The Returned Heiress Who Had It All (Cassia) novel Chapter 105

Chapter 105 The Black Sheep

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Everyone noticed. The guests shifted their attention toward them, instantly recognizing what was about to happen. Kaleb was about to give a gift.

Kaleb was holding a massive bouquet of red roses. The kind that meant forever.

“Happy birthday.”

He said it exactly the way his mother had coached him before the party.

“Thank you.”

Brie’s cheeks turned pink. Under all those stares, she accepted the bouquet from him with a trembling smile.

At that moment, it wasn’t about the gift at all. It was about the attention. The admiring whispers. The spark of envy in every girl’s eyes. That glow of being the center of the world was what Brie lived for.

Then Kaleb pulled out a small velvet box from his pocket. He opened it with slow precision, letting the light catch on the piece inside.

A Seer anklet sat within, set with a large crown–cut gemstone that shimmered like a flame.

“Oh my god, that’s gorgeous!”

A girl gasped, clutching her mouth as envy

lit up her face.

Her reaction, and the wave of wide–eyed glances that followed, made Brie and Kaleb bask in quiet triumph.

A gift only counted when it dazzled. The receiver gained status, and the giver gained admiration.

That was something Kaleb’s mother always drilled into him.

And tonight, her advice worked like a charm.

He couldn’t help feeling proud. His mother was truly a master at navigating high society.

The party guests weren’t just classmates of Brie and Danica. There were also long–time family friends and members of the Woods‘ social circle.

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“Brie’s becoming such a lovely young woman,” Kaleb’s mother said warmly, her tone carrying the authority of someone already picturing her as a daughter–in–law.

Victoria, still holding her glass of red wine, turned with a polished smile. “She really is.”

Vance spoke with quiet pride. “We’ve poured a lot into Bric. She’s disciplined, kind, and ambitious.”

At those words, the nearby women–Kaleb’s mother among them–traded glances that said everything.

They knew that Brie wasn’t his biological daughter.

Danica, the younger one, stood right there. But where was the eldest?

Her name came back to them like a faint echo. Cassia.

And thanks to Danica’s endless chatter, everyone in their circle knew who Cassia was supposed to be. They all saw her as hopeless.

Too proud, too rude, and reckless to the core. She was always stirring trouble and fighting with the wrong people.

For a high school student—and for the eldest daughter of the Woods–Cassia’s reputation had become nothing short of a scandal.

“If I recall, you have another granddaughter. Cassia, that’s her name, isn’t it?” One of the women suddenly asked, her voice sugar–sweet and sharp beneath the surface.

The moment that name left her lips, Victoria and Vance both stiffened. Their smiles froze as if someone had poured ice water over them. They ignored the question completely.

But silence only fanned the flames. Another guest leaned closer, her voice bright and teasing. “Oh, that’s right! Where is she? It’s her little sister’s birthday. She should be down here celebrating.”

A third woman chuckled. “She’s probably too embarrassed to show her face. I heard she was adopted from an orphanage.”

“How shameful. Who hides their face at a family party like this?”

Victoria could feel their eyes slicing through her. Her forced smile began to tremble. A wave of resentment burned inside her chest.

Cassia had humiliated her again, even without being present. Geneva should never have

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dragged that cursed girl back into the Woods family.

To Victoria, Cassia was like a permanent stain she could never scrub away.

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Vance noticed the color drain from his wife’s face. He heard the gossip swirl around them like smoke and felt his own temper spark.

That girl would be the death of him. On a night this important, she was upstairs hiding like a child.

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