Chapter 31

I felt as if I had just heard the joke of the century-Jack made me so angry that I almost laughed.

He lounged on the couch, clouds of smoke swirling around him. Initially, he seemed to be deep in thought. Then, he made up his mind.

He took a long drag of his cigarette and blew out a thick ting of smoke. His eyes bore into me, cold and calculating

"Remember, my blood runs through your veins, and you carry the Wiley name. It's about time you pulled your weight around here.

"Well, what are you waiting for? Surely you're not expecting me to hold your hand and guide you through this!"

It dawned on me that he really did see me as something that could be bought and sold at will. couldn't help but wonder if I was nothing more than a plaything to him.

Aburninganger rose in my chest. I should've known that I didn't have a home anymore. I lost everything the moment my parents got divorced.

because he had his own daughter and wife. I couldn't call my mother's place home either because there was no room for me in her blissful life. leouldn't bring them happiness, so I couldn't be the burden that

was simply grooming me as a pan, something he could

was wealth.

foolish of me to think I could still find warmth in this family. I chuckled

now

had settled down and fallen in love early in my previous life because I was yearning for someone to

to the Grayson family, or, if that didn't

his cigarette and glared at me, "Who do you think you are talking to me like that? You've

appeared to be genuinely furious, possibly

negotiate the deal I'm not going

cold, loveless house made me feel suffocated. I couldn't stand being

refuse to do as I say today, then get the hell out of this house! And don't

I was some helpless child who needed him to survive. He

dead for so long that I no longer felt

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