Reborn As A Ruthless Heiress

na's

mera. I raise my chin high, my expression calm, my hands delicately holding the fr

hall, though the spotlight has already turned dim,

me, I'm burn

d left jus

no apologies for

front of the media, shareholders, spons

estments has become a public disaster. And Celeste had driven off like the prin

uppress a cough. In truth... I'm t

hell just

ters beside me, his voice cracking like

nify that as

a hawk hunting for prey. Reporters whis

ing headlines and gossip columns... more like they

early with murmuring excuses, others

not yet, not while my ey

nd is still half-lifted from where he'd held the ring box. The box lay

ilitary precision as

ight voice ", Stand up straight

toward me "She

, me... I didn't say it aloud.

We can still control the narrative, an emotional misunderstanding, stage fright, and

u said she loves me,

dient, too." My voice cracks li

slightly, but

by. Inform the press that there has been a sudden illness... No, better, an e

, ma

ress a hand to my temple, prete

ecalculating every

t deviated, she'd torched it. That wasn't a sp

tion of s

d been compliant, submissive, in fact, everything I had moulded her to be. The perfect pawn

he s

dig int

k out, Celeste of ye

on that stage was cold and composed. Not a tear in sight

huds once

arby guard "Track her I want her b

ms professional... we couldn't get a

ce lowered to a blade this time "Then find the damn car G

pales and

, scanning for Sophia. The girl stands by the dessert t

I --- I don't know what happened I tried to talk to her before the ev

"You said she sus

s, her messages, before this evening wh

digging in. "Then tell me, why did sh

maybe someone told her something

I turn away from

s wrong, te

ooked at me w

hat's not

sly, quietly, in a hospital no one had access to but the Lancasters, Celeste had been to

d at me like a hu

be... No

ntly. A flicker of fe

dism

ngry; perhaps she discovered a secret or two about Noah's f

t unless someone told her. But who, William? Never.

mbling, still staring at t

ed by pride and fail

he thought and take

ng as a young girl;

freeze her accounts," I say, sipping my champagne

that look, her eyes, too

nty years, I wonder if I've j