The Queen They Let Go (Alice and Eric) novel Chapter 269

Chapter 269 The Spotlight Meant for an Eagle

Chapter 269 The Spotlight Meant for an Eagle

“Why is your blood pressure spiking again? Lie down first!”

Linda could only swallow her rage for now and lie back down, seething.

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Gary had just finished speaking with the doctor and was about to go help Linda down when he realized they’d come out.

The Spencers‘ stock had already crashed to the ground, and he knew his stubbornness had dragged down a lot of people.

Thinking of Alice’s earlier warning, he couldn’t help feeling a little guilty.

Not only did he ignore her, but he’d also even tried to spend money to buy the Global Hotel.

Back then, Alice probably already had a plan to revamp the Global Hotel.

So, she must’ve thought he was an idiot.

“Alice.”

He stood there, not quite daring to step closer, and only called softly.

Alice didn’t even realize he was calling her.

So, she didn’t bother greeting him at all.

Instead, Linda climbed down from the ambulance herself and stepped forward to block Alice.

“Alice, I never thought you were this vicious!

“If you’re angry that I stole everything from you come at me–not our brothers!

“You knew James’s true face–you knew he was a fraud. But you? You never even tried to stop my brothers.

“And me–I know you hate me, but I never thought you’d hate me this much, that you’d ruin me so completely I’d never be able to face anyone again!

“I even used to think you’d be a good sister, that you’d treat me well … that before, you just hadn’t figured it out yet.

“Alice–can you live with it? Can you say you didn’t fail the Spencers, our brothers, and me?”

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Chapter 269 The Spotlight Meant for an Eagle

As she spoke, her tears broke loose.

“You’re truly disgusting!”

It was the first time she’d ever thrown a tantrum like this in front of her brothers.

Usually, she was the harmless little bunny.

It showed just how hard this had hit her.

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And halfway through, she couldn’t go on–she covered her face, squatted down, and burst into loud sobs.

Seeing her fall apart like that, Gary’s heart clenched.

The small guilt he’d felt toward Alice vanished completely.

He even started thinking along Linda’s line of reasoning.

Was all of this Alice’s deliberate setup?

“Linda, get up first.”

Gary helped Linda up and looked over again.

“Alice, shouldn’t you give us an explanation?”

Alice frowned.

Seriously, she’d never met people this stupid in her entire life.

Eric walked forward slowly.

He looked at Gary and spoke.

“Mr. Gary, whether she said anything or not, investments are always consensual between two willing parties.

“What do you need my wife to interfere with everything you do and think every day?

“If you’re right, it’s your credit. If you’re wrong, it’s because my wife didn’t warn you—so it’s my wife’s fault, is that it?”

Panic flickered in Gary’s eyes.

He didn’t mean it like that.

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But Eric didn’t give him time to think.

His eyes were full of disgust.

“You feel wronged. You lost money. What does any of that have to do with my wife?

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“After all, when you used her to trade for 50 million back then, you never imagined she’d stand where she stands today. Isn’t that right?”

Gary’s heart jolted hard.

Whether they’d ever been sincere to Alice or not… would that substitute marriage always be a wound that couldn’t be smoothed over?

Was it really beyond repair?

Linda stepped forward.

“This was supposed to be mine. Your wife was supposed to be me–because of her…”

“You?”

A cold smile tugged at Eric’s lips.

“You’re just a little sparrow–yet you want to steal the spotlight meant for an eagle?”

Linda couldn’t reply to that.

The words struck straight into her core.

Like a blow that crushed her spirit.

“Mr. Eric … you … h–how could you say

that?”

Eric was never someone easy to deal with.

They didn’t call him the Living Devil for nothing.

But after three years in a coma, his temperament had softened a lot.

That didn’t mean he had no temper.

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