The Inheritance Games By Jennifer Lynn Barnes นิยาย & เรื่องราว

“How many months ago did I tell you your fiancé wasn’t being sincere with and look what happened. Do you think your cousin could have been acting alone?” Jocelyn shook her head and covered her ears. “If you’re going to trash talk my family, you’d better go right now. I’m not interested.” I removed her hands from her ear. “They’re not your family. Not one person among them have your best interest at heart. The moment your inheritance became yours, it became a game of who can fool innocent Jocelyn the longest without her knowing and eventually taking control of your inheritance. Even immediate family cannot be trusted, it’s ridiculous that you’re giving this amount of trust to relatives.”

Everyone focused their gazes on him, curious to hear what it was. ‘My son, Sean cannot access his inheritance unless he lives in the family mansion. As long as he accepts his inheritance, Lily Fisher become his responsibility, he must protect her. If he refuses, his inheritance must be taken away and given to Lily ’ Jennifer’s eyes widened at this. Not only would her son not be able to accept the Holloway’s wealth but he was being forced to take responsibility for Lily . And if he refuses to do this, the mistress’s daughter gets it all.

I nearly crushed my phone in my hand. One photo after another flicked past my screen, and then I saw it: Serena Ashford’s necklace. That ruby pendant was our family’s heirloom. It had been passed down for more than a hundred generations, but now it was hanging around the neck of an outsider? I remembered it clearly. On Lila’s eighteenth birthday, I had placed it around her neck myself. My pulse thundered as I dialed the number for Lila’s university, words spilling out before I could stop myself. I demanded to know about her enrollment.

House Dominion with Jordan, Alexis, Brian, and Caroline; House Royal—Anabel, Theo, Eliza, and Oscar; House Phantom—Bianca, Felix, Leah, and Cyrus; House Titan—Ethan, Daniel, Ava, and Lucas; House Valiant—Oliver, Tessa, Jeremy, and Diana; and finally, House Elect, led by Adonis, Sophia, Julia, and Eddie. The House Masters stood at the front, watching closely but offering little in the way of comfort. Their presence alone was enough to remind everyone of the stakes. The silence that hung in the room was broken only by the occasional shuffle of paper or a whispered word between houses. Professor Whitmore’s voice rang out, crisp and clear. “Welcome, students, to the Inheritance Trial. You will e

“Lucas? Or the inheritance?” “Neither.” My protest was instant, but it lacked conviction. “I don’t want either.” “Don’t want either?” She tilted her head, curls bouncing. “Come on, babe. That’s not how this works. Think about it. It’s a package deal. If she gets Lucas, she has to look valuable to the Bristo family, which means she needs Black inheritance behind her and if she gets the inheritance without Lucas, your parents will just ship her off to another rich bastard who might be worse than him. Either way…she wins.”

As I worked on the last math problem, Giselle mocked, "Choice matters more than effort. Even if you ace this problem or have the top score nationwide, it won't matter. I wouldn't be surprised if the exam doesn't happen at all." I feigned surprise, covering my mouth. "Giselle, what are you talking about? The exam is less than a month away. How could it not happen?" She scoffed coldly, looking at me with a mixture of pity and disdain. Before her rebirth, Giselle had been an ordinary survivor, and even after being reborn, she hadn't accomplished anything remarkable. Her apocalypse was never going to come. That weekend, I staked out the entrance of the military academy and successfully found Sha

Gaspare continued watching me with that same half-smile. The broken glass cut into my palm. The blood flowing from my hand pulled my crumbling sanity back from the edge. I dropped the bottle. Gaspare nodded with satisfaction. "I knew you'd be more sensible than she was." … After that day, I stopped resisting. I accepted every arrangement Gaspare made for me. I was just a fake heiress with a borrowed name in the Toscano family, so trying to take down Gaspare on my own was impossible. I had no power, no resources.

My stomach turned violently. I clenched my fists under the table, nails digging into my palms. “You all are disgusting.” Lucy just laughed, delighted by my revulsion. I turned to the lawyer. “And if I refuse?” He cleared his throat, adjusting his glasses. “As stated, the entire inheritance, including all assets, will transfer to Mrs. Vale and Mr. Coleman.” Lucy sighed, feigning pity. “And then what, Reina? No money, no protection. What do you think happens to pretty little girls who suddenly find themselves powerless?”

He wanted to call Catelyn, but knowing that Joanne seemed to be ill, he decided that it was not the right time. Feeling sick of the loneliness, he put on a suit jacket and went to Benjamin Anderson's law firm and stayed the night. It was already 9.30 p.m., and Benjamin was leading a dozen lawyers to look through the documents, studying a major inheritance case that was causing a sensation. If he could get back the inheritance for the illegitimate child, he could pocket 10 percent of the other party's property. The amount would go up to hundreds of millions!