When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

When the Family 42

Chapter 42 A Marriage Unraveled

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Compared to her past life–working herself to the bone to scrape together a living–this life of hoarding money inside a wealthy family was way more relaxed.

And scoring five million in one go? Just thinking about it made her giddy.

Truth be told, the birthday cakes she brought out tonight had two main purposes:

First, to butter up Dominic.

After all, he was her golden goose. Out of principle, it made sense to keep the money man happy. She’d planned the cake thing just for him, so when it came time to collect her payday, it’d go down smooth. As for Winston-

He was just a bonus.

Second, to break the tension.

When those two brothers were in the same room, awkward silence was inevitable.

If anyone was going to liven things up, it had to be Jean throwing herself into the flames for the cause.

Right now, money was what Jean cared about most.

So ce

So celebrating their birthdays? Yeah, she had ulterior motives. A lot of them.

Still if the Ginger family’s relationships gradually improved, would it change their doomed ending?

Jean sighed softly and slowly closed her eyes,

Laskal Airport,

Sienna walked briskly through the terminal, one hand tugging her suitcase, black sunglasses on, giving off a powerful, no-

nonsense aura.

Her face was unreadable–cool, elegant.

To the outside world, that was who she was.

Only around her husband and children did she let down her guard and show her softer side.

But right now, despite her composed exterior, her thoughts were knotted and restless.

Because of one stray thought from her daughter, she’d turned right back around-

Without even telling Matheo she’d gone abroad again.

she was already home, still somewhere in the

exactly what Matheo had been doing. She hailed a cab straight to the castle–like estate

while abroad, Sitting in the backseat, her gaze drifted outside the window,

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She didn’t want Matheo to know she

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mended on

way through the corridors to the

to the tored toward the

guess

doing–she could just

speed forward and

work chan on the terrace, casually sipping

pressed her

as she

un a flowing There were fine lines of age around

Matheo uniled, his face

appeared

approached him. She was lovely, delicate even, but clearly

okay for in to live here

widened.

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won’t make a

who bought

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shook her head

him, like some I give won everything you deserve–status,

if i can’t have that.

loyal

mice without a care in the world–like some picture–perfect

back, her face as

couldn’t cling to hope anymore. Couldn’t keep

The truth was brutal

tender glance Matheo had given

blood felt like it had frozen in her veins. Her bones drabbed warh the he couldn’t

her lip as

It was all

thought back to the day she met

even put into

dazzling, beloved daughter of the Ginger family He was a newly

origins were

grown up in a rural village. His parents were uneducated farmers. But he was