Chapter 396

Would she end up marrying Stein?

He deserved this he really did. She'd vanished, and he couldn't find a single phone number that could lead him to Victoria.

He barely knew any of her friends. The only one was Ailie, and even if she knew something, she'd never tell him where Victoria had gone.

They all loathed him.

He really had it coming, didn't he?

Echo City

Victoria stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of her newly purchased penthouse, the glittering lights of Echo City sprawling beneath her. As she admired the city's nighttime glow, her phone rang. It was the old man.

"How old is my great-grandchild now?" he asked.

smile tugged at Victoria's lips. "Sorry, can't say for sure if it's

sounded genuinely delighted, seemingly unaffected by

Langford family a healthy heir. I don't care how you manage it,

was cooking up. None of it had anything to do with her. He could spin his stories however he liked; she

"So, you're really

an eyebrow. "Maybe go ask someone else. I'm not running a recycling

my precious great-grandchild, that's all I care about. But listen, clever girl, don't go marrying just anyone. I don't trust some stepfather to treat my grandson right. If you do,

ache forming at her temples. Conversations with this sly old fox were

my own business, old man. If you're unhappy, I'll walk away from my fifty percent share of the

wasn't about to bother with Gwyneth anymore. Victoria had no plans to ever marry again. Once the baby was born, she'd have someone to keep her company; the long years ahead wouldn't feel so lonely. Of course, she didn't share that with the old man-he'd probably be over the moon at the thought and never let her hear

wanted her private life kept far from the Langford family. Whether she married again or not was her choice, and didn't owe it

"Well, you might not want your shares, but I'm giving them to my great-grandchild anyway. Like we agreed the moment this child is born, he's the Langford heir. On your due date, I'll send someone with the contract. And I'm warning you: don't try to pull any tricks. Everything is for my grandson, and you don't

was talking about McNeil, of course. Victoria's brows knitted tightly. The old man was threatening her,

I refuse gifts for my son? You'll know when the time comes.

into her chaise lounge, gently stroking her belly. Yasmine emerged from

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