The Heiress He Underestimated novel Chapter 151

Chapter 151 Standing Against My Father

A tiny, almost–smile flickered on Xan’s face, then died. He looked out the window where Sarah had disappeared. The rain was coming down harder now. “What do I do now?” he asked, and he sounded lost. “With her? With… everything?”

“You get her real help,” Elera said. “The best therapists, the best support. You be her friend and not her avenger. And you stay away from my father. He’s very dangerous. More dangerous than you know.”

Xan looked back at her. “What are you going to do?”

“I’m going to destroy him,” Elera said, and there was no heat in it, just a cold certainty. “Legally, financially and completely. I’m going to take everything he has and I’m going to make sure he spends the rest of his life in a cell, remembering that his own daughter put him there.”

Xan studied her for a long moment. He saw the resolve there, the steel that had always been underneath the surface. The steel he’d never noticed.

“You can do it,” he said, and it sounded like he believed it. “You’re… you’re capable of anything, aren’t you?”

“I have a good team,” Elera said, glancing at Drakonius, then Clara, then Frost.

Xan nodded. He picked up his untouched coffee, took a sip, and made a face. “Cold.” He set it down. “I should go and find Sarah. Make sure she’s… okay. Or as okay as she can be.”

He started to slide out of the booth, then paused. He looked at Elera one last time. “For what it’s worth…. I’m sorry. For everything. The emails, the fire, the… all of it. It was wrong and I was wrong.”

“I know,” Elera said.

He nodded again, a little jerkily. Then he turned and walked out of the coffee shop, his shoulders slumped against the rain.

Silence descended on the booth again, deeper this time. Clara let out a long, slow breath she seemed to have been holding for ten minutes.

“Well,” she said. “That was… intense. I need another drink. Possibly something alcoholic, but it’s ten in the morning, so I’ll settle for more caffeine.” She waved at the terrified barista. “Another Brave, please! And a chocolate croissant! For emotional recovery!”

Drakonius hadn’t let go of Elera’s hand. His thumb was stroking the back of her knuckles, a slow, steady rhythm. “Are you alright?” he asked quietly.

Elera realized she was shaking. A fine, constant tremor that started in her hands and went all the way through her. The adrenaline was leaving her system, leaving her cold and hollow.

“I don’t know,” she said honestly. “That was… a lot.”

“You were incredible,” he said. “Brave and compassionate. You gave her the truth even though you knew it would blow up in your face.”

“It did blow up in my face. She hates me more than ever.”

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Chapter 151 Standing Against My Father

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“She hates the world right now. You’re just the closest target. But she has the truth now. That’s a seed. It might grow into something else. Or it might not. But you gave it to her. That was the right thing to do”

Clara’s new drink and croissant arrived. She took a huge bite and mumbled around it, “He’s right. You did the noble, painful thing. It’s very annoying of you, making the rest of us look bad by comparison.”

Elera managed a weak smile. “Sorry.”

“Don’t be. Just share the croissant.”

Frost approached the table. His expression was grim, but he gave Elera a small, respectful nod. “Team reports Sarah Lyros is in a taxi, heading back to Valdris’s penthouse. She’s upset but not a danger to herself or others at the moment. Valdris is following in his car. My tail will stay on them until they’re secure.”

“Thank you, Frost,” Elera said.

“The meeting could have gone worse,” Frost allowed. “No one drew a weapon. That’s a win in my book.”

“Your standards for wins are disturbingly low,” Clara said.

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