The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 582 A Midnight Raid

Mona was fuming at Marie’s total disregard for basic courtesy.

And especially at this hour–everyone was exhausted and barely alert.

Yet here Marie was, insisting on discussing inheritance in the middle of the night.

“Dad.” Marie said again.

Another “Dad“…

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Holt’s chest rose and fell heavily. He closed his eyes and said, “Tell Derrick to come say all this to me himself.”

Marie leaned back and smiled. “You’d better think that through. If Derrick does come back, he’s not just taking this little bit.”

The moment she said it, Mona and Gary both jolted.

Because she was right–if Derrick really did return, he wouldn’t just ask for what Marie had listed.

As a Dawson, Mona and Gary couldn’t be too rude with her either.

In just two hours, both were so furious they could barely speak, hanging their last hopes on Holt.

And Marie made her stance very clear: if she didn’t get what she wanted tonight, she wasn’t leaving.

Eventually…

The Tom household was in an absolute frenzy until nearly 3 a.m. before things finally settled down.

Marie left.

The few people left behind in the Tom family looked like they’d been run over by a truck–worn out and utterly defeated.

This wasn’t like dealing with a woman. Anyone who saw their faces would’ve thought they just negotiated with an entire army.

Holt got up, frail and exhausted, and made his way upstairs. “Ungrateful brat. Total disgrace.”

He left.

Mona and Gary exchanged looks.

Gary clenched his jaw. “Didn’t that bastard Derrick have a thing for that adopted daughter from the Dawson family? Why the hell did he end up marrying that little hellcat instead?”

to them, Marie was no daughter–in–law–she was a straight–up

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yet, a status so powerful no one could touch

gaze turned sharp as she stared at the

in Pagina. The moment I heard he was back, I knew he was

so hard it was like she

married that she–devil just to take the whole

wasn’t just a

This was daylight robbery.

“Ruining Kelly wasn’t enough–now he’s

eyes narrowed, glinting

“This is just the

One, and she’d already walked out

in one night, she’d taken the place down like

So much money–gone!

extra over the years, their father

brings home a wife, and suddenly they’re

only cursed once–and that was

Gary thought about it, the

and Gary

estate looking refreshed and victorious. Derrick was

she climbed into the car, Derrick asked, “What took

for a big amount. They weren’t willing at first.

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acquiring that much money had her

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