Chapter 515

Leah was still fuming. The plane had barely lifted off when she flagged down a flight attendant and ordered a drink.

As soon as the attendant stepped away, Leah fixed her eyes on Charlene. Hiding the drink behind her back, she marched straight down the aisle toward her.

Maureen had already guessed Leah would try something.

So, before Leah could get too close, Maureen was watching her.

She furrowed her brow and gave Leah a silent shake of her head.

Leah's anger simmered there was no way she'd back down that easily.

Maureen's expression turned icy. She picked up her phone and sent Leah a curt message: *Sit back down. Now.*

Maureen didn't need to say it out loud; as Leah read the text, she could almost feel the weight of Maureen's authority.

Georgina, sitting between Maureen and Leah, saw it all and understood what Leah was up to.

She reached over and gave Leah's hand a gentle, warning pat, urging her to behave.

Leah pouted, sulking openly.

But in the Hawkins family, Maureen and Vesta were the unchallenged authorities.

Leah was used to following their lead.

So, after shooting Charlene one last glare, she spun on her heel and trudged back to her seat, grumbling under her breath.

the tension between Charlene and

a stop, Jasmine couldn't wait to dash

hair. "Did you behave on

"I did!" Jasmine beamed.

sat across

Maureen glanced at her,

just Maureen-Georgina and Leah in the row in front, and Katie behind, all turned to look at

way

look was cold and

Katie. Among the Spencer and

she was a stranger and

later, Charlene and Vernon gathered their things and

their retreating figures, her resentment boiling over as she remembered how Charlene had made her and her grandmother fall on the plane. She turned to her aunt and grandmother, voice trembling with indignation. "Aunt Maureen Grandma, are we

our time. She won't be

have plenty of

fact she reacted

mulled it over and nodded. "You're

her up-especially knowing

just better,

s

***

the Ross family estate and went back to

meeting when Stewart leaned in and whispered, "Yesterday, Neural Nexus Tech and Hawkins Technology both received

didn't look the

to city hall on Monday, she'd overheard Thorne telling Vesta something on the phone that had already planted the suspicion in

Stewart attended a gala. The moment they entered the

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