Rejected Heiress, Reigning Queen novel Chapter 3

Gillian could no longer hold back. Her fists clenched tightly, her face contorting with rage as she glared at Emma.

"A DNA test? Who the hell do you think you are, trying to cling to the Lockwood family like a parasite?!"-

"Our family has done more than enough for you all these years. Mom secretly wired you money so you could leverage the Lockwoods' resources to finish an elite degree abroad. What more do you want?"

She spun around to face Violet. "Mom, I know exactly how you've been secretly funding her all these years. I just never brought it up. But today, you have to kick her out. I hate her! I refuse to let the person who stole seventeen years of my life stand in my house!"

Eaten alive by guilt, Violet nodded frantically and immediately turned to Emma. "Just go. We don't need a DNA test. We investigated everything thoroughly. There's no mistake."

"Mom, are you seriously going to make me leave under this cloud of suspicion?" Emma was genuinely perplexed.

It was just a DNA test. It wouldn't take much time at all, so why were they so terrified of letting her take one?

And who exactly was this Pamela that Gillian kept mentioning?

Violet was caught between desperately consoling Gillian and trying to brush Emma off, her voice cracking with frantic urgency.

"Emma, you aren't my daughter. I can't keep you here just so you can bully Gillian."

Emma stared at the woman she had called Mom for over two decades. Hearing such viciously cruel words felt like a physical blow to her chest, yet her eyes remained as calm and unreadable as a deep, still well.

It suddenly clicked for her. Violet hadn't defended her at the engagement party because her choice had already been made. She had chosen Gillian, and she had made that choice six years ago.

Right at that moment, Charles Lockwood strode through the front door.

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