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.

years. You don’t even know him anymore. Why not

he could explode, Halle Jennings–his ever–graceful wife and longtime expert at

got home,” she said sweetly. “Let

They flicked coldly

up and snatched the phone from Briar’s hands.

cold. She shot Beatrice a

to kill.

“Give it back.”

the headlights. The overwhelming pressure

On her spine.”

was over. Her teammates were cussing her out in the group

Her luggage was still sitting by the stairs. But none of that mattered

alone overseas. He didn’t care. All he wanted was her shares–and to dump

Some father he was.

never been much of a father to begin

fiancé or the arranged marriage. But that

mother–Rosalia–who gave up everything, even her

just three months after Rosalia died, Edgar shamelessly moved

Jennings, was two years older than Briar, and the girl, Beatrice, was only two months older than Briar.

raised overseas by her grandfather, she was still the rightful heir to the Jennings

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went after Edgar with

then, Edgar had built his company with the help of Rosalia’s father, Zeke Grant. Rosalia had held 60% of the

done right after everything else

found out, it was too late. Zeke’s family had already taken Briar out of the country. Edgar didn’t hear

Halle were the ones who pushed Rosalia to her death.

they tried, Edgar always slipped

reason was that he had someone powerful backing him. Some of the company’s new products didn’t even come from their own team -they came through

name you

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