《The Disowned Heiress 》全部章節：第 71 章 - 第 80 章

The hall seemed to shrink after Julia's words landed, as though the walls themselves were listening and holding their breath."Once she's convicted, you'll face charges too."Megan's eyebrows went wide as she turned back to Julia, disbelief flashing across her face, then something close to fear. For a second, she looked less like the polished woman of the Reynolds family and more like someone cornered by a truth she had hoped would never catch up to her."You're even going after your own mother now too?" Megan said finally, her voice breaking at the edges, almost collapsing under its own weight. Her eyes shimmered, not quite with tears yet, but with that fragile shine that came before them. She pressed a hand to her throat as if the words were physically painful to speak. "Do you have any conscience or humanity left? How can you stand there and threaten me like this?"Julia didn't rush to answer. She stood there, shoulders straight, spine stiff with a strength she had built in silen

"The Collins family just allied with Hurst Corp. With such a business giant backing us, you and your family don't even compare!"Bella turned to Jack again, smiling excitedly this time, the fear that had been clinging to her finally loosening its grip. Her spine straightened, and for the first time since the truth came crashing down around her like shattered glass, she lifted her chin proudly, reclaiming some of the dignity she thought she'd lost forever. "Jack, you sound so powerful!" she said, admiration spilling into her voice as if his words alone had already restored everything she thought she had lost, her reputation, her future, her freedom.Jack's lips curled into a self-satisfied smile, the kind that came from knowing you held all the cards. He basked in it— the way Bella looked at him with those grateful eyes, the way the crowd murmured nervously among themselves, the way the Reynolds slowly retreated into silence, their earlier protests dying in their throats. Power alw

Gavin bent forward, his back slightly hunched as age and authority tangled awkwardly in that moment, his gaze fixed on the man kneeling on the cold marble floor. Confusion creased his forehead, disbelief tightening his features. “Jack, why are you kneeling all of a sudden?” he asked, his voice lower than usual, almost cautious, as though afraid the answer might shatter whatever dignity remained in the room.Around them, the grand hall, once filled with music, laughter, and forced smiles, felt suffocating. The chandeliers still glimmered overhead, mocking the tension below, while shattered glass and spilled wine glistened on the floor like evidence of a celebration gone violently wrong.“Yeah, Jack, this is beneath you,” Bella added quickly, bending down beside him in panic. Her hands trembled as she reached for his arm, her earlier arrogance cracking at the edges. “Get up now!” Her voice was sharp, urgent, laced with fear she could no longer hide.But Jack turned his head slowly, t

"He's the heir to Hurst Corp?" Bosco's voice cracked mid-sentence, splitting the air like fragile glass under pressure. The question came out strangled, as though his throat could barely manage the weight of those words. His brows pulled together so tightly that deep lines formed between them, disbelief carved boldly across every feature of his weathered face. He shook his head once, a jerky, involuntary movement. Then again, harder this time, as if the simple physical act could somehow dislodge the truth he'd just heard and send it tumbling away into nothingness."That's impossible. Completely impossible," Gavin muttered, his voice sinking to a hoarse whisper that seemed to scrape its way out of his chest. His eyes darted frantically between Julia and Sheldon, back and forth like a trapped animal searching for an escape route. "How could that ungrateful brat possibly have such a powerful brother?" The words tumbled out bitter and raw, sounding more like a desperate confession tor

"What?!" Bella and Jack echoed in perfect unison, their voices overlapping and colliding as shock tore violently through them both. "Julia is Hurst Corp's largest shareholder?"The grand hall seemed to tilt dangerously on its axis. For one impossibly long second, absolutely no one breathed. The Reynolds family stood completely rooted to the polished floor, every face thoroughly drained of color, while urgent murmurs rippled outward through the assembled guests like a slow but inexorable rising tide threatening to engulf them all.Bella staggered backward, and her heels scraped harshly against the marble. Jack's jaw locked tight as though someone had delivered an invisible blow from behind.Sheldon did not rush to fill the silence. He held Julia's hand firmly and securely, grounding her presence beside him, before slowly lifting his gaze back towards the Reynolds with a terrible calm that proved far more terrifying than any display of raw anger ever could."Just yesterday," Sheldon co