"A villa?!"
Rebecca gasped sharply, then quickly covered her mouth, realizing she'd been too obvious. She instinctively glanced at Emily, her eyes flickering with a mix of disappointment and frustration.
'Would you look at that! Cassandra, a woman in her thirties who's been divorced, can still snag someone so loaded. Meanwhile, my own daughter's just lazing around at home, doing nothing with her life!' she was screaming inside.
Emily, who'd been Rebecca's daughter for years, could see the disdain in her mother's eyes clear as day.
She immediately bristled, her anger flaring up.
It was bad enough that all these men were fawning over Cassandra, but now even her own mother was gushing over her!
Emily's eyes turned venomous, and her tone dropped any semblance of politeness.
"A villa? Mr
