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Chapter 17

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"Sir Nelson, good luck. Make sure you steal the spotlight at the party tonight. Outshine your entitled Aunt Norma."

Jac's words reached my ears, but I couldn’t muster a response. My mind was still clouded by his earlier revelation: I was the sole heir to my late grandfather's estate.

Now, here we were, standing outside the De Vedra mansion—the same mansion where I once lived with my parents. Its grandeur was overwhelming, with the tall wrought-iron gates, the sprawling gardens meticulously trimmed, and the mansion itself illuminated like a palace. It was ironic how something so beautiful could hold such bitter memories.

Never in my life did I imagine setting foot here again, in a house where I was never welcome, among people so heartless they threw me out just days after my parents’ funeral. My grandfather, the patriarch of the De Vedra family, hadn’t been able to stop it. His youngest child, Aunt Norma, had been eager to erase my existence from their lives.

They claimed there was no
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