Chapter 26
Isaac tried to placate Harry with a forced smile. "Mr. Freeman, please listen to me. This is all just a misunderstanding. My wife was speaking out of anger earlier. We just wanted to check on how Avery is doing and understand her relationship with you. She’s still young, and we believe getting involved too early isn’t good for her, so we may have spoken harshly to scare her!" Isaac defended.
"That’s ridiculous!" Harry shot back, flipping him off with a fierce glare. "Avery saved my life once, and I consider her family. You keep slandering our relationship—are you trying to provoke me?"
The crowd buzzed with realization. Oh, so the Carter family’s lost daughter had that kind of connection with the playboy! They felt ashamed for misunderstanding the young woman. After all, saving someone’s life at such a young age was truly remarkable.
Isaac felt a wave of regret wash over him. If only he had known earlier, he wouldn’t have made such mistakes. "I’m sorry, it was our misunderstanding," he said, wiping his brow and bowing slightly toward Harry on the screen. "Mr. Freeman, since you and Avery are like family, that makes us family too. About renewing the contract..."
Avery interrupted him. "Mr. Murphy, I’ve left the Murphy family and have no ties to them. So my family isn’t your family, and I’d appreciate it if you didn’t try to claim otherwise."
Isaac stared at her in shock, struggling to find his words. In front of so many people, Avery refused to give him any respect? He had raised her for eighteen years, and this was how she treated him?
At that moment, Regina watched her husband grovel to Harry, and her anger toward Avery reached a boiling point. Avery knew how important V Group was to the Murphy family, so why hadn’t she mentioned her relationship with Harry? If the Murphy family had known about Avery’s connection to Harry, would they have still driven her away?
Avery was deliberately hiding this crucial information, playing the Murphy family for fools with Harry. Regina no longer hoped for Harry’s sympathy and pointed at Avery, shouting, "You’re an ungrateful brat! Do you have any idea how much the Murphy family has spent on you over the years? Even if it’s not two or three million, it’s at least a million!"
"A million?"