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.

already home, still somewhere in the

She was about to find out exactly what Matheo had been doing.

property intended for family getaways while abroad, Sitting in the backseat,

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pulled up to the

didn’t want Matheo to

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mended on

in though the back and quickly made her way through the corridors to the surveillance room tucked away in

she loclient the door behind to the tored toward the wall

guess where Vilardens

could

and

work chan

pressed her lips

she

un a flowing There

Matheo uniled, his face

appeared on the

him. She was lovely, delicate even, but

really okay for in to live here like

widened. Her

would be empty otherwise. One more

tinig, without her

won’t make

who bought dat house

the worman pet. “Once the time is right and things

her head her eyes,

Emily walked over and sat obediently beside him, like some I give won everything

if i can’t have that.

loyal

on the mice without a care in the world–like some

face as pale

couldn’t cling to hope anymore.

The truth was brutal

word, every tender glance Matheo had given

felt like it had frozen in her veins.

as tears started pouring from her

It was all

to the day she

put into

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

her background, Matheo’s origins were like

up in a rural village. His parents were uneducated farmers. But he was brilium–we brilliant that he got into Blairford University and made his way to

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