Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 587:

With the clock ticking mercilessly toward fifteen days, Richard felt the squeeze — like being caught in quicksand, where struggle only sinks you faster.

Gritting his teeth and swallowing his pride, he muttered, “Alright. I’ll go back and speak with Rosanna.”

Axell’s mood flipped again like a switch. He beamed. “Excellent! No problem at all.”

His thoughts drifted to Rosanna’s graceful figure, and he found himself impatient to claim what he’d been promised.

With a casual wave of his hand, he turned to the butler standing nearby. “Show them out.”

After leaving the Nelson estate behind, Richard and Sandra rushed home, the air between them thick with unspoken tension.

They stood outside Rosanna’s bedroom door, hesitant, as though the wood itself might lash out if they knocked.

the one to talk to her,” he murmured, his voice brittle. “You’re closer to her than I am. It might be easier for her to hear this from

“Just tell her it’s the only path left to protect both her brother and her own future. We’re out of moves, Sandra. I believe she’ll understand — she

eyes flared with frustration as she turned to him, fists clenched by her sides. “Richard! You’re her father. Let’s not forget that you were the one who made this deal. Are you really going to shrink away now,

either of them could knock,

drawn by hunger, had come out in search of food — only to find her parents frozen outside her room, wearing expressions

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going on?” she asked

that builds walls instead of bridges. Recalling her recent emotional outbursts, Richard and Sandra exchanged a loaded glance. After a beat, Sandra took the lead, her tone careful, like someone walking

lately.

face, Sandra glanced at Richard and continued, every word chosen like a fragile thread. “Your father and I discussed… There’s someone willing

began to tremble, the movement sharp, like a tremor beneath the

that she’d fallen from grace, her hopes of marrying into prestige reduced to ashes.

Wait. Could it be…?