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Sloane had just stepped out of the academic building when she spotted Marshall standing not far off, his
expression anxious as he scanned the area. She frowned, ready to take a detour to avoid him, but Marshall had
already seen her and quickly made his way over.
“Sloane!” Marshall called out, his voice laced with urgency.
She was forced to stop. Lifting her gaze, she stared at him coldly. “Something wrong?”
Marshall rushed up to her, wearing an ingratiating smile. “Sloane, | know you're still mad at me, but the family’s
in serious trouble now, are you really going to just stand by and watch? No matter what, you're still a daughter of
the Rivers family. Are you really going to let us go bankrupt without lifting a finger?”
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Sloane let out a sharp laugh, her tone dripping with unfiltered sarcasm. “Marshall, sparethe guilt trip. What
does the Rivers family have to do with me? Did you forget how you all treatedbefore? Now that Rivers Group
is crashing and burning, now you remember | exist?”
His smile froze for a moment, but he quickly recovered, plastering on that pleading look again, though his tone
took on a faint edge of threat. “Sloane, don’t forget-you're still a part of the Rivers family! No matter how much
you try to deny it, Rivers blood still runs in your veins. If the Rivers family falls, do you really think you'll come
out unscathed? What do you think people will say about you? They'll call you cold, heartless-someone who
turned her back on her own family.”
Sloane's eyes turned even colder, her voice thick with disgust. “Don’t you dare threaten me, Marshall. | couldn't
care less what other people think. But you, you've used your own daughter for profit, and now you want to
manipulateagain with public opinion? What a joke,”
Marshall was left speechless, choking on her words. His face twisted with awkward frustration.
He took a deep breath, forcing down his anger, and softened his tone again. “Sloane, | know | was wrong before,
but Rivers Group really needs your help. You
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Chapter 167 Something Wrong?
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got into Blackhawk, and your relationship with Lucas is good. If you'd just be willing to step up, the Hawthorne
family would definitely lend a hand. Are you really okay with watching the Rivers family collapse?”
At that, a sneer played at the corners of Sloane’s lips. “Marshall, you really never show up unless there's
something in it for you. Too bad | couldn't care less about the Rivers family and | sure as hell won't go begging
Lucas for anything. What happens to the Rivers family has nothing to do with me.”
With that, she turned to leave.
Panic surged through Marshall. He lunged forward and grabbed her wrist, his voice rising in desperation.
“Sloane! Are you really going to be this heartless? I'm still your father! If you dare walk away like this, Ill go to
the press, I'll make sure the world knows what kind of cold-blooded, ungrateful traitor you are!”
Sloane yanked her arm free, her gaze sharp as a blade. “Marshall, the moment you threwinto that mental
hospital, you stopped being my father. As for the press, go right ahead.”
She didn’t give him a chance to say another word. Turning on her heel, she walked off with purpose.
Marshall stood frozen in place, watching her retreating figure with resentment etched across his face. Sloane was
no longer the girl from five years ago, the one he could manipulate at will. She had grown stronger, inch by inch,
until she'd slipped beyond the Rivers family’s control.
With no other option, Marshall went to plead with the main branch of the family. But the family head wouldn't
even grant him a meeting. Mathilda, meanwhile, took advantage of the moment and sent someone to bring
Sloane back to the Rivers estate.
Marshall knew exactly what they were doing-leaving him out to dry while scheming to pull Sloane over to their
side.
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