Chapter 1317:

The tense silence that followed was broken by Felicia’s voice, calm but laced with authority. “Your problem isn’t with Elyse, Thea,” she said evenly. “It’s with me—your so-called grandmother.”

Felicia turned to Thea, her eyes gleaming with a sharp glint.

Thea caught her gaze and immediately felt a chill, quickly averting her eyes.

Felicia’s intense stare never wavered.

“You resent me for not treating you well. You’ve been loyal to me, yet I’ve favored Elyse with the best benefits. Am I right?”

Resigned to the fact that no argument would change Felicia’s stance, Thea gathered her courage. Her voice, thick with frustration, challenged, “Exactly. That’s your way! Has Elyse ever taken care of you for even a day? Why does she get all the preferential treatment and the company shares? What about me? Don’t my years of dedication mean anything?”

quietly to the side, her expression hardening. She had never taken care of Felicia, and she couldn’t understand

gaze fixed on Thea and asked, “Do you think I’ve been unfair? Do you feel I’ve neglected our relationship of more than twenty years to favor someone I barely know just

don’t deserve the kindness I’ve shown you!” Thea

the tension. “You’re wrong. Originally, most of the assets and company shares

be true! She would never favor me

slowly rose from her seat and

lost my hearing or my

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Thea froze

like that!” Thea exclaimed

my son and had him imprisoned. You were in the garden on a call. I heard

she still insisted, “I don’t remember that at all. I never made that call. You must be making

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