Betrayed? I Upgraded to His Billionaire Brother novel Chapter 279

Chapter 279

Sure I agreed quickly. “Let me buy you dinner?”

enjamin didn’t stand on ceremony over the phone. “Alright. Just text me the location once you’ve decided.”

was pretty familiar with New York’s restaurant scene and soon sent him the details.

never expected to walk in and immediately spot Gavin and his entourage across the room. He seemed not to see me, his face like a floundercloud as he isappeared into a private room.

pushed my feelings down and walked over to Benjamin’s table. “Benjamin.”

te handed me the menu. “I ordered a few things already. See if there’s anything else you’d like.”

Okay.” I added two or three familiar dishes. Once the server was gone, I got straight to the point. “The documents Aunt Hannah gave you were there any

¡sues?”

saw a flicker of pity in his eyes. “Do you hope there were, or that there weren’t?” He’d heard a little from Aiden about Gavin and me. Our relationship was omplicated enough without this. This revelation probably sent us right back to square one.

lowered my gaze for a second, then looked back at him, voicing the thought in my heart. “The documents are legit, aren’t they?”

[aybe the lighting was too bright, but Benjamin still caught the faint sheen of tears in my eyes before I could blink them away.

le placed the folder on the table between us. “They’re legitimate.”

hird–person POV

pstairs, Aiden leaned against the railing, watching his older brother and Elara deep in conversation. He cast a lazy, deliberately provoking glance at the man ehind him. “If you don’t hurry up and make a move, I might have to start calling little Elara ‘sister–in–law.“”

Piss off.”

avin let out a heavy breath, the tightness in his chest not easing. He put a cigarette to his lips, flicked his lighter, but snuffed the flame before it could touch

ie tip.

lara had always hated the smell of smoke.

was almost funny. The first time he’d ever smoked, her bloodhound nose had caught it. She’d burst into his study, snatched the cigarette from his lips, and omped it flat with her little feet. Like a tiny tyrant.

nd damn him, he’d eaten it up. Just as he was about to scold her, she’d looked up at him with those pitifully big eyes and said, “Gavin, you’re all I have. If you noke yourself to death, what will I do? Maybe you should smoke more. I’ll breathe in the secondhand smoke, and we can die together.”

just a few words, she’d rendered him speechless.

hat could he do?

e could only indulge her.

ater, when she was dead set on marrying Zane, he’d done more than just smoke; he’d developed a full–blown habit, one he couldn’t kick. Maybe he’d felt there as no point in quitting.

was only in the last few months he’d subconsciously started trying again.

iden watched his miserable state and teased, “I’m just saying, your relationship is still up in the air, and you’re already like this, treating her like she’s made of lass. What are you going to do if you actually get married?”

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Betrayed ? 1 Ungraded to His Billionaire Brother

Chapter 279

Gavin’s eyes narrowed slightly as he glanced downstairs, his voice laced with sarcasm, “shed have to be willing to marry me first. God knows what repseTIAP

tane had filled her head with now.

Aidden sensed something “You two had a fight?”

javin grunted. “No fight.” It was the silent treatment. The cold shoulder. He was being given the silent treatment.

uden laughed, seeing the irritation written all over his face. “She’s ignoring you? I’m telling you, man, girls like that need to be coaxed. If you keep acting all Roof like this, who’d want to bother with you?”

avin snorted. “Oh, really? Is Chloe bothering with you?”

Bringing out the stab you in both ribs‘ routine was just low.

iden was momentarily speechless. “She’s different.” Most women in relationships sought emotional validation, Chloe wasn’t like that. the only cared about esults. If the result wasn’t what she wanted, no amount of fancy footwork mattered.

or once, Gavin felt a twinge of camaraderie. “Your family still hasn’t come around?”

Aiden flicked his ash. “Mainly my dad and my eldest sister.” He understood their perspective. His sister had been blunt; it wasn’t about Chloe herself, or her amily background. It was about her family members. Chloe’s younger brother had been spoiled into a complete delinquent. Drinking, whoring, gambling, trugs–there wasn’t a vice he didn’t indulge. If Aiden married Chloe, that future brother–in–law would be a ticking time bomb, capable of blowing the Sinclair amily’s pristine reputation to smithereens with one wrong move.

Gavin understood the stakes. With the Old Man in the military and the eldest Sinclair sister in politics, if Aiden got tied to a brother–in–law like that, it could ruly tarnish the family’s legacy. Weighing a life with the girl he loved against the honor of the entire Sinclair clan… the former felt insignificantly light.

Gavin offered him another cigarette. “Smoke up. Kick the bucket sooner and see if you can marry her in the next life.”

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