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    Their eyes met, brimming with mutual resentment, locked in a silent sh. “Keira, you took a hundred million dors and swore never to bother us again,” Giselle said sharply.


    She sized up Keira, noting her modest blue knit dress, likely costing a few thousand dors, and inexpensive shoes, perhaps about eight thousand. Her handbag, slightly worn, might have been worth about thirty thousand but showed years of use.


    None of her attire was from recent collections, leading Giselle to suspect Keira had burned through her fortune and returned to demand more.


    And her daughter… who could say if she wasn’t someone Keira had paid to y the part?


    Seeing Keira in person dispelled the worst scenarios Giselle had imagined on the drive, and she began to regain herposure.


    Keira was unruffled by Giselle’s anger or the gathering security guards. ncing at her watch, she calcted that Shepard would return soon.


    She said, “That hundred million was for me. Did you ever consider my daughter’s right to inheritance? I hear your long-lost daughter inherited a hefty share of the Harper fortune. Why should my daughter, also Shepard’s child, get nothing?”


    Even after calming down, Giselle knew this time she couldn’t simply let Shepard off the hook. If he actually decided to keep the mother and daughter in his life, she would file for divorce without a second thought.


    Checking her phone for the umpteenth time, Keira wondered why Shepard hadn’t returned yet. He was supposed to be back by now, since he was only three hundred kilometers away on business.


    More than eight hours had slipped by while she waited in growing frustration. What could possibly be keeping him?


    Anxiety wed at her. Without Shepard’s return, there was no way she could demand the money she needed. And how could she guarantee her daughter would be recognized as part of the Harper family?


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    In Keira’s eyes, Giselle was never someone to underestimate. She didn’t believe she’d ever manage to push Giselle into letting her daughter stay here.


    She watched the street outside, and her heart leaped when another car finally pulled up.


    Atst, someone hade.


    Excitement surged through her at the thought that Shepard might finally be home.


    With renewed confidence, she shot Giselle a triumphant look. “My daughter is a Harper, too, no matter what anyone says. The family can try to ignore her, but they can’t just cut her off from what’s rightfully hers. She deserves a share of the inheritance.”


    Giselle met her with a cold smirk. “Sure, an illegitimate child has rights, but Shepard is very much alive. Isn’t it a bit early to talk about inheritance?”<fn2b6e> ???? ????s? ???????s ?? find?novel</fn2b6e>


    Realizing she had gone too far, Keira rushed to exin herself, saying, “That’s not what I meant. What I’m saying is, my daughter is Shepard’s child. I’ve raised her on my own all these years, so he owes us child support. My daughter deserves some of the Harper fortune.”


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