Imprisoned While Pregnant, She's Back for Payback novel Chapter 344

Chapter 344 A Different Woman

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She had not only turned her back on the Embers, she had gone even further and set her sights on destroying Ember Group altogether.

Regret clawed at Kylie’s chest until it made her sick. If she had known her child would grow into someone like Tess, she would have ended her life the very day she was born.

Kylie’s fingers shook, her whole body trembling with fury.

“Gathering shares in secret will not save you, Tess! I still hold 10% of Ember Group’s stock. The moment I pass it to your father, every move you’ve made will collapse into nothing.”

Her words broke free with a sharp, bitter laugh.

At once, Henry and Nadine locked eyes. The spark of triumph in their gazes mirrored one another, shining with shared pride.

Tess noticed the shift in their faces. Her own gaze settled on Kylie, and in its depth flickered something close to pity, though she hardly realized it herself.

Kylie shuddered beneath that strange look. It crawled over her skin, leaving her restless and unsettled.

Her instincts screamed for her to get out.

She clutched Henry’s arm. “We’re leaving.”

Henry caught her hand and enclosed it in his palm. “Darling, did I hear you right? You’re going to give those shares to me?”

“Of course I am.”

Kylie’s head bobbed in a fierce nod.

“My love, you are my one blessing. You are the gift that has saved and will keep saving me.”

Henry pulled her into his arms, his excitement flooding through the embrace.

The warmth of his voice, the affection in his touch, struck Kylie with disorienting force. She could not remember the last time he had held her this close.

Her lips trembled into a fragile smile. Her eyes shimmered as she whispered, “You are my husband. Of course I shall stand with you. Bringing this curse into the world who now fights

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against us, that is the sin I owe you.”

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“Wonderful, wonderful. With you at my side, I’ll never waste another second pretending with

that curse.”

Henry’s grin stretched so wide the lines at the corners of his eyes crinkled and bloomed with smug delight.

Nadine’s excitement was plain as day. She kept darting looks toward Henry, each one charged with unspoken agreement.

They had known from the start that Tess would never return the shares she clawed her way to claim. That was why they had dragged so many reporters with them. They were not only to stir headlines around Tess, no. They were tools to press Kylie into handing over her shares.

Back then, Kylie had taken only 10% of Ember Group. No one imagined that such a small piece would one day hold the power to change everything.

Nadine’s lips twitched upward before she forced them down. She dug her nails into her palm, shaping her mouth into a mask of grief.

Her father had said it clearly. Her mother had brought a younger brother back with her. That boy would one day be given his rightful place in the family, and she would finally shed the shame of being branded illegitimate.

“I don’t have the time to sit here while you put on your shoddy act. If you’re not gone in ten minutes, I’ll hand everything over to the Aetheris Police Department.”

Tess lifted her phone, the glow of the screen casting a pale light over the room. The countdown ticked ruthlessly toward zero.

The reporters noticed Henry and his group’s disinterest in taking this any further. They had no interest in wasting time. Cameras slung over their shoulders, they slipped out one by one.

The scandal they had captured today would be more than enough to feed their

papers.

Yet before leaving, several of them could not help but glance again at Abel.

Tess‘ eyes narrowed. She raised her hand, ready to order the guards to stop them.

She did not yet know who Abel truly was, but her gut told her he was far from ordinary. She would not risk him becoming a name plastered across every headline.

Abel caught her thought in an instant. His hand pressed hers back down. “This whole hall reeks. I’ll grab something to clear the air.”

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His eyes gleamed as he gave her a quick wink.

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The playful gesture brimmed with energy, but carried an edge of teasing charm that made Tess’s skin prickle.

Goosebumps rushed down her arms. She stepped back fast and slapped his hand away.

Abel’s lips drooped into a pout. His eyes clouded with hurt, wordlessly accusing Tess of being coldhearted.

A throb felt behind her eyes. She pressed her fingers against her brow and avoided his gaze. “Just get to it already.”

The Embers remained cornered at the back of the hall, while Nadine watched every flicker of Abel and Tess’s exchange.

Her fists curled so tight her nails bit into her palms.

Why does fortune keep falling into her lap? Right after her divorce with Finn, she finds herself entangled with his nephew! Finn’s already the richest man in Aetheris. His nephew is also part of the elite circle as

well.

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