Unwanted Blood (Harper) novel Chapter 104

Chapter 104

Behind her, one of the women spoke just loudly enough for the surrounding tables to hear

“Exactly Who knows what kind of person she really is? She probably saw the Wilson fortune and

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“Gold digger,” another voice chimed in.

The words washed over me without leaving a mark

A year ago, every one of them would hurt me. But I’d survived far worse than whispered insults at a charity auction.

I couldn’t even be bothered to look at them.

Grayson rose to his feet. “Finished?” His voice was low, edged with warning.

Victoria opened her mouth. He didn’t give her the chance.

“I think you’re jealous.” He stepped forward. “Jealous that she’s the one people choose to give things to.”

His eyes locked on hers. “And for someone who used to date Ryder, it’s pretty embarrassing that you don’t even know he has a sister.”

Grayson swept a glance across the room. Every eye was already on us. Then he raised his voice, just enough for the nearby tables to hear. “Let me save everyone the speculation. She’s a Wilson. Our biological sister.”

The color drained from Victoria’s face suddenly. She took an unsteady step back. “… What?”

“A Wilson daughter? But… I thought she had died.”

Around us, whispers spread through the auction hall

Every gaze turned toward me. Yet somehow, I’d become the center of the room.

I placed the velvet box on the chair beside me and stood.

My cashmere shawl slipped from one shoulder, but I left it where it was.

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Chapter 104

Victoria was still staring at me. her lips slightly parted, as though she couldn’t quite make sense of what she’d heard

I met her eyes. “Sorry to disappoint you. But I’m very much alive.”

The whispering started, spreaded from every direction at once

“A Wilson daughter? I thought she was the one they didn’t care about?”

“Yeah. wasn’t she supposed to be long gone?”

“How is she alive? Then what about all the rumours back then?” Someone muttered something under their breath and got cut off by the person next to them. “Are you stupid? Did you not see how those brothers were protecting her?”

No one bothered to answer their questions.

The girl who had never appeared at any public event, who had been spoken about only in hushed tones and sideways glances, was now sitting in the front row of a charity auction. Her lap was piled with things four brothers had bought for her in the span of an hour. A sapphire necklacebworth who knew how muchbsat in her hands, delivered on a velvet tray by Westbrook Group’s own people

It was too much. Too fast. Too strange

And people were starting to look at each other.

Ryder stood up. He planted himself in front of our table and brought the tip of his cane down on the floor Not hard. Just enough to make a sound that cut through the murmur.

Then he spoke. His voice was low. “Since there are people who are curious, I’ll make it clear ”

His gaze swept across the closest tables. “A long time ago, we didn’t do right by her. We let her carry things she shouldn’t have had to, and we weren’t there.” His jaw tightened, just for a second. “But from today forward Harper is the head of this family. Her word is my word. What concerns her concerns the Wilson name.”

He stopped. looked around the room. “If anyone makes her unhappy, you’re dealing with the entire Wilson family Understood?”

No one spoke But several people nodded. One nod, then another, then more

Listen to those words, my fingers curled around the edges of it, just a little tighter

The lights in the hall seemed to dimb The auctioneer on stage was signalling the close of the

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