Lahat ng Kabanata ng Jilted Heiress Strikes Back: Kabanata 41 - Kabanata 50

Croft Junior scratched the tip of his nose with a grin. “I didn’t set my sights on anything. Just here for fun. No need to be so serious, old chairman. By the way, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you at an auction before. You’re not here just for me, are you?”Elias tried to probe, but the young Croft just flipped the situation on him.Everyone knew why they were here, but nobody would say it out loud.Elias sighed. “I heard from Briar that the Eclipse Vine would be auctioned tonight. It’s so rare, I just wanted to see it for myself.”Croft Junior lazily propped his head with one hand and smiled. “Oh, really?”Elias cleared his throat, exchanged a few polite words, and left the room.As soon as Elias was gone, the smile vanished from Croft Junior’s face. A cold frost appeared on his sharp cheekbones, and he snorted before suddenly grabbing the teacup and smashing it on the floor.Someone entered quietly, whispering, “Young master, you…”Croft Junior’s expression snapped. He kicked the te

Right then, Briar came back with the ointment. He crouched down slightly and whispered, “It might sting a little—hang in there.”He gently lifted Raina’s hand, careful not to touch her skin, and with a medical cotton swab dabbed the ointment on her burned hand with extreme care.The ointment was a secret family formula from the Willow family, cooling as it was applied.Snapping out of her daze, Raina saw Briar applying the ointment and twitched her mouth. “Willow ointment? That’s a Willow family secret! What a waste! Okay, stop. Senior, put it away.”The ointment was priceless, a secret family recipe. Her hand was only lightly burned—no pain at all. Why waste it here?Briar lowered his eyes, clearly annoyed. “Don’t move.”Raina was speechless.Briar’s attitude was definitely off, and Raina didn’t want to push it. She scratched her nose, smiled faintly, and said, “Teacher, did you see? Senior’s temper is getting worse—he even dares to snap at me now. Not bad, not bad. Haha.”She delibe

Raina shook her head slightly and said, “With Rocky’s personality, he definitely wouldn’t obediently do nothing. After all, Rayden was his only eldest brother.”Their parents died early, and the family head was old and frail, unable to personally care for Rocky.Since there were only two sons in the Croft family, outsiders often mocked them for being fatherless and motherless. Being the older brother, Rayden was very strict and harsh, and he held Rocky to the same standard. The more others mocked them, the harder Rayden worked to be perfect, so there’d be no chance for ridicule.So Rocky was basically raised by Rayden, and really respected and feared him. If Rayden suddenly disappeared, Rocky wouldn’t just stand by and ignore it.Leif said, “That, I don’t know. But since then, this young master has become even more wild and reckless, often causing unbelievable scandals. So no matter what crazy thing he does, people aren’t surprised anymore. If he acted normal, that would be the real s

Until now, no one knew exactly who was in the center room on the third floor, but everyone understood it must be the richest and most powerful person in the capital—Leif Vexley.But if it really was Leif, that would be uninteresting. Now that the mystery was revealed and the opening bid came from a woman, everyone grew even more curious about who she really was.Meanwhile, after this bid, there was no more movement from the last room on the second floor.The man wearing the golden mask still sat upright and formal, but his shoulders trembled slightly. Even through the mask, one could clearly see the faint blood vessels in his eyes.Callum had never seen him like this. He stopped drinking and stared at him, asking, “You... alright?”The man in the golden mask slowly lifted his head. If you could see the face beneath the mask, you’d find it terrifying—an aura of murderous intent stabbing straight to his brow.His voice was cold and stiff through the mask, each word slow and deliberate:

Reid snorted, then turned and strode toward the nearest lounge. He didn’t say anything, but his actions made it clear—he was agreeing to Briar’s suggestion.Briar let out a breath of relief. Then he turned to Raina.“Raina,” he said gently, “come on in.”Raina didn’t reply. Instead, she turned to Leif.“Mr. Vexley… I’m sorry. He’s always been like that—once he’s angry, he loses all sense. Says things he doesn’t mean. Those words just now… please don’t take them to heart. I’m apologizing on his behalf. Please… don’t be upset.”Reid hadn’t changed. Not one bit. That venomous tongue of his, Raina had long gotten used to it—had learned not to take it personally.And yet, somehow… this time, she did care. She didn’t want Leif to take it the wrong way. The moment Reid left, she immediately wanted to apologize.Leif’s reply was calm and quiet. “I’m not upset.”Something about those words made Raina let out a quiet sigh of relief. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Reid standing just insid