to your grandfather. But it seems my presence isn’t needed. I’ll take my leave.”


    “Shawn, I apologize on my sister’s behalf.”


    M was about to blow a fuse.


    “Fred!”


    “Enough!” Fred hissed. “You’re embarrassing us all.”


    M fell silent, biting back her anger as Fred invited Shawn to stay.


    Lily, satisfied, rolled her eyes dramatically as she followed Shawn inside. The crowd of onlookers began to disperse, murmuring amongst themselves. Katherine’s mother pulled her aside.


    “What’s going on between Shawn and Lily? Are they seeing each other?”


    Katherine replied, “No.”


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