"Nothing, I just want to ask Ken where he got the information from.I never mentioned that I’m friends
with the Goldmann girl."
Ken smirked when she denied it.
"Not friends? She seems to be protective of you."
He meant the last time when he had met Daisie.
Freyja didn’t answer.
Sandy looked at her.
"Fey, you’re my daughter, your brother’s sister.You don’t care about your family but seem to be
concerned about the Knowles.
"I know that you're in touch with Nollace, but he’s a Knowles.You would ignore your family just because
he lent you a helping hand?"
Freyja pressed her lips together and asked, "But isn’t Aunt Diana your family?"
"Enough!"
She threw the teacup, and it smashed into pieces at her feet.
Sandy didn’t look friendly.
"Is that how you speak to your mother?"
"Mother, please calm down."
Ken fixed his suit and stood up.
"Why not let me speak to her?"
She rubbed her temple and closed her eyes, then stopped speaking.
Ken motioned for her to go upstairs.
They went into the study, and Freyja was blunt.
"You asked me to come so that I could plead for you? Your fiancee is the reason the Reeses are in this
situation."
Ken walked behind the desk, sat in the leather seat, and lit up a cigarette.
"I no longer care about the Reeses."
"What do you mean?"
His eyes cleared up as he stared at her face.
"It’s what it means.If the Reeses are crumbling, and I can’t stop it.I might as well give up."
Freyja couldn’t believe it and felt that it was funny, "If you gave up sooner, your wife wouldn’t have died
during childbirth, and Deedee wouldn’t turn into a child without a mom and abandoned by her father."
Ken’s eyes grew dark, and the cigarette between his fingers burned.
He took a long drag and crushed half of the rest in the ashtray, "If you were good enough to be
associated with the Goldmanns, I might not have needed to get involved with the Reeses."
"That wasn’t why you abandoned Deedee!"
"Freyja, you’re not me, so you have no right to make comments about my life."
Ken threw the document on the desk to the floor and yelled, "I was born six years earlier than you, and
I had to face all the pressure just because I was the eldest son.You had it much easier.I gave up on
going to college and entered society earlier because I wanted to do well and didn’t want to be looked
down on.
"Do you know how hard I’ve worked to get where I am? Do you know what people say about us behind
our backs? We were the result of an affair and could only hide away.
"You don’t need to face all that hostility in school because nobody knows who you are.I’ve been
mocked, looked down on, and had to be shamed.I’m just one step away."
Freyja balled up her fist.
"So, because of all that, your wife and Deedee aren’t innocent?"
He took a deep breath.
"Benefits should always come before relationships.As for Deedee, I never wanted her, but she insisted
on bringing her to full term."
Freyja ran up to him and grabbed his collar.
"How could you say all that!?"
Ken pushed her away.
"All you need to do now is to gain Daisie’s trust.You’re part of our family, so it’s time to do your part.
Freyja was so angry she trembled.
"We're not friends!"
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