The Scorned Heiress: No More Mercy novel Chapter 448

Tara and Loretta naturally share a room, while Danny takes a single. Their arrangement is seamless and unspoken. Standing slightly apart, Julianna watches them with a fleeting, unreadable glint in her eyes before walking gracefully to her own assigned room. Her quiet, low-profile demeanor actually draws more attention from the viewers.

On the other side, Jade immediately claims a private room for herself, leaving Nikolai and Evan to share the remaining one.

Nikolai bristles at the setup. He has always slept alone, and being crammed into a tiny space with another man feels suffocating. But the cameras are rolling, and he can't voice his complaints. He desperately wants his own room, but he can't exactly force Jade to sleep in the same room as Evan. Even though they are engaged, doing that on national television would invite intense backlash from the fans, and his parents and brothers would beat him to a pulp.

Evan is equally repulsed by the dingy room, but the silver lining of not being forced to sleep next to Jade offers him a shred of comfort.

Miles away, watching the live broadcast from his screen, Jake lets out a dark, ruthless snort at his idiot brother's misery.

"What are you laughing at?" Alec demands, standing nearby. "Nikolai and Jade are stuck in that awful place, and you think it's funny?" He is already sick with worry seeing his sibling struggle, yet his oldest brother is chuckling.

"What else should I do?" Jake fires back. "If your heart is bleeding so much, why didn't you offer to take Nikolai's place on the show?"

"I..."

"Now you're feeling sorry for her? Did you forget how she completely drained your bank accounts?" Jake sneers, not pulling any punches. "Honestly, you should be breathing a sigh of relief that you aren't the one babysitting her on camera."

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