Chapter 142 No Secrets Survive

• "I know that you've been fucking around with your stepbrother. How scandalous. I wonder what your dear mother would say if she knew that you've been sleeping around with her husband's son?" Rosabella asked in mock wonder.
• I felt my entire face freeze just at the thought that she might tell my mother about my relationship with Raphael. Although I knew that I needed to tell my mother one day if I wanted to date Raphael for real, I was nowhere near ready to confront her about this. On top of that, my mother still didn't know about the nature of Raphael's family business. It felt like I had two very bad and shocking pieces of news to break to her. I had no idea what to say, and I didn't even want to think about her reaction.
• "I just told you that it's not true," I repeated again, even though I knew she wouldn't believe me. I finally found out the real reason why Rosabella had invited me to meet up with her today. She was using my relationship with Raphael to blackmail me into quickly telling my mother the truth about everything-so that she could marry Raphael as soon as possible, just as planned. She knew that I was in the way, and now she needed me gone.