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Leon finally understood he'd never had a chance of winning that night, not from the start.He stared at me and asked hoarsely, "It was you? You actually helped Ronan against me?"I didn't avoid his eyes. "When you demanded an end to our engagement in public at my mother's birthday party, you should have realized I could make my own choices too. I'm not your property, and I'm certainly not a bargaining chip you can trade for control of the family."Leon tried to lunge at me, but he was held back. Eileen, hiding behind him, suddenly pulled a small gun from an inside coat pocket and aimed it at Richard, who was standing not far away."You old bastard!" she shrieked. "I stood by you all these years! The whole family should belong to my son."The instant the shot rang out, Ronan threw himself in front of his father and fired back. Eileen fell on the stone steps. Leon grabbed her gun like a madman and fired at Ronan. Ronan didn't give him a second chance.The two of them lay on the ground in
I Loved the Wrong Kane Brother Chapter 8
Ronan hadn't brought many men. His driver had simply parked across the street. He came up and knocked twice, then said through the door, "Ivy, there's a document you need to sign in person today. Mr. Whitmore is waiting for us in the study."I opened the door. Leon was still standing on the steps, his eyes red, his face ashen. Ronan walked past him without shouldering him aside. As he went by, he said only, "You've already chosen Clara. Stop pestering Ivy."Ronan handed me a supplementary clause to the letter of intent. It stated that the property I owned before marriage would remain mine to control, and I wouldn't have to give up my work afterward. At the bottom was an old sheet of paper, yellowed with age and written in his own hand."This is..." I looked up at him."I wrote it a year ago," Ronan said frankly. "After I saw you at City Hall, I went to see my father. I wanted to wait until you were ready to leave Leon, and then propose to you properly."Something in my heart stirred. "
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The smile slowly drained from Eileen's face."What did you say?" She stood up, her eyes fixed on me. "Your parents accepted Ronan's gifts?""Yes. My father even had a lawyer go over the letter of intent," I said calmly. "Ronan promised that after we're married, I can still have my own career, and he won't stop me from working at the city finance office."Eileen's expression hardened. "Ivy, don't you understand? Your engagement to Leon isn't just about two young people getting married. It involves every bit of business between our two families!""That's why Leon felt free to treat me like merchandise outside the hall, as if I had no right to refuse.""I'll give you one last chance." Eileen took a step forward, her voice very low. "Send Ronan's things back and marry Leon like a good girl. I promise you'll be his only lawful wife, and I'll give you the two casinos in the south end to run. Otherwise, don't ever think about using the Kane name for anything again."She finally dropped her pr
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It was already dark when we got home. My mother held my hand the whole way, and only once we were in the living room did she ask, "Ivy, what is going on between you and Ronan? Why would he come back today of all days?"I didn't hide it from her anymore. "I wrote to him. We'd made our plans for today in advance."My mother stared, forgetting even to take off her gloves. "Since when have you two been in touch?""Remember the civil service exam I took for the city finance office last year?" I asked.That year, at a dinner party, Leon had announced in front of everyone that following him around was the only thing I was good for. Clara had even made a point of pulling out a page of botched accounts, saying that a woman like me, who didn't understand numbers, would only be a burden to Leon once I married into the Kane family.In a fit of anger, I'd signed up for the exam. When the written results came out, I ranked first among all the candidates. But the appointment letter never arrived, and
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Someone in the crowd gasped. "It's Ronan Kane!"Ronan was Richard's eldest son. When the war broke out, he left Blackbridge to join the army, and after he came back, he was sent to guard the northern railway and freight lines. In just a few years, he won back the routes rival families had taken, and he persuaded workers and veterans who used to fight one another to follow him.Everyone in Blackbridge knew that Ronan was far more capable and respected than Leon. But Eileen was Leon's mother, and she'd never been willing to hand the Kane family to the eldest son who wasn't hers. She barely let Ronan show his face at anything important.The moment Ronan set foot on the steps, Eileen snapped, "Who gave you permission to come back from the north? You burst into a wedding with all these armed men. What is this, a revolt?"Ronan took a letter stamped with Richard's private seal from his coat and handed it to the family advisor, who stood closest to him. "Father told me to come back to the cit
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On my wedding day, my mother fastened the last pearl button on the back of my gown herself.She'd been busy all night, and there were faint shadows under her eyes, but she still managed a smile. "When you were little, you always said your wedding had to have the most beautiful white roses. I had 200 pots brought over from the greenhouse. You'll be able to smell them all along the route."I turned and hugged her, breathing in the familiar scent of face powder on her collar. For the past ten years, I'd been so busy trying to make Leon happy that I'd forgotten what my mother liked, and I'd never stopped to think how much she'd put up with for my sake. And she still believed this wedding would be the start of my happiness."Mom, no matter what happens today, don't plead for me," I said. "I'm grown up now."My mother paused and was about to ask why when the driver called from outside to hurry us. Our cars wound slowly through the old town and finally pulled up in front of the Kane family's
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