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Ready to Rule The Real Heiress Strikes Back (Lydia and Connor) novel Chapter 1227

Lydia was seriously impossible. Kylie shot Lucinda a sharp look, clearly annoyed. “Lucinda, Lydia’s exhausted. Don’t make things harder for her.”

Lucinda stared back in disbelief. Was she hearing this right? She was the problem here?

“Mom, I wasn’t—”

Cameron cut in before she could finish. “Alright, that’s enough. Let her eat in peace.”

Lucinda felt like she might actually explode. Were they really just going to side with Lydia like that, not even pretending to care about her feelings?

Lydia ignored the whole thing, sitting at the table, calmly working her way through breakfast.

Kylie turned to Lydia, her voice gentle. “So, I heard your flight to Country D is this afternoon. Connor’s already there, right? Did he say if he’s picking you up?”

Lydia paused, then answered in her usual even tone. “My flight got canceled. I need to go to Nina’s birthday party tonight. I’ll leave after that.”

Lucinda was in the living room, but she’d been listening the whole time. She couldn’t help herself. “Nina’s birthday? I haven’t heard anything about that.” In their circle, whenever one of the girls had a birthday, it was always a huge deal, all over social media. Nina’s birthday should’ve been headline news by now.

Lydia glanced up, her eyes icy. “It’s none of your business.”

Lucinda froze, her face burning. She looked at Kylie and Cameron, desperate for backup, but they were already back to fussing over Lydia’s plans, acting like Lucinda wasn’t even there.

Kylie nodded. “That works out fine. I’ll have the driver take you to the party tonight, then you can go straight to the airport after. Don’t stay out too late.”

Cameron chimed in, “Yeah, Lydia, make sure you take care of yourself.”

Lydia nodded. “I will.”

As soon as she was alone, she grabbed a pillow and threw it at the wall, her eyes stinging with angry tears.

“Why does everything always revolve around her?” Her voice broke. She hated it. Why did Lydia get everything, while she was always stuck in Lydia’s shadow? She couldn’t stand it.

Meanwhile, Lydia went back to her room and started packing. Her phone lit up with a video call. She glanced at the screen. As expected, it was Connor.

She answered, setting her phone on the desk stand. Connor’s handsome face filled the screen, his eyes lighting up when he saw her packing.

“Almost done?” he asked, sounding a little too eager.

He really couldn’t wait to pick her up at the airport, to finally hold her close.

“I just started,” Lydia replied, “and I had to reschedule my flight. I can’t leave this afternoon. I’ll have to catch a red-eye after the party.”

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