Kiss My Revenge The Heiress Strikes Back

Darcy cleared his throat. Miranda's responses were nothing like what he had expected, so straightforward.

He knew making such achievements meant she was different from other young people, but he hadn't anticipated just how different.

"We've heard about you and your family. Rest assured, we don't intend to hold your father's actions against you. You're still a part of the Hawke family. Our family acknowledges you." He paused purposefully, adding, "But not your four brothers."

Miranda chuckled. What an interesting way to put it.

In other words, they only recognized her from the Hawke family in Zephra, not the rest of the members. It made sense; any of the rest being accepted would be an embarrassment to them. After all, they were all serving time in prison. The shortest sentence among them was five years.

As Darcy mentioned it, Carter also thought about Miranda's four brothers. None of them were any good, all fawning over that adopted sister.

"Can I ask a question?" Miranda inquired.

"Go ahead."

get kicked out of the family?" Miranda's curiosity was purely gossip-driven; she was just curious about what misdeeds Alden had

as if dredging up old memories. "It's not really a secret, but it's been a long time. From what I recall vaguely, he colluded with outsiders, jeopardizing the family's interests, which led to the heads of two family subsidiaries ending up in prison. After the family paid to keep him out of jail, they disowned him. Since then, the Hawke family has cut all

for prison, apart from the original Miranda. It must

was warm, his eyes filled with

shrugged. "Not really. Just the main question - what do you want from

Carter looking like he was about to burst,

something to say, spit it out.

say, Uncle Darcy, just

to meet her?

might want to keep

streak.

sip of her drink

paused, and didn't address any words. He knew all too well what kind of