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.

Victoria's lips. "Sorry, can't say for sure if it's a boy

unaffected by the

a healthy heir. I don't care how you manage it, but it better

didn't care about Violet or whatever schemes the old man was cooking up. None of it had anything to do

really

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

sheepishly. "Well, suit yourself. As long as you give me 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, I won't let

forming at her temples.

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

years ahead wouldn't feel so lonely. Of course, she didn't share

she married again or not was her choice, and didn't owe it to anyone-not for love,

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

The old man was threatening her, and this

would I refuse gifts for my son? You'll know

chaise lounge, gently stroking her belly. Yasmine emerged

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