Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 602:

“Great, let’s kick things off. Maia, you’re first.”

Maia kicked things off, followed by Chris. Roland rolled next, then Pattie and Maxwell. Elvira took the final turn. When everyone had played once, Elvira emerged on top. Her dice added up to thirteen — what luck!

On the flip side, Pattie ended up with the lowest total, just five points to her name. Rolling that poorly with three dice? It was almost comical.

Pattie let out a half-smile and said dryly, “Looks like I lost.”

Elvira didn’t seem too thrilled. Chris had only edged past Pattie by two points. Still, no one dwelled on it. It was just the opening round, after all.

Elvira shot Pattie a sly grin and leaned slightly toward her. There was a bite to her voice. “Pattie, I didn’t peg you as the first one out. But rules are rules. Truth or dare?”

Pattie let out a small laugh. “Truth, I guess.”

a warm-up question.” Her voice then shifted, suddenly more pointed. “When did you first have sex…

strange stillness gripped the room like a held breath. Roland’s eyebrow twitched

She tossed her hair back lazily, her fingers brushing through the

stiffened without meaning to. A sudden

his mind — soft

strange, uneasy energy stirred inside him. His memories remained jumbled, like a puzzle with missing parts. Still, a nagging question poked at him. Could it be?

gⱯ𝗅𝗇0ν𝖊𝗅𝘀.𝗰𝗈𝗺, 𝒲𝗁𝒾𝗇𝑒 𝓬𝓱𝒶𝓅𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝗼𝗻

made his skin crawl. If that was the truth, then as a man… he knew that he couldn’t just brush

the tension in him. Her grin widened ever so slightly as she lazily circled the rim of her wine glass with her finger. Her tone

didn’t see it that way at all. She had her mind set on shaming Pattie — and keeping her far from her brother. “But they’re simple questions. You can answer both in just a few words,” she

eyes for a moment, her face calm. She threw a quick look in Roland’s direction. Then, without missing a beat, she tilted her glass back and drained it in one smooth motion. She

a nerve! She felt sure Pattie was scared that the truth might ruin her image — especially