The lost heiress never forgiven

Chapter 498 No Longer That Age of Reckless Loyalty

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As they walked out of the Wynn family estate, Mateo finally spoke. “I’m going to the Treno residence. You coming?”

Draven glanced at him, letting out a soft sigh. “Going there won’t change anything.”

Worse, showing up now would just make things even more awkward.

“I’m going anyway.”

Mateo knew all the logic, but his heart wouldn’t let it go.

“I’ll go with you,” Draven said.

They were both quiet during the drive. After a long silence, Mateo finally asked, “Whose side are you on?”

Draven didn’t answer until they got out of the car. Only then did he say, “I stand with whoever’s right.”

And this time, it couldn’t be clearer.

Johnathan had nearly died. Maddox knew the real culprit was still out there and said nothing. That wasn’t how brothers were supposed to act.

“Draven, when Orien wasn’t around and I got my ass beat by my old man, Maddox was the one who bailed me out. Every time I screwed up, it was Maddox who cleaned up the mess.”

Mateo was mostly talking to himself.

say a word. By then, they’d arrived

known they would come. He poured them each a cup and

touched their cups. They just sat in

the end, Maddox spoke first. He didn’t look at them. His eyes stayed fixed on the teapot

twenty years now, hasn’t it? I still remember the first time we got

gone to the same school. Everyone knew each other’s backgrounds. As kids, they’d been full of pride, too arrogant

remember what had started it. All he knew was that he, Mateo, Draven, and Stone had gotten into it with

No one was afraid of anyone. They were all golden boys, heirs to powerful families. Even when they were outnumbered

they got their asses handed to

Draven and Mateo were even worse. Stone could hold his own, but one

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punks were forcing them to beg

look in his eyes the first time he saw

had walked in with this chilling aura, like

lose. The beating he gave those middle schoolers was enough to make them run for

who he was. They had no clue he was from the Wynn family. All they

like he didn’t even recognize them. Turned out, he hadn’t jumped in to help. He just

had formed. They all started hanging out

had ignored them at first, but eventually, whether out of boredom or something else, he started letting them stick

found out he was

friendship had started in childhood