A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

“Brendan, do you remember I mentioned to you the other day that Ileana seemed

distracted lately, like something was weighing on her mind?”

Brendan frowned, trying to recall. “I think you did say something like that…“.

Back then, he’d been swamped with work at the company, barely keeping his head above water, let alone paying attention to family matters. Karen had only mentioned it in passing; the details were long gone from his memory.

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“Was there anything unusual going on during that time?” Alessia’s faster against the table, a sign that she felt she was on the verge of piecing things together.

“Anything unusual…? No, nothing comes to mind…”

Brendan and Zachary both shook their heads.

Alessia couldn’t hide her frustration,

and Liam

away, she caught sight of the three of them, heads bowed,

with autism. Now it’s clear his issues are psychological. I’ll be taking him to Eddie for counseling over

As for Ileana…”

and Alessia locked

be out of the hospital in a month. But let me be perfectly clear: if she ever pulls something like this again. with York or anyone else, don’t expect me to go easy

line. Frankly, Ileana should be grateful she was the one who got hurt. If York had ended up bedridden for a month, Alessia would have made sure Ileana

made Alessia’s eyes grow even

and I don’t believe in turning the other cheek. If someone makes my life miserable, I’ll

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go. But that’s your problem, not mine. So I’m laying it out now: if this happens again, don’t bother begging me for mercy.