her chest heaving with rage. She grabbed Chelsey by the arm

lsey's cheek with a sharp crack

d seeped from the corn

e snapped at the household

lap. The staff didn't dare hesitate, each sei

Valerie grabbed Chelsey's

ry welt on Chelsey's right cheek. Valerie raised her hand ag

king everyone around her flinch. "Do you know my motto in life? I repay every offense tenfold." A cold, mocking smile twisted her swollen f

ht off guard by that stare. Then she re

Chelsey! You think I'm sc

other, until Chelsey's face was s

her chest subsided, she lifted her chin with cold arro

yes and recited, "Mr. Marshall said to s

sfied smirk on her lips, and strode awa

barely covered her, Chelsey felt the chill bite into her b

stopped struggling and let

ing alive was all

ped an arm, dragg

of the household staff had tactfully vanished. Aside from the t

tudy door. Vincent's deep,

me

hall, Mrs.-Ms. Moore has been

contract in his hands, his tone

er replied, hi

fiant words replayed in his mind, and his

d woman further away. I don't wa

inwardly but only

.

ment on the south

wake with a gasp, her

, her mother's former private attorney. Seeing her awake, he s

e." His face was etched

anic faded as she studied his face. He loo

pped and left for dead outside the Marshall estate. Now she wa

r voice was hoars

rprise you don't remember. My last name is Edwards. I was your m

er mother'

ll. She thought for a mo

e don't worry-I didn't see anything. Someone had already covered you with a coat

lothes I'm

lightly. "An elderly neighbor was

though her brow remained furrowe

old acquaintance, but he hadn't been in her life for over a decad

returned a moment later holding a

er's will. She

ey's eyes. Her mother's death had been

his scheming mistress would never have

witness it, and to deliver it to y

zed with a jolt that the day she div

ted by you," Edwin continued. "That includes fifteen percent of t

tom, on the signature line, a name was writte

s gaze narrowed. "How l

ee d

her eyes hard and cold. "They got three ext

urned and walked

g, Ms. Moore?" Edwi

the will in her hand. She raised an eyebrow, the c

ss father, his mistress, and their precious daughter." She

hat tone, that commanding presence.

aze, grabbed his jacket

.

north side of the city

essed the doorbell again and again, each ch

g out, shouting, "Alright,

face a mask of irritation. The

ce. "I'm in a hurry t

rooted to the spot, pinned by the chilling presence