When the Family Ch 3

Chapter 3 That Steak Wants Me Dead

“You finish up. I’ve got something to take care of.”

Dominic toned down the edge in his voice, doing his best not to sound harsh and cold.

Jean pouted a little without saying a word.

Really? He wants me to keep eating this stuff? Not even a dog would touch it… just because food’s there doesn’t mean you should eat it!

Dominic turned his head and gave her a quick glance.

Jean instantly put on her best wide-eyed, innocent look.

“If there’s anything you actually like, just ask the housekeeper,” he added, surprisingly gentle.

They were technically siblings, but he barely knew her at all.

Jean had always been more of a ghost than a person. Quiet, forgettable. If he weren’t her brother, he probably wouldn’t have given her a second look.

But now—

Dominic met her clear, open gaze and felt something shift inside him.

Maybe he’d gotten it all wrong.

Maybe she wasn’t distant. Maybe she just didn’t know how to let people in.

Jean had no clue what was going on in Dominic’s head. She was off in her own little world.

Anything I want? Don’t just say that—prove it. Send me seven bucks and let’s see how serious you are. It’s Thursday. I’m about to go full chaos mode!

A few minutes later, her phone buzzed with a transfer.

Fourteen thousand dollars.

“Dominic, you… why would you… send me this much money?” Jean stared at her phone like it had just grown wings. Her voice came out in broken pieces.

This was what people meant by money falling from the sky.

This was what it felt like to trip and land in a pile of gold.

This was the dream.

Money, come to me. Rain down on me. Pour in from everywhere…

Dominic caught the wide-eyed look on her face, those dark pupils shimmering like glass, and honestly, he found it kind of adorable.

“If that’s not enough, just ask me for more.”

He dropped that line like it was nothing, then walked off with Bryson without another word.

Jean stayed at the table by herself, grinning like she’d just hit the jackpot.

Hehe… fourteen grand just like that.

her dream of retiring in a five-star psych ward

had said she could ask for more if

Jean wasn’t some clueless freeloader. Stuff like this had to be finessed. If she got

……

seat of the sleek black car, tugging

still echoed in

Thomas…

narrowed. Something sharp and

who in the company’s been cozying up to Thomas lately.” His voice dropped

it show on his face, but

Dominic

was actually starting to question

“Got it.”

himself. He knew better

……

was the end of

ate to her heart’s content, then wandered back up to

was cranked all the way

onto her

show up. So until that day

and her

It was cold. Metallic.

Jean froze.

sat up fast and yanked the pillow

Her eyes popped open.

metal badge she didn’t recognize.

picked up the badge

three dimensions. It was a hexagram—not too big, not too small—with a sharp-lined iris blooming right

was eerie. Beautiful. And

it hit her. Her expression

Clink.

her hand and

froze, drawing in

skin like invisible

If she wasn’t misremembering.

Hexagram. Iris.

symbol of a

powerful families. But behind the scenes, there were darker forces. Ruthless

one

stood for chaos and blood. They were the ultimate villains. The kind of villains who could

And their insignia?

full bloom, cradled inside

Abyssal Choir.

hairs on her neck rise. It was like something cold and

way that badge just ended

Which meant—

of connection did the original Jean have with

How would someone

the Abyssal Choir had already targeted

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