Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Discarded Heiress: Married To My Ex Fiancé’s Brother: Kabanata 91 - Kabanata 98

Lenora One by one, they spoke. Dominic’s gruff, halting admission that Elias’s trust, offered back to him after everything, had taught him more about forgiveness than anything else in his life and for that he’d be forever grateful. Theo’s unexpectedly tender toast about just how proud he was of Elias and how he aspired to be a man like him. Even when the tables were turned, Elias had still managed to be the amazing person he was today. Marie’s quiet, unsteady gratitude for a brother who’d chosen acceptance over resentment the moment he learned the truth about her. Then Marcus was up next, and he finally said the words he’d wanted to say for thirty long years instead of keeping them to himself. “You were never the disappointment your father tried to make you; you were simply the only one of them brave enough to leave.” And then Penelope, stepping forward last, scanning the room before clearing her throat and beginning. “I don’t have anything clever prepared,” she said. “I burne

Reese I ironed my blazer four times before finally accepting it looked fine. The real problem was my slightly shaking hands and the nerves that came with knowing this was the best job I’d ever had the chance to walk into. "You're going to be fine," Lenora said, handing me coffee I was too nervous to actually drink. "You survived an entire year of my chaos without flinching. A corporate office has nothing on you." "Your chaos came with a support system and no performance review. This has a performance review, Lenora. People get fired over performance reviews." "You're not getting fired on your first day, Reese." "You don't know that. You don't know my capacity for disaster in unfamiliar environments." "I've watched you reorganize my mother's kitchen within forty minutes of meeting her. I have complete faith in your capacity to handle anything." I appreciated the vote of confidence more than I let on. I wanted this to go well more than I was willing to admit, especially bef

Lenora I was halfway through checking the details of a few properties when I noticed Reese sitting on the opposite end of the couch, staring blankly at her phone. It was Saturday, which meant she had absolutely no reason to be thinking about work. Yet, judging by the expression on her face, I suspected there was something considerably more complicated occupying her mind. I glanced at her, then back at my phone. Then at her again. “Are you okay?” “Hmm?” She looked up. “Oh. Yeah. I’m fine.” Yeah, that was convincing. I narrowed my eyes. “You look like someone just cancelled Christmas.” “I do not.” “You absolutely do.” She gave me a small, unconvincing smile before returning her attention back to her phone. I studied her for another moment. I was supposed to meet Theo later this afternoon to look at a few buildings we’d shortlisted for the new studio. We’d been discussing locations all week, and agreed we’d go check on a couple in person but looking at Reese, I f

Lenora The first thing I heard Sunday morning was a noise that sounded suspiciously like a goose being murdered. I opened one eye. Then the other. The noise came again. I turned my head towards the bedroom door, staring at the ceiling for a moment before slowly sitting up. I hovered downstairs where I heard the sound coming from and found Elias standing in front of the espresso machine. “Elias?” He looked up, a delighted smile crossing his face. “Good morning, sweetheart.” “Good morning,” I greeted. “Um, what are you doing?” “Making coffee.” “Is the coffee machine supposed to sound like that?” “I don’t think so,” he said, looking just as concerned. He pressed a button and the machine made another awful noise. “Perhaps,” I suggested, “we should read the manual.” “I know how to operate a coffee machine, Lenora.” “Clearly.” I folded my hands. He gave me a look over his shoulder. “This is the coffee machine Reese gave us.” “Yes. A housewarming gift for her own housewarm