The lost heiress never forgiven

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When the Flame of Love Fades

Chapter 284 A Line You Can’t Cross

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After leaving the bar, Jose returned home. Knowing his mother was waiting, he went straight to see her.

“What’s going on, Mom?”

“Why haven’t you been home these past few days?” Susie asked, her expression tight. She’d also found out he’d been frequenting bars–something he usually only did for business, and never this often.

“Grandpa wanted to see me. My uncles and cousins too. I was feeling annoyed, so I didn’t want to stay here.”

Susie frowned. She’d specifically asked her brother and the others not to get too close to Jose.

“Jose, no matter what your uncles or your grandfather told you, forget all of it. You need to remember- Jonathan is your brother. And more than that, we owe him. Don’t even think about anything else.”

It was the same thing Jose had been

“Why, Mom? We keep trying to make things right, but he won’t accept it. He just sees us as enemies. We’ve stepped back again and again–for what? I’m a Wynn too. Why should I always be the one to give in?”

hearing his whole life. But for the first time, it grated on him.

“Jose!” Susie shot to her feet, eyes flashin

with anger. But then something shifted in her expression. Sadness. crept in. “Jose, please. I’m begging you–don’t go up against your brother. We’re the ones who hurt him and his mother. That’s the truth.”

Usually, those words worked on Jose. But this time, something inside him had cracked.

exactly did

flickering through her eyes. “Jose, if you still see me as

for

tired. I’m going to

looking at her, he

away.

her eyes deepening. There were so

his room, Jose

suddenly, he kicked over a chair, the violent sound echoing in the space

did he always

what if Jonathan’s mother’s death had something to do with them?

was

conversation had solidified his

He dialed Shane’s number.

the plan? Do

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to see it–whether Jonathan, that cold, untouchable

he did, then he

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hadn’t expected to see

she did, she froze for a second, then her expression darkened with

said lazily, tugging up the corner

scared of dying?” Sierra

always thought he was too

afraid

“Mr. Yeager’s not someone to mess with. All he did

Shane looked so

the slightest bit sorry for him. In fact, she almost wished Jonathan