Zuri was stunned.
She felt cold all over her body.
It had never occurred to her that her father would say this only to get money from her.
As her parents, they even threatened to ruin her.
Actually, she didn’t cherish her career so much.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtShe had planned to retire someday and that’s why she chose to establish her own studio.
But she wanted a decent retirement, not to be forced by her father. Causal as she appeared to be, she was in fact a pretty aggressive person.
Dominic’s words had finally irritated her no matter whether he said those subconsciously or had planned to threaten her.
Now in her mind, they didn’t deserve her help anymore. Zuri wouldn’t lend a single dollar to them whatever happened.
Suddenly, someone pressed his hand on her shoulder and then held her in arms. A man’s warm and worried voice rose, “Are you alright?”
He didn’t ask what happened to her, which meant he had known who was phoning her. Zuri felt embarrassed and pushed the man away before she shouted to Dominic, “You can do whatever you want. But you know very that what you’ll get if I were ruined, dad.“
Then Zuri hung up the phone directly.
She knew how to deal with her father. She didn’t forget to warn Dominic that they would end up getting nothing if they tried to destroy her.
Then she put a without Letting Colin see it. She turned away and scoffed, “Why are you here, Mr. Smith? Aren’t having dinner with that gorgeous Lady.”
She thought she didn’t deserve his love.
Her parents and her younger brother were the blemishes in her Life. So, she chose to draw the line between them in such a cruel way.
She had checked the background of Michelle. Her parents were both professors in college. They would made good friends with Colin’s parents. Maybe that was also part of the reason why they would choose her as Colin’s future wife.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmZuri just couldn’t imagine how her parents would get along with Colin’s.
And Michelle was also beautiful and talented. She was a romantic artist, which would make a perfect match with Colin.
Though Zuri’s words did hurt Colin, he still took a step toward her and asked, “It’s your parents, right?”
Zuri didn’t want to talk about her parents with Colin, and she didn’t want to stay here with him. So, she ignored him and turned away.
But Colin pulled her back and pressed her against the wall like people did in romantic stories.
But Zuri didn’t feel it romantic, especially at this moment when she felt depressed. She just thought she was assaulted, and she wanted to slap Colin.
But at last, she refrained herself from doing so.
Then she Looked up at him and said in rage, “It’s none of your business.”