Chapter sixty eight

Ella turned and looked at Jeremy, she was most surprised by his declaration. He had never told her that he wanted to marry her, she believed that he found her unappealing.

"I hope you are not trying to play with my daughter's emotions," Abraham said, "she has gone through enough already."

"I want to marry Ella," Jeremy replied decisively.

Matthew Ryan was shocked, he turned to Ella with wild eyes and pointed at her, "What is the meaning of this, have you been cheating on me?" He asked angrily.

"And what if I have? You have no rights over me," she said, facing him squarely.

Jeremy pulled her beside him, he did not want to get upset anymore, she had passed through enough already in the hands of Matthew.

"Do not waste your breath on him, he's leaving the house now or I will have the guards throw him out," Jeremy replied.

Matthew looked like he was going to refuse but Ella stepped in, "How about I tell my father what you wanted to do, what you wanted the company documents for?" She