Chapter 126

"So, you're blaming me for what Demi did wrong? She was so stupid to have walked right into a trap, but that's somehow on me?" No matter how patient Shelmaine was, it vanished in front of Andrew. Her eyes burned with sarcasm as she continued, "Why don't you just list all my crimes now? Go ahead and tell me everything I'm supposed to take the blame for." Yasmin, pulling on Andrew's arm, tried to intervene. "Don't be angry. Shel didn't mean to cause any trouble. Shel didn't cause Demi to be in this situation, so don't say that." Shelmaine let out a cold laugh. Yasmin kept calling her "Shel" like she was some servant. She had once overheard Yasmin telling Demi that calling her "Shel" was their way of treating her like the help—like she was nothing more than a servant in the house. The Clarkes weren't some prestigious family. Andrew and Talia had built their business from the ground up together, starting the company and seeing it succeed. Once things took off, Talia became a stay-at-ho