A Ruling Passion – Chapter 1685

Mentioning Libby somehow caused Shelly’s face to contort in derision and disgust.

Seeing the grimace take shape in front of Arianne’s very eyes somehow fanned the flames in her. Was this how Shelly saw and used the people around her? Treating other humans as monkeys and suckers as if that made her superior to them all?

“So, what’s the next dirty, sh*tty move you’re gonna pull out, huh? Or have you reached the bottom of the barrel and are now running out of tricks? Gonna threaten Mark to fire me by using your relation to him again?” Arianne bristled hotly. “I’m warning you, don’t get too cocky. Because one day, you will go so far that you'll hoist yourself on your own petard!”

Unthinkably, Arianne’s words only made Shelly burst out laughing.

“Haha! Bless your heart, sweetie, that day won’t ever come. In fact, I dare you to tell Mark about this whole thing right now and see if he believes you! Even if Libby told you everything, so what? I am Mark’s one and only birth mother. Why would he believe the fanciful narratives two outsiders like you paint than his own family? Especially since I’ve been staying put at home like a good mother from the beginning to the end. Oh, I don’t know jacksh*t about what happened in his company now, do I? Perhaps you’ve worked together with Libby in smearing me just so you can crawl back to the Tremont Estate, too. Of course, even if you fail at every single attempt of it, you shouldn’t be ruining the relationship between me and Mark in your pettiness, should you?” she taunted, flexing the end of her sentence with faux admonishment.