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Ronan Haliday held me tightly, his eyes hazy as he murmured my name affectionately, “Riley…”In my past life, that passion-filled call had made me lose all reasoning. Back then, I was totally incapable of resisting his affection. Even though I knew full well what was about to happen, I gave in to him.This time, however, I shoved him away calmly. I stood there quietly, watching him writhe in agonizing frustration on the bed, occasionally letting out uncontrollable groans.Instead of leaving right away, I pulled out my phone and dialed Susan Sorrento’s number.“Susan, come up to the second-floor private suite. Ronan is here waiting for you.”Not long after I hung up, Susan rushed in, completely out of breath. When she caught sight of Ronan’s flushed face, she rudely scanned me from head to toe repeatedly. Only after confirming that nothing untoward had happened did she let out a sigh of relief.“Riley, don’t think I don’t know what you were planning,” she spat, raising her chin hi

I froze in shock.“What do you mean? I’m here to retrieve my mother’s heirlooms, and you have no right to stop me.”The butler explained in a low voice, “The Don updated the estate’s security permissions yesterday. From now on, only Miss Susan holds top-level access.”After a thought, he added, “Miss Susan is pregnant. To protect her and the baby, the Don raised the estate’s security level… That is why only Miss Susan Sorrento holds top-level access.”A sudden wave of dizziness washed over me.There was no way Ronan didn’t know how much those heirlooms in the vault meant to me.I rushed straight to the study. Ronan was bent over his desk, buried in work. I stood there for a long time before he finally raised his head.“Riley, those belong to the Sorrento family,” he said.I stared into his eyes, my voice trembling. “Those are my mother’s personal belongings! I have every right to take them back!”Ronan corrected me gently. “Strictly speaking, they belong to the Sorrento family

“She left? What’s she up to this time?”Ronan leaned back against his chair. He was clearly irritated.“Just because Susan and I got married, she decides to run away from home? After all these years, she still hasn’t grown up at all. Does she not know her place?”The butler wiped the sweat from his forehead. “Don, should I send men to bring Miss Riley back?”Ronan snorted. “Since she wants to kick up a fuss, let her. When she realizes that survival out there isn’t as easy as she thinks, she’ll come crawling back on her own.”He picked up the documents on his desk, paused for a moment, and gave an icy order to his Underboss.“Also, freeze all of her cards. Since she wants to prove that she can live without me, I’d like to see just how long she can survive without the Haliday family’s support. Inform everyone in Twin City connected to the Halidays that no one is allowed to take her in without my permission.”Once the news spread, Susan quickly found out about it. She sat beside Ro

After becoming the heir to the Lucchetti family, I represented them for the very first time at the port project negotiation. It was also my official debut in Vigata’s business circle.My grandfather didn’t accompany me. He simply said to me, “The Lucchetti family will be yours from now on, but you must secure this position yourself.”Before the meeting began, everyone’s eyes fell upon me. There was probing, and there was doubt. After all, in their eyes, I was merely an heir who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.Yet, the meeting turned out to be excellent, and the proposal I put forward successfully mitigated the risks involved in the project. I also addressed each of the pitfalls raised by the other party. That one meeting ensured everyone in Vigata remembered me, the Lucchetti family’s most exceptional heir.When the meeting ended, I got to know many influential figures in Vigata, except for one man who seemed completely out of place. Throughout the entire meeting, he sat in t

After leaving the Sorrento estate, Ronan finally instructed his underboss to look into my whereabouts.He had always assumed I was simply throwing a tantrum. He truly believed that after some time, once I realized I couldn’t survive without him, I would crawl back to him on my own.That was until he saw a news broadcast coming straight out of Vigata. It was the first public appearance of the newly minted heir to Vigata’s Lucchetti Group. There I was, standing in the center of the press room, impeccably dressed in a high-end luxury suit.The caption on the screen read, “The sole successor of Mr. Leo Lucchetti, the most highly anticipated rising star in Vigata’s business world.”Ronan stared fixedly at the screen and couldn’t take his eyes away for a long time. It was clearly me, yet at the same time, it didn’t look like me at all. The woman on screen was confident, composed, and possessed a razor-sharp brilliance he had never seen in me before.Obsessed, Ronan began gathering eve