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.

a word. By then, they’d arrived at the

he’d known they would come. He poured them each a cup and said, “Let’s

of them touched their cups. They just

first. He didn’t look at them. His

it? I still remember the first time

to the same school. Everyone knew each other’s backgrounds. As kids, they’d been full of pride, too arrogant to get along–until they all ended up

he, Mateo, Draven, and Stone had gotten into it with a group of middle schoolers from

golden boys, heirs to powerful families. Even when they were outnumbered by

course, they got their asses

Stone could hold his own, but

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punks were forcing them to beg

his eyes

ten or cleven, but Johnathan had walked in with this chilling aura, like he wanted.

he had nothing to lose. The beating he gave those middle schoolers was enough to

then, none of them knew who he was. They had no clue he was from the Wynn

thank him. Johnathan just glanced at them like he didn’t even recognize them. Turned out, he hadn’t jumped in to help. He just felt like

had formed. They all started hanging

at first, but eventually, whether out of boredom or

he was

childhood and