Chapter 1382:

“Exactly.”

Nyla’s eyes didn’t leave his face, watching for even the faintest flicker of guilt or knowledge. But there was none. She nodded slowly. “So you really didn’t know.”

Eric shook his head, frowning. “No. I’ve never looked into the family finances.”

Because Nyla had entrusted that responsibility to Linda.

Nyla let out a quiet scoff and turned toward Linda. “So you kept this from him, didn’t you?”

“I…” Linda stammered, her voice catching like a stone in her throat. No words came. The silence said everything.

“I thought as much.” Nyla offered a thin, bitter smile, then shifted her gaze back to Eric. Her voice sliced through the air, sharp and sudden. “If you knew and let her have her way with it, then yes—you’d be a true bastard. After all, Hadley was…”

your wife

eyes widened. “Grandma, what do you mean? Does

up the papers again, flipping to

a

Linda, so did Eric’s.

account—Hadley’s—had been empty for years.


Linda now, staring at her like she was

you do this?” His voice was

her head, lips trembling. Her skin had taken on an ashen pallor, her eyes wide and

a cold, hollow laugh. His chest felt tight, his

gαℓησν𝒆𝓁s․c𝓸𝗆 brings imagination alive

“I’m standing right here.

grandmother when she promised to take Hadley in—she

a million in household allowance and another half in personal spending money. A million dollars. Every month.

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