The whole family were stunned Derek was finally speaking up, even Brenda wasn't left out of the surprise.

On the other hand, Morphie felt embarrassed that Derek had said such a nasty thing towards him before Sophia.

Left to him, he would have retaliated, but he was still in the mood of acting cool to get Sophia therefore, he said nothing.

The only thing left which he tried to do was to defend himself, but he couldn’t find a good argument. Eventually, he gave up.

They had lost in this meeting, they had all lost. The only winners were Brenda and Derek.

Morphie felt terribly indignant. ‘My reputation in the Reid family has already been ruined. There is no way of salvaging it.’

Derek left with his wife, along with the money. He glanced at Brenda and repeated. “All those things that should belong to you. I won’t let anyone else have them.”

She shot her husband a meaningful glance. She wondered what had come over him in the recent time and he was suddenly agitated to protect her.

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