A Woman Worth Billions Dated the Wrong Brother novel Chapter 454

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The SUV

Amber POV

I had missed the Asher estate.

It was a ridiculous thing to admit, even to myself, considering how much of my childhood I had spent wishing I could escape its walls. Back then, the estate had felt too large, too quiet, and too full of memories I didn’t know how to carry.

Now, as my car traveled along the familiar road leading toward it, I found myself watching the landscape with a strange sense of affection.

The tall trees lining the driveway had grown since the last time I paid them any real attention. The iron fencing stretched along the property, its dark metal glinting beneath the afternoon sunlight. Beyond it, the distant rooftops of the estate were just visible through the trees.

Home.

The word came to me so unexpectedly that I almost laughed.

I had spent years building a life that didn’t depend on the Asher name. I had created Phoenix Ashers, made my own money, established my own reputation, and convinced myself that I didn’t need anything my family could offer me.

Yet, after everything that had happened, I had begun to understand that independence and belonging

were not mutually exclusive.

I could be my own person and still want a place to return to.

I could resent what my grandfather had failed to do for me as a child and still appreciate the man he was

trying to become now.

Perhaps that was what growing up really meant. Learning that people could disappoint you and still matter to you, that forgiveness didn’t erase the past, and that home wasn’t necessarily the place where you had never been hurt.

Sometimes, it was the place you chose to return to despite everything.

My phone was connected to the car’s hands-free system, and Jason’s voice filled the interior.

“So, tell me again why you refused to let me send someone to accompany you.”

I smiled, resting one hand on the steering wheel.

“Because I am perfectly capable of driving to my grandfather’s estate without an armed escort.”

“That wasn’t what I asked.”

“You asked why I refused. I answered.”

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“Amber.” T

“Jason.”

There was a brief silence before he sighed.

“You know, most wives try to make their husbands feel useful.”

“Most husbands don’t interrogate their wives about a twenty-minute drive.”

“Most husbands aren’t married to a woman who has managed to attract the attention of half the powerful

families in the world.”

I laughed.

“That’s a very flattering way of saying I have terrible taste in enemies.”

“Your taste in husbands is excellent, though.”

“Debatable.”

“Take that back.” 1

“Make me.”

His laughter came through the speakers, warm and low.

For a few precious seconds, I allowed myself to forget about the Wyatts, the missing Mr. White, the unanswered questions surrounding the Sun president, and the fact that my great-aunt had apparently decided I was the only person in the world she was willing to speak to. (19

I wanted an ordinary conversation with my husband.

I wanted to talk about nothing important, complain about the reporters, and hear him tell me that the

babies had behaved themselves while I was gone.

I wanted the kind of life I had once considered an impossible luxury.

“Have you eaten?” Jason asked.

I rolled my eyes.

“Yes.”

“What did you eat?”

“Food.”

.”Amber.” 1

“Jason.”

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“You’re impossible.” 1

“And yet, you married me.”

“One of the few decisions in my life I have absolutely no intention of regretting.”

My smile softened.

I glanced at the road ahead, where the trees were becoming denser and the traffic lighter.

“I’ll be at the estate soon. Grandfather wants me to prepare for my meeting with his sisger, and I want to speak to him before I do.” (1

“All right. Call me when you arrive.”

“I will.”

“And don’t ignore my calls.”

“I never ignore your calls.”

“You let three of them ring yesterday.”

“I was in a meeting.”

“You sent me a message saying you were busy.”

“Exactly.”

“You could have answered.”

I laughed again.

“Goodbye, Jason.”

“Amber-”

I ended the call before he could continue.

My phone immediately rang again.

I glanced at the screen and grinned.

Jason Sun.

Of course.

I answered without hesitation.

“Have you considered taking up a hobby? Something that doesn’t involve monitoring your wife?”

“I have several hobbies.”

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