Chapter 247

Rhea's Pov

Ginny sneered, her voice dripping with venom, “Do you think Alaric will protect you once the whole city knows what kind of woman you are? We’ll make sure every single person hears the truth, how you stabbed your own family in the back, how you schemed like a snake to destroy us. You’ll be ruined, Rhea. Your name will be mud. No one will want to be associated with you.”

Rachel’s voice lowered, colder, more calculated, “You’ll lose everything. Your engagement, your reputation, your place in this family. You’ll be nothing but a shameful stain.”

Howard leaned forward, pointing a trembling finger at me, his tone trembling with barely restrained fury.

“You have one chance. Convince Alaric Vale to invest. Or we cut you off, Rhea. We’ll tear that smug face off its pedestal and grind you into the dirt where you belong.”

The three of them glared at me, spitting poison and threats, circling me like hyenas desperate to devour flesh.

And me? I only sat there, legs crossed, my fingers i