Chapter 138 - Truce
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Archie decided to take a break from all the stress of the job and booked a flight ticket to Paris with Bailey as a fellow but the parents refused, thinking that it was just Marshall's way of trying to convince them to accept Archie into the family.

Bailey cried daily as her father spoke hurtful words to her, reminding her that she was nothing but just a tool in the hands of Archie. According to them he was only trying to use her and dump her right after which she was bound by the law not to spill everything that she knew about him.

"My boyfriend isn't that sort of person, I understand that you are looking out for me but this is outrightly disrespectful. That boy has never done anything to warrant soft treatment from you. That boy saves people so that they don't go through the same hardship he went through just to become what he is today. Isn't there any part of him that appeals to you? He emerged as the valedictorian after losing some time when other people could go to school. That
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