Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 401

In her previous life, she had been beaten to death. Lacey Quinn Mercer had tried to flee to Aethelgard to beg her maiden family for help, but she was intercepted halfway, locked away in a psychiatric ward, and never seen again. As for Mara Mercer, after helping Shane Porter, she didn't get the promised half of the Mercer family's fortune. Instead, Shane had lured her into the hands of human traffickers, selling her off to the Balkan Underworld.

Naturally, the subsequent downfalls of the Mercer family did not warrant an ounce of Mira Mercer's sympathy. But her memories of that past life served as a stark warning: the Porter family were vipers, and they could not be allowed any opportunity to thrive. Otherwise, the fallout would be catastrophic.

This wasn't about the Mercer family. It was about ensuring her own peaceful existence and avenging the girl she had been in her past life.

Two years after Mira's death in that timeline, when Xavier Bennett was running for state commissioner, his political rivals had unearthed the extensive criminal activities of his wife, Roxanne Porter, and the entire Porter family. Regardless of whether Xavier had been involved or even aware, he took the fall for his wife's atrocities. Xavier was impeached and dismissed from office. His father, Mr. Bennett, who had just been promoted, was dragged down by the scandal and forced to resign. The Bennett family completely collapsed.

The moment Roxanne's crimes were exposed, she had immediately divorced Xavier, abandoning her own children in the process. She pinned every ounce of her guilt onto Xavier, claiming the Bennett family had forced her hand. She had even stood alongside the Bennetts' political enemies in court, accusing her former in-laws of abusing their power. Shortly after, Roxanne married an older billionaire, using his immense influence to resurrect the Porter family from the ashes.

Of course, all of that lay in the future. Right now, the most pressing matter was preventing Roxanne from marrying Xavier. However, trying to warn Liora Bennett was a dead end. If you spoke out against things that hadn't happened yet, people would just accuse you of deliberately sabotaging their relationship. Xavier, currently blinded by the honeymoon phase of his romance, would be even less receptive to anyone speaking ill of his fiancée.

That afternoon, after returning home from school, Mira sat at the dining table and dialed Jordan Ellis.

"Master Ellis, do you know Shane Porter's daughter, Roxanne? She just got back from abroad."

"What are you up to now?" Jordan asked.

Pausing thoughtfully, Mira looked at the others at the table. "Question for you all. When a man and a woman are in a relationship, what is the absolute most unforgivable thing the other person could do?"

"Do you even have to ask?" Jax looked at her as if she had lost her mind. "If they're serious, it's betrayal. No question."

"Isn't it the same for women? They can't stand being betrayed either," Rachel chimed in, with Silas nodding in agreement.

"But I heard women can't handle a man being broke," Mira mused.