Celestial Queen: Revenge Is Sweet When You’re A Zillionaire Heiress

Chapter 1460

Chapter 1460:

Margo had hinted to Wesson earlier that Harlee’s husband was as ruthless as she was. Although the Jensen family had no reason to grovel before Harlee, Wesson figured there was no harm in leaving a favorable impression.

Wesson couldn’t shake the suspicion that Harlee’s husband had orchestrated tonight’s events—raising Casper to the pinnacle of his arrogance, only to watch him plummet spectacularly.

That Harlee’s husband would go to such lengths to dismantle Casper said a lot about how much Nola mattered to Harlee. It made Wesson wonder—what exactly had Nola done to earn such devotion?

Casper’s face turned as pale as a blank page. He couldn’t fathom why Wesson had suddenly turned against him. As far as he knew, the Happer family had never provoked the Jensens.

The room had grown so quiet that the sound of each breath felt like a shout in a canyon.

For Casper, the next hour stretched into an eternity, the most agonizing stretch of his entire life.

like an extension of his authority, his leather shoes clicking softly against the floor. His eyes, cold and bottomless like a winter lake, scanned the room, his commanding gaze slicing through the tension. It was as if everyone’s lives were held delicately in his hand, waiting to be crushed at

appeared, everyone rose instinctively to their

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only a faint, indifferent glance that eventually landed on Wesson. So, someone of Wesson’s stature had

But now, faced with Rhys himself, his arrogance crumbled. He

feeding his growing terror. Could Nola’s plan actually tame a man like

had no choice but to stick to the script. The rewards Nola promised were too tempting, and she had assured him that assassins

step exuding a quiet menace. He sat down, and only then

heavier with silence, as if

gaze traveled over the few people hidden in the corners, his eyes

in the corners felt as though an iron fist had gripped their hearts, squeezing out every ounce of composure they had. Their shock was palpable. Had they been exposed? They held their breath, the tension thick