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    She withdrew her arm from Kylee’s grasp with quiet finality, then turned to…


    Baker stood with an unreadable calm etched across his face. “I told you before, and I will say it again,” she said firmly. “I will not help you with this.”


    Baker immediately furrowed his brows. “Why, Car? You, Kylee, and I, we are family!”


    Car let out a dry, humorlessugh. “Family?” she echoed, shaking her head slowly. “That is rich,ing from you. When you brought Belinda home, you told me she was your daughter, that we were all one big family now. You asked me to ept her, told me it was just one more ce at the table. You asked me to understand you.”


    After a pause, she continued, “But now, suddenly, we are family? You mean to say you have discarded Belinda again when it suits you?”


    Baker opened his mouth, but no words came.


    Car gave a cold snort. “You and Holley did something monstrous to your own daughter. And Lucas? He is simply defending the woman he loves. I cannot me him for that, and I will not.” Her tone left no room for argument.


    “So do not expect me to help you with this.”


    Baker’s eyes darted to Kylee. Kylee caught the look and quickly tried again.


    “Mom, I know Dad and Holley made mistakes, serious ones, but Belinda is not your daughter. She has nothing to do with you. Dad and I are your real family. You don’t have to take Belinda’s side.”


    Baker believed what Kylee had said was right.


    Belinda might have been Car’s biological daughter, but Car remained blind to that truth.


    In Car’s eyes, Belinda was not rted to her. So, how Baker and Holley treated Belinda should be none of her concern.


    However, upon hearing Kylee’s words, Car furrowed her brows once more.


    She met Kylee’s gaze with disappointment. “You are right, Belinda has nothing to do with me,” she said, her voice firm butced with disdain. “But Kylee, at the very least, a person should have a conscience. Right and wrong still matter! Belinda is not my daughter, true, but if anyone dared to treat my daughter like that, I would make them regret it for the rest of their life!”


    The room went still. Car’s words struck like a whip. Kylee and Baker stiffened.


    They exchanged nces, each seeing fear in the other’s eyes.


    Lifting her hand as if swatting the conversation away, Car said, “I will not say another word about this matter. No matter what, I will not help you, Baker. If the Wright Group copses, then so be it. I do not need it to survive anyway.” That derationnded like a blow. Baker clenched his fists, barely restraining the fury bubbling inside him.


    Car might not need the Wright Group to survive, but he did.


    The Wright Group was not just a business to him. It was everything he had.


    Car shifted her attention back to Kylee, her voice turning softer but no less resolute. “Kylee, you need not worry. Even if the Wright Group falls apart, you will still be a member of the Happer family. No one will dare look down on you.” Kylee looked at Baker with a resigned expression, indicating that she was powerless to help now.


    Car said, “Now, if there is nothing else, I suggest you leave. I have no interest in continuing this conversation.”


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