Chapter 1
It was September in Dasmieca. In the fancy Jennings family mansion in Shoneport, five people sat in the living room, the tension thick enough to choke
on.
Briar Jennings, fresh off a flight from abroad, kicked ba the other couch across from her, clearly uncomfortable.
Gunfire from a phone game kept blasting from Briar’s phone,
“Briar, you just got back. You don’t even know the first thing me? You’ll still get your annual cut just like before.”
Briar didn’t even glance up. Her thumbs kept tapping.
a couch, legs crossed like she owned the place. The other four were crammed together on
cutting thrash her father’s voice every time he tried to speak.
a
Edgar continued, “Your brother’s grown now. It’s time he started learning the from scratch.”
company,” Edgar Jennings said. “Why don’t you hand your shares over to
rope
I could transfer him half your shares so that he doesn’t have to start
There was still nothing from Briar.
“And about that engagement to the Hargreaves boy,” Edgar added.ve been
sister take your place?”
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No matter what he said, Briar just kept playing, like he wasn’t
there.
even know him anymore.
thin. His face darkened, but before he could explode, Halle Jennings–his ever–graceful wife and
said sweetly. “Let
weren’t so sweet. They flicked
snatched the phone from Briar’s hands. “Briar, Dad’s talking to
She
to kill.
“Give it back.”
in the headlights. The
On her spine.”
grabbed her phone back. The game was over. Her teammates were
since stepping off the plane. Her luggage was still sitting by the
years alone overseas. He didn’t care. All
Some father he was.
had never been much of a
But that didn’t mean she’d let anyone take what
mother–Rosalia–who gave up everything, even
made it worse was that just three months after Rosalia died, Edgar shamelessly moved his mistress, Halle,
two months older than Briar. Their sudden
overseas by her grandfather, she was still the rightful heir to the Jennings family. Her uncles
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went after
father, Zeke Grant. Rosalia had held 60% of
she’d done
Briar out of the country. Edgar didn’t hear from her again until she got older and
ones who pushed Rosalia to her
they tried, Edgar always slipped
powerful backing him. Some of the company’s new products didn’t even come from their own team -they came through private accounts
name you
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