The Villainess Needs a Hug (Ivy Windsor) novel Chapter 406

To be honest, he really didn’t want to step in and bail Micah out. The whole thing was humiliating.

Marital drama between another couple–whether it was a disaster or not–was none of his business. Why should he be the one losing sleep over it?

If Micah had truly cared about Emma, then he shouldn’t have broken off the engagement in the first place. He should have married her properly and protected her.

But no–Micah had hurt her, left her behind, and abandoned her. Now, after she’d found someone else, he came running back, playing the hero, telling her not to marry her new fiancé, that the man wasn’t good enough for her. Wasn’t that just asking to get punched?

Frankly, the Carter family was right to give him a beating.

He almost wanted to land a few kicks himself.

Still, anger aside, as Emma’s uncle, he couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.

As the saying goes, even a stray dog has its master–you can’t just beat it in front of the owner.

Sheridan, directing his cousins to keep throwing punches, caught sight of Jamison out of the corner of his eye. His expression changed instantly. “Mr. Jamison, about what happened today…”

“Mr. Carter, Micah was in the wrong today, but for my sake, let’s leave it at a lesson learned, all right?” Jamison’s icy features softened with a polite smile, stepping in to plead for Micah.

He’d never spoken to anyone so courteously in his life.

He had his troublesome nephew to thank for that.

Sheridan’s lip was split and bruised, and as he took the napkin Emma handed him, he pressed it to his mouth, his chest heaving with anger.

Seeing Jamison lowering himself for once, Sheridan couldn’t help but chuckle behind his hand. “Well, since you’ve asked, Mr. Jamison, I’ll give you this one.”

He raised his hand. “That’s enough. Break it up.”

The group immediately backed off.

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Micah lay curled up on the floor, groaning In pain. It took him a while before he managed to struggle to his feet.

He glanced over at Jamison and Ivy–and froze in shock.

Ivy was here too!

He hadn’t expected to see her, and for a moment, he just stared, unable to look

away.

Clearly, Ivy–who was stunning tonight–had him completely entranced. He nearly forgot he was supposed to be here to “save” Emma.

Sheridan looked him up and down, then spat, “Micah, you’re lucky your uncle’s here today. If it weren’t for him, you’d be picking your teeth off the floor.”

Micah snapped back to reality, still hunched over in pain, but stubborn as ever. “You don’t really love Emma. You’re just using her!”

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