852 Chapter 851

Keira twitched her lips slightly, eventually standing up alongside Lewis. The two of them completely ignored the knocking at the door, each heading to the bathroom for a quick shower. Once they were dressed, Lewis finally opened the door.

Erin was still persistently knocking. The moment the door swung open, she tried to push her way in.

Keira grabbed her arm without hesitation. "We'll talk in your room."

"What? Why my room?" Erin asked, though she let herself be dragged away.

Keira stopped in front of Charles's room instead, opened the door, and stepped inside.

The black-and-white-themed room was offset by a pink wardrobe and stuffed animals scattered here and there. Erin clutched a rabbit plushie as she sat down on the couch. Keira wasted no time getting to the point. "What is it you want to say?"

Erin got straight to it. "My mom told me the South family's succession contest has to wrap up by March this year. Looks like the current successor's health is failing, and they're desperate to choose the next one. You've heard about this, right?"

Keira froze. She hadn't heard a thing.

Just as that thought crossed her mind, there was another knock at the door. Lewis went to open it, and Jenkins stepped inside without so much as a hello.

just returned to the South family, traveling back from Country A. After taking a few days to settle

door opened, she burst out, "Did you hear? My

Keira frowned.

to her. But if Erin and Jenkins's mothers both had this information,

Keira's frown deepened.

Jessica deliberately kept this from her, did it mean she didn't trust her? Or did she simply not care about

that would imply… even among the defeated successors,

a realization dawning on her. She turned to Jenkins. "I heard from Lewis that Erin's mom has over a

Jenkins coughed awkwardly. "Eighteen."

stared at her,

men to these women as a form of investment? Betting on their future influence

all, last time, Lewis had received information through

the South family's failed successors, marrying multiple men might be a strategy to

take any boyfriends meant she held little sway in the South family. And worse, it left Keira without a strong foundation

clearer it became. She looked

returned to Clance. That includes the one from Country M, the so-called Eagle. It's clear she's

question is,

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