When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

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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.

on–but not in the

certain she’d been thrown into some kind of

sealed tight, surrounded by solid walls. The only opening was a small window on one

coming from the other

opening and landed across

It was eerie, almost.

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Someone was out there.

switch had been flipped by hand.

her

a man’s voice, low and smooth, coming

Figures

who she was.

That meant he wasn’t after her. He was after what her

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original novel. They were wealthy, powerful, and they’d made more than

to be frightened, the man continued, his voice deep and unhurried, like a cello in a dark room. “I

Jean clenched her fists.

Guest! Seriously!

the gall to call this an

She snorted.

man drawled. “The air’s

Jean exploded.

shut up

I’m gonna sit here and take

the mood to play along with whatever villain

“All this

she knew exactly what she

being held as leverage against the

she could afford to

you

sucks,” she continued. “You wanna keep me alive, you’d better provide a bed.

I’m being kept like this, do you have any idea how mad they’ll

much nonsense as

She was important. Precious.

A valuable bargaining chip.

you’d better treat me like

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Then-

light outside the window

vanished. Darkness rushed

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