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    “Surely you’re not iming your daughter is Catherine, right?” Brenna asked in a detached tone.


    Keira’s face faltered for a beat before she forced confidence back into her voice. “Of course not. But my daughter is Catherine’s most valued student. She trained under her directly and even signed on as one of her contracted designers. That’s proof enough of how remarkable my daughter is. And I was the one who invested everything—money, effort, all of it—to ensure she reached that level. Which is why I demand two billion from you. Not a penny less.”


    “Is that so? Then let’s run the numbers. From what I know, after leaving the Harper family, you married iborn Baxter—just an ordinary worker, earning no more than fifty thousand a year.” Brenna’s eyes narrowed. “Tell me, am I wrong?”


    Keira’s eyes red wide, anger sparking as she snapped, “You’ve investigated me?”


    She jabbed a finger at Brenna. “Who gave you the right to dig into my life? Did I ever permit you to do that?”


    Her fury spilled over, though her chest tightened with unease. How much had the Harper family already uncovered about her?


    When she swept her gaze across the room, the Harpers wore cold expressions. They looked at her with disdain in their eyes. The knot of panic inside her grew heavier.<fna29a> Updates are released by findnovel</fna29a>


    Trying to mask it with bravado, she raised her chin and dered, “So what if my husband and I don’t make much money? Every cent we had went into raising our daughter. Twenty-six years of expenses aren’t cheap. And the hundred million I took from you before? That was all spent on my daughter. I molded her into the woman she is today, and for that, you owe me!”


    “We owe you?” Brenna’s voice was steady, almost cool. “Tell me, did you honestly use the entire one hundred million on your daughter?”


    Keira assumed Brenna had no knowledge of her gambling addiction or how that money had already vanished into losses. As long as that secret stayed buried, she believed she could still squeeze more from the Harper family.


    “Of course! My daughter is everything to me,” she dered without hesitation.


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    At that moment, Brenna reached into her bag and drew out a stack of photographs. Julia stepped forward, took them, and beganying them before Keira one by one. The photographs captured Keira seated at casino tables, chips piled before her—sometimes grinning in victory, other times sunk in defeat.


    “Where did you get these? They’re fake! Completely fabricated! You’re trying to frame me!” Keira’s voice trembled between panic and outrage. She was stunned that the Harper family had uncovered this. She had clearly underestimated them.


    Brenna’s lips curved into a faint smile. “That one hundred million disappeared at the casino when Sandra was only twelve. You wasted it all. The money that kept her fed and clothed came from your husband’s modest wages. You lived idly, gambling recklessly whenever cashnded in your hands, even pawning off valuables from your home. In truth, the amount you invested in your daughter was only a few thousand dors each year.”


    Keira was beyond furious. “Lies! You’re making things up! You have mountains of money—what’s wrong with giving me some? Is two billion really so much? For you, it’s just pocket change! Why be so miserly? Sandra is exceptional and hardworking. She brings honor to—”


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