The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 135

What’s his take on Ashlyn?

Beckett hadn’t expected her to ask this question, but now that she had, he pondered for at

moment.

He stroked his chiseled jawline and let out a heavy sigh. “To be honest, it’s complicated. As kids, we never really got along with Grandma. She didn’t like Mom, and she wasn’t too fond of us either. You might not believe it, but we had it rougher than Yvonne. That’s partly why us, especially Stirling and Jasper, didn’t care much for Yvonne; Grandma showed blatant favoritism from the start.

She used to say Yvonne was a gift from the heavens, and that Mom would lose you because of her sins, her lack of faith. She said you had bad luck, claimed Mom had a cursed fate. When. Yvonne was little, she could have anything she wanted, even if it meant taking things from Elara. And Grandma would scold Elara, not her.”

Under such extreme favoritism, and with Ashlyn constantly being hard on Sienna, it wasn’t surprising that the Schnabel kids didn’t have much love for Ashlyn!

“When we were little, Grandma said kids shouldn’t eat too much at night if they wanted to grow tall. I believed it until Yvonne came to our house, and then I realized she could eat her fill!”

I

Beckett felt a bit embarrassed recalling these memories. It was as though, even now, as the head of the Schnabel business empire, he still couldn’t shake off the memory of the meals he

missed out on as a kid!

“As for Yvonne, once we caught her taking Elara’s things and damaging them. Elara and Jasper gave her a thrashing, a proper one. But even then, Grandma made Elara apologize and refused to let her eat. Eventually. Dad took us and moved out. On one hand, I feel like I should respect Grandma as my elder, but on the other, it’s really hard to muster that respect.”

He had meant to sugarcoat his words, but for some reason, he found himself opening up more around Noella, sharing everything with her. He never felt this way about Elara.

Perhaps it was because Noella was his sister!

Noella nodded. “I get it.”

The fact that Beckett was this candid meant there wasn’t much affection for Ashlyn.

Noella pulled out a paternity test report and handed it to Beckett. “Beckett, this is for you.”

Beckett looked puzzled, but as soon as he saw what the report contained, he stood up abruptly. eyes wide with shock.

“Noella, what is… where did this come from?”

so I asked Professor Calvin to do

pharmacological research with him,

by the

to Ashlyn at all! Was that why Noella was asking all these questions, concerned about their feelings for Ashlyn? Perhaps she feared that if they were close, finding out the truth

was just too kind–hearted, too considerate!

himself to calm down and caressed

you. It’s up to you to

the eldest brother and the one who knew the temperaments of the

thing. This needs careful consideration. Grandpa’s health isn’t great and telling him directly might be too much

already

all, was a seasoned veteran who had emerged unscathed from the line of fire in the

asked Thorpe why someone would want to harm Marcel. Thorpe said that Marcel had made enemies at the border during his youth, and those

vigor and dominance

hinted so many times; could

still in shock. “How could Grandpa

door, there was a knock. Marcel was outside in his

an air of calm authority, with his white hair a testament to

let me see

clear and conclusive report to Marcel, which

suddenly chuckled. “Well, well! This settles one of my worries. Once

learn that Ashlyn wasn’t his biological mother; instead, Yvonne was revealed to be

motherless child

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who’s my mom? Is she still alive?”

we’ll have to ask that old lady! But I

child with? I’m your blood, and you don’t

annoyance. “Shut it, you don’t get to talk to me

dare speak further.

true granddaughter, then who’s her actual son? It’s probably not

“Will do.”

looked at Noella. “Girl, was Ashlyn’s illness caused by

of those pills. It must’ve been Yvonne who triggered a bad reaction with the remnants still in her