The True Heiress Reborn And Slays (Alicia Delaney) novel Chapter 647

Chapter 647 Elsie’s Dark Plan

Chapter 647 Elsie’s Dark Plan

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“I only see him as a brother. We… we can’t get married! That’s insane!”

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“What’s so insane about it?” Melissa shot to her feet, closing the distance between them step by step. Her bloodshot eyes locked onto Elsie, as if trying to burn her will straight into her daughter’s mind. “Elsie, listen to your mother. Everything I do is for your own good!

“Just think–if you married Raymond, you’d go from being an adopted daughter to becoming a Harper by marriage. You’d have the Harper name, legally and publicly! No one could just push you aside whenever they felt like it anymore. Do you understand that?

“Not to mention, your entire future would be set. You’d never have to depend on anyone’s goodwill again. Who knows… maybe that debt of yours could even get sorted out sooner rather than later.”

Under the dim living room light, Melissa’s anxious, almost twisted expression looked particularly frightening.

Seeing her like that, a chill ran down Elsie’s spine, and she broke into a cold sweat.

For the first time, she truly grasped how far gone her mother’s obsession was–this woman who kept insisting everything was for her benefit.

But the moment of fear passed quickly. Elsie’s eyes, so practiced in deception, soon glinted with calculation.

Right now, Melissa’s irrationality might actually work to her advantage.

If she could rile Melissa up enough to disrupt the Harper–Belmont engagement, or even throw the Harper family into disarray, it would only help the plans she and Aiden were working on- not to mention her own private schemes.

With that thought, Elsie took a slow, deep breath and lowered her gaze.

Instead of putting up a fierce resistance like before, she let her shoulders relax obediently, gently biting her lower lip and putting on a thoughtful, hesitant expression.

Noticing the shift, Melissa believed her words had hit home, so she pressed on.

“Elsie, I know what’s really on your mind. You’re drawn to men at the very top, like Sebastian. “But sweetheart, you need to be realistic. Sebastian and Riley are already legally married–she’s his wife. But look at them: they’ve been married for a while now, and aside from that rushed

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announcement, there hasn’t been any real wedding. What does that tell you?

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“It tells you the Torres family isn’t–really taking Riley seriously, or that Sebastian himself isn’t all that invested.

“And even if, down the line, you found a way to push Riley out and marry into the Torres family, you’d still be his second wife. That’s a remarriage. All those society gossips would eat you alive.

“Being a second wife doesn’t come with much respect to begin with, and someone as cold as Sebastian would never give you the standing you deserve.

“Besides, you’re only the Harpers‘ adopted daughter. Now that your father and I are divorced, your position in the family is awkward–you’re practically an outsider. You don’t have strong family backing. A top–tier family like the Torres family has strict old–money rules. Marrying into that without solid support would mean a world of silent judgment and sideways glances. If you were mistreated, you wouldn’t even have anywhere to turn.

“But marrying Raymond would be completely different.” Melissa lifted her chin with a hint of pride. “No matter how far I’ve fallen or how bad things are between me and Zavier, I’m still Raymond’s birth mother! If you marry Raymond, you become my daughter–in–law. We’d be family–how could I ever treat you poorly?

“Once the Harper family’s influence is in his hands, with me there to support you behind the scenes, your position would be unshakable. Think about it–if you married into another family, where would you ever find a mother–in–law who’s on your side like I would be?”

Melissa’s words sounded selfless, as though she were carefully mapping out Elsie’s future, but she said nothing about her own selfish desire to keep controlling Raymond through the marriage.

Elsie scoffed inwardly, but on the surface, she played the part of a vulnerable young woman slowly being persuaded.

She bit her lip softly, letting her eyes grow moist, and looked up at Melissa with timid hesitation. “But… Mom, they’re already deep into planning the engagement, and everything’s moving so fast. How are you going to stop it?

“I… I’m really scared. What happened last time was such a disaster. I don’t want to risk being labeled a homewrecker again.”

Last time, at the banquet celebrating Riley’s return to the Harper family, Melissa had been tricked into helping Elsie get ahead by trying to slip something into Sebastian’s drink.

It backfired spectacularly, and Sebastian had called her out in front of everyone.

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