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Chapter 969

Silas’s expression darkened and he started forward, but Scott caught his arm.

“They’re trying to provoke you. Tonight’s banquet is important. Don’t let your anger get in the way. One rash move, and you’ll hand them exactly what they want.”

Silas drew in a long breath, forcing himself to calm down.

“Silas,” Scott added gently, “why don’t you step away for a bit? I’ll handle things here.”

With so many distinguished guests present, a public scene would only make the Kalen family a laughingstock. And now, more than ever, they couldn’t afford to fan the flames of gossip.

Silas understood this, yet every word scraped against his pride.

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go check on Victoria,” he muttered.

If he himself was enduring such mockery, then Victoria’s situation had to be far worse.

Scott nodded.

before Silas left, he cast a cold

hadn’t been so willful, running away from home back then, we wouldn’t be standing here

illegitimacy had broken, Silas and Scott had borne the brunt of

all of it–every sneer, every


own selfish ends, she had dragged Victoria down from her pedestal, exposed her as an illegitimate

and elder brother still allowed such a calamity to return home, Silas could

fathom.

Johanna stayed by her side, and no one dared cause

Guests might snicker openly at Scott

she remained the unattainable dream of countless debutantes and heiresses.

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hovered, undeterred.

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moment Victoria and Johanna stepped into the banquet hall,

and pursued by household heads of the highest rank, Victoria was breathtaking in her own right. Her beauty was no accident; it

few had seen her in person. Now, as she appeared before them, the


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