Chapter 120

Giselle couldn't believe how quickly her father had caved in, especially considering what he told Jade right after she had been slapped across the face. She became frantic. "Dad, how could you..."

"Shut up!" Emmett bellowed. "If I hadn’t spoiled you since you were little, you wouldn’t have shamed our family so much. Slandering and framing others… Is that what an heiress should be doing? If Ms. Severin's slap hadn’t woken me up, I would have continued indulging you and letting you take the wrong path."

Giselle dared not utter a word as Emmett scolded her. She had never seen her father so enraged before.

Emmett recomposed himself and said after a glance at Kennedy, "As a token of my sincerity, I'm willing to offer one percent of the Withrows’ shares to Ms. Severin. Consider it my apology."

"Dad!" Giselle shrieked in disbelief. "One percent of the shares? That’s worth millions. Are you giving them away to someone else just for this?"

Not only was Giselle unable to fathom this, but ev