Chapter 303

Shermaine walked in, wearing a black spaghetti-strap mini dress layered with a lightweight blazer to fend off the night’s chill. Black combat boots completed her look. She’d skipped the makeup except for a swipe of lipstick, her hair falling in loose, tousled waves—equal parts stunning and edgy.

Kylie bit her lip, acting like Shermaine didn’t exist, then grilled Joshua again. “Just answer me. Aren’t I right?”

“You’re dead wrong. Even if Shermaine cheated, I’d stay devoted till I die,” Joshua replied.

Kylie stared in shock. “You only say that because she’s here. You must care deep down.”

Joshua’s voice turned razor-sharp. “Get lost.”

The cut was brutal. Joshua’s tone left no room for pretense.

‘Cheated?’ Shermaine thought. She stepped up beside Joshua, eyeing Kylie from head to toe. “Was she trashing me while I was gone?”

Joshua grunted. “She’s unhinged. Don’t pay her any mind.”

“What exactly did she say?” Shermaine asked.

Joshua’s expression hardened, refusing to repeat the slander. The fact was, Kylie wasn’t fit to tie Shermaine’s shoelaces.

Sarah burst out. “You know damn well what you did. Quit playing innocent.”

Shermaine stayed composed, her voice even. “Please, enlighten me. What exactly did I do to wrong Joshua?”

Sarah asked, “Didn’t you buy jewelry with some guy at a boutique?”

Jewelry? Shermaine had only been to a jewelry store once, to buy the platinum ring on her finger. She’d run into Roy there and asked for his input.

“Yes,” she replied simply.

Beside her, Roy suddenly realized Sarah must be talking about him.

Sarah said, “Exactly. As Joshua’s fiancée, you went jewelry shopping with another man in public. What else would that be but being disloyal?”

Shermaine gave a faint smile. “Anything else?”

“Did you also go to a hotel with a man today?”

“Yes.”

Roy realized he was being dragged into this again.

Sarah went quiet, stunned that Shermaine had flat-out admitted both “offenses.” Sarah thought, ‘Clearly, she’s cunning. She must know her actions couldn’t be hidden and is counting on Joshua never leaving her.’

‘No, I have to make them break up. Even if it means Owen and Joshua hating me, I won’t let them stay together.’

“You actually admit it? And you have the gall to show no shame,” Sarah spat.

“I’m warning you, end things with Joshua now. Stop clinging to him, or you’ll be sorry,” she threw in a threat.

Ruth was the first to lose her temper. “Are you out of your mind? Accusing my daughter of indecency over this? Want me to sue you for slander?”

Barsh sneered at Ruth. “Like mother, like daughter. The great Mrs. Jean, out partying with toy boys. I bet Shermaine learned her loose ways from you?”

“Who are you to lecture my family? As if you didn’t cheat on your husband. That’s a fact, unlike those baseless online rumors,” Janice shot back angrily. “Keep running your mouth, and I’ll tear it right off your face.”

Owen stepped in. “Janice, don’t bother. I’ll throw them out myself. We don’t need traitors like them in this family.”