When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

When the Family 52

Chapter 52 A Bargaining Chip

This definitely wasn’t in the original plot.

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But then again, she’d already veered so far off the host’s original path that it made sense everything was spiraling out of

control.

Still–random kidnappings? Really?

How much more ridiculous can this get?

Jean wasn’t scared, not really. Fear wouldn’t help her right now. What she needed was a clear head.

Whoever had taken her didn’t kill her while she was unconscious. That meant–for now–they didn’t want her dead.

Maybe she was still useful somehow.

In any case, she was still alive, which meant she still had a chance.

She didn’t think this was personal.

It wasn’t like Jean was some major player in Blairford. Hardly anyone even knew who she was, and even fewer had a reason to come after her. Maybe some students who hated her guts, but to go through the trouble of ambushing her! No way.

That left only one possibility.

They were after the Ginger family.

She’d shown up at the Vienna Hotel today–a well–known hotspot for Blairford’s upper crust.

If that’s where the elites gathered, it was only natural that their spies were crawling all over the place too.

She’d gone in without hiding her identity. She’d revealed to everyone she was a Ginger.

Chances were, plenty of eyes had already taken note.

So of course someone had targeted her.

She just hadn’t expected them to move this fast. They’d taken out her driver and set an ambush in the car.

Her head still throbbed. Even though she’d managed to piece all this together, her body was weak, like it had been drained of all strength,

And then-

Click

That was the sound of a light switch.

in the space she

almost certain she’d been

by solid walls. The only opening was a small window

from the other

through the opening and landed across

It was eerie, almost.

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Someone was out there.

by hand. Someone

felt her skin

voice, low and smooth, coming from just beyond the small window.

Figures

she was. Called her by

“Ginger.” That meant he wasn’t after her. He was after what her family name

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wealthy, powerful, and they’d made more than

continued, his voice deep and unhurried, like a

Jean clenched her fists.

Guest! Seriously!

really had the gall to call this an

She snorted.

drawled. “The air’s nice down there, isn’t

Jean exploded.

shut

gonna sit here

in the mood to play along with whatever villain script this guy

aren’t you?” she snapped. “All this just to mess with a kid.

voice was sharp, biting, but she knew exactly what she

the Ginger

meant she could afford to push

you

she continued. “You wanna keep me alive, you’d better provide

mom and brothers adore me. If they find out I’m being kept like this, do you

now, throwing out as much nonsense as she could–anything to drive

She was important. Precious.

A valuable bargaining chip.

better treat me

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Finished

Then-

the window shut

rushed

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