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Chapter 24: Repayment
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2026-07-20 19:14:53
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"Mom? Mom?" Edward called, shaking as he reached for her, his hands trembling hard against her shoulders as her head lolled weakly to one side. He turned to the house help instantly, his voice cracking with panic. "Mom is having a heart attack. Call 911. Now!"The maid bolted toward the house without another word, her phone already pressed to her ear before she'd even crossed the threshold of the patio door.Her sandals slapped fast against the tiles as she disappeared inside, leaving the small gathering suspended in a tight, frightened silence broken only by the old woman's shallow, uneven breathing.Amber held the old woman steady as she slumped back against the couch, her breathing barely visible now, each rise of her chest thinner and more labored than the last. Zoe and Marian sat frozen on their own seats, bemused, neither one moving an inch to help, their earlier scoffing replaced by a stiff, useless silence."Breathing is shallow." Amber said hastily, her two fingers pressed
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"Mom, are you okay?" Zoe asked, keeping her voice low as she rushed to her mother's side, holding her shoulder with care, her eyes fixed on the red mark spreading slowly across Marian's cheek. "This is all Amber's fault. And I will make sure she pays."Her jaw was tight as she said it, her nails digging faint crescents into her own palm, anger building steadily with every second she stared at the bruise forming on her mother's face.Marian turned to look at her daughter, tears gathering in her eyes, though they carried nothing weak about them. They were tears born purely of humiliation and rage, the kind that come from a woman realizing, all at once, just how much ground she'd lost in a single evening. She rubbed gently at her burning cheek, wincing slightly at her own touch, before letting out a bitter laugh that carried nothing but contempt."I totally underestimated that little brat." she spat through clenched teeth, her palm still pressed against her face. "I never imagined she
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"You ungrateful brat!" Malcolm snapped furiously as he rose from the couch. "I thought life in the countryside would have knocked some manners into you."Amber stood before him, her face down while Zoe and her mother giggled silently in excitement, clearly enjoying the show far more than they were bothering to hide."You're out of control." Malcolm continued, his voice fierce, his finger jabbing the air between them. "You're acting like a slut!""I don't see the problem, father." Amber cut in, her head tilted, calm despite the sting of his words. "Oliver simply gave me a ride home because I'm part of his family."There was something almost theatrical in how steady she sounded, given everything her body had actually been through in the last hour alone. She'd learned long ago that the fastest way to survive a storm in this house was never to flinch first, no matter how hard the wind came at her."Oh! Don't be ridiculous." her father snapped, laughing mockingly. "This engagement is over
The Forgotten Heiress Returns Chapter 24: Repayment
His hand hovered softly at her cheek. "You saved my life." he said softly. "This is me repaying you.""Repaying me?" she asked, shaking her head, her voice still thick with tears. "No. You're setting up to fail. If Elizabeth and Edward find out about this, you think they'll keep the engagement?"She closed her eyes, opened them again, willing herself to breathe steady before she added, quieter now, "I don't need this kind of thanks."There was a strange exhaustion settling into her that had nothing to do with the hour or the dancing or the weight of the gown still clinging to her frame. She felt like someone who had spent an entire night fighting battles from every direction — her stepmother, her stepsister, three cruel strangers, and now this and finding that the one person who had stepped in to defend her expected something in return she had never once agreed to give. She thought, briefly, of the letters burning in Elizabeth's candle flame, of the way power in this family always s
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"When did I ever say that?" Amber asked, turning to him, her eyes flashing with fresh anger despite the fear still coiled tight in her chest. "I am engaged to your brother. If you have any decency left, you will let me go!" She continued struggling against the locked door, her fingers scraping uselessly at the handle.'I've kissed you." Oliver said, gripping her hand tightly, his voice low, certain, entirely unmoved by her protest. "Marked you. That makes you mine. And my woman can't marry some other guy. I don't even want you engaged to him."There was a strange, unshakable logic to the way he spoke, as though the world simply bent itself around whatever he decided to want.The same way it had bent around him inside that ballroom not an hour earlier, guards moving at his word, guests falling silent at his footsteps, his own father laughing off whatever he chose to do. It should have frightened her more than it did, and some small, stubborn part of her hated how little it actually d
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