The True Heiress Reborn And Slays (Alicia Delaney) novel Chapter 573

Chapter 573 A New Alliance

Chapter 573 A New Alliance

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With her father’s conditión finally stabilized, Riley could at last catch her breath and allow herself some real rest.

She sank wearily into the couch, feeling the exhaustion settle in her bones.

Sebastian hadn’t brought up any updates about Aiden, but Riley knew exactly how things stood. Once word got out that Zavier was awake, she was sure the man hiding in the shadows would make his next move without delay.

“Starting tomorrow, you don’t need to come to the hospital during the day,” Riley said, turning toward Sebastian with a serious expression. “Go to the office instead. Now that Dad’s awake, there are security details monitoring his room around the clock. It’s safe enough we don’t all need to take shifts anymore”

“Alright,” Sebastian replied softly, taking her hand and stroking the back of it gently with his thumb.

Meanwhile, Aiden’s people had informed him that Zavier had regained consciousness.

His expression remained largely unchanged.

After all, what he wanted now had little to do with whether Zavier lived or died-it was about throwing the entire game into disarray.

In this twisted match, Zavier’s fate wasn’t the real priority.

The true key player was Melissa.

A woman betrayed by her husband and pushed aside by her own children-she was the easiest kind to manipulate.

He pulled out his phone and texted Elsie. “Proceed as planned. Your mother needs your comfort and guidance now. Remember-the harder it gets for her, the closer we are to success.”

Elsie, who had just received the message, was sitting in the living room with a dazed Melissa.

When her screen lit up, her heart gave a nervous jump.

At this point, her only way out was to cling tightly to Aiden as her lifeline and trade for what she wanted. So she followed his instructions without hesitation.

Over on the other side, Jacob worked with swift efficiency

After his visit to the Blackwood family, they weighed their options and soon agreed to the proposal for an uncontested divorce.

Melissa’s phone rang..

The caller ID showed it was her eldest brother.

She answered quickly, her voice trembling with emotion. “Skyler…”

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Chapter 573 A New Alliance

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“Melissa, go sign the divorce papers tomorrow, Skyler said in a matter-of-fact, businesslike tone.

Melissa felt as if the ground had dropped out from under her. “Skyler! All of you were against the divorce. before-you even pushed me to fix things with him! What is this now?”

“I told you to fix things, not to nearly get him killed and blow everything up!” Skyler’s voice turned sharp. “Let me make this clear-the Harpers have made their position known. If you sign the papers and keep this civil, all our business arrangements with them stay intact. If we refuse, every single deal gets canceled. Immediately.

“Melissa, for the sake of the family, stop being difficult.”

Melissa had always carried herself with pride.

In that high-stakes world of old money and backroom dealings, she’d always believed she was different- one of the lucky ones. Her marriage to Zavier may have started as an alliance between two powerful families, but she never saw herself as just a bargaining chip for her family’s gain.

Zavier wasn’t like the husbands of her sisters, who kept mistresses on the side or let scandalous affairs spill into the public eye.

All these years, Zavier had been largely faithful, and she had given the Harper family heirs-securing her position firmly. That was why her voice had always carried weight with the Blackwoods. She thought she’d earned that respect through her own merit.

But now, as that fragile facade of warmth was stripped away by cold, hard interests, it hit her that she had never been the exception. When it came to protecting the family’s bottom line, she was no different from any other asset-someone who could be shelved or sacrificed at any moment.

That realization left her feeling hollow, and the emptiness quickly twisted into something desperate, almost hysterical.

She shouted into the phone, “No! I won’t sign it! I’d rather die than divorce him! How could you do this to me?!”

Skyler seemed to have expected this reaction. He cut her off coldly. “Melissa, if you keep this up, don’t blame the family for taking stronger measures.”

“What are you going to do?” Melissa asked, her whole body shaking.

“We can freeze every account under your name and leave you unable to cover the property taxes on that house of yours. And one more thing…” Skyler paused, his tone turning cruel. “We’ll have that precious adopted daughter of yours, Elsie, packed up and sent overseas immediately. Somewhere you’ll never find her or see her again.”

Melissa felt as though she’d been plunged into an icy abyss.

Her voice rose to a shrill pitch. “No! Elsie is the only real daughter I have left-you can’t take her from me! That’s kidnapping!”

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