The Heiress and the Four Brothers

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orrow, will y

smile that did not reflect the weakness of his body. Even with a pale face and

and holding the teacup suddenly felt too hea

ter sipping the tea, trying to cover up my anxiety with a jo

lips. "Good idea," he commented. "Who

"You're being overly dramatic, Reggie. Your he

man just wants me

id not expect there to be a tremor in my v

ll you in between your busy sch

k I was wearing now began to feel so suffocating and itchy. Perhaps it was too early

not spoken about for years was suddenly brought up. And that meant, I knew that our conversation was

ur decision in the first place,

you ever

it. And more often than not, it was in the form of my gratitude. "I told

d. "But another reason is that it's as my penance. On the other hand, I know very w

at would be the answer to my

forget, but there's one thing I c

e?" I snapped, which m

ho have my blood running through their bodies. Four men who don't even know each other-and have

d almost fell over. "

iously." Reggie leaned back in his chair, exhaustion evident

n his younger days was an adventurer, a love adventurer to be more precise, a womanizer who captured the hea

gie

them at din

t. "Why didn't you tell me

rry. The four of them

asized my voice, before finally remembering some

ing casually. "They know you're my adopted daug

suspicious tone c

hing I have-to you. That you have

er, looking at him sharply. "You know they won't just accept me

chuckled, but a cough foll

f they're not right for each other? Or wo

'm sure you can handle it. Yo

my adoption was just one of his plans? "Reggie, this isn't just about courage. It's a matter of blood and legacy

you come in," Regg

ump out of there and leave this nonsense behind. "I'm not a martyr, Reggie." My eyes t

ertainment." I looked at him sharply, this

if I

ities. You've been a Blackwood longer than

s getting heavy. "So, what d

t them kill each other

ut humor. "That's

one mor

versation. Anyone, please always remind me that I loved

them kill y

wly this time. "This is madness

rself. They'll be here in a few hours, and I don't want this fi

my eyes again, Reggie was leaning back casually in his chair,

is time. However, one thing I was sure of was that

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