Under the heiress facade

"Stop it!"

Suddenly, a man's brisk voice echoed in the room.

Everyone looked in his direction. It was a man in a suit, wearing frameless glasses. His eyes were similar to Camille's.

He was Marcus Chime, the eldest son as well as the heir of the family.

The guests stopped throwing things at Camille.

Despair almost swallowed her whole, but she saw hope when she noticed him. "Marcus!"

Marcus looked at his disheveled sister on stage and frowned in disapproval. The eldest daughter of the family shouldn't be looking like this.

If only she wasn't his biological sister, he wouldn't have to come forward to protect her. He was doing this merely for the family's sake.

"I guess all of you are taking my family lightly," he stated solemnly. His gaze scanned the guests. Those with little power shuddered at that. Seconds ago, rage got the best of them, so they forgot about the Chime family's powerful background for a moment.

Marcus' gaze finally landed on Hera. He marched up to her confidently. "Did you set this up?"

Nicholas chuckled. "Camille had it coming. She took someone else's title! Is she seeking backup from her family now that she's exposed?"

instinctively stood before Hera, but she stopped him from doing

job here is done," she said softly

considerably influential in Jedburgh, his social position was nothing compared to

of her. Well, actually, it was too late to say that the

was stunned momentarily. For the first time in forever, a woman

ring, realizing that he

stood up without fear. "Do you

on her! You may disappear in

than a century, perching high up in the medical world. On top of that, the head of the Chime family had authority over all

professionals dared not offend the

didn't expect Camille to be his biological daughter," Hera

you mean by that?" Marcus

test poisons for experiments just to save the kids suffering from a strange poison in the poor mountains. Then, he developed a vaccine for it, becoming an exemplary model in the medical

doctor give birth to such a despicable and ill-hearted daughter? Will the people forgive her after she tried to drug her patients? Could Dr. Chime tolerate this?

the forlorn Camille. Was this a small

quite a refreshing

wondering if she should even thank Hera for

a way with her words, and Marcus