Rebirth Snatching Back My Stolen Luck novel Chapter 70

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My hand curled into a fist at my side, but my practiced smile stayed in palce, even if it didn’t reach my eyes.

Then I stood up, went to sit beside her and gently took her hand.

“Without that engagement, my uncle and cousins will tear me apart when they find out about the cover-up. They’ll have the ammunition they need to convince my grandpa to punish me. And in the worst case scenario? They’ll say I’m unfit and ask for me to be dropped out of the succession race altogether.”

“I’ll lose everything I’ve spent all these years fighting for.

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“So you see-this engagement decides everything for me. Whether I stay… or get discarded.”

“Is this alliance with the Caldwells really that important? So important that it shields you even if your family finds out about the site accident?” Claire’s brows drew together as she asked, her voice skeptical. “Why?”

Why, indeed?

Truthfully, I wasn’t sure either. I’d tried asking my father, but he’d shut me down, usually tight-lipped about it. Which was quite odd, considering he rarely kept business matters from

The only thing I’d managed to gather was that it was tied to some major upcoming partnership between both families.

“I’m not clear on the details,” I admitted honestly.

Silence stretched between us.

Then, all of a sudden, she yanked her hand out of mine.

“So right from the start…” She let out a bitter laugh. “You were lying to me. You knew you’d end up marrying Lilith, yet you strung me along-fed me lies, made me believe I’d stand by your side one day with dignity.”

She rose to her feet, glaring down at me. “That I could be the one you walked down the aisle

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with. You must’ve enjoyed toying with me, Brandon.

My heart sank immediately.

How the hell had she managed to link my words to our relationship?

And so pointedly at that?

Then, she laughed a sound so cold it sent a chill down my spine. “Don’t worry though. I’m not saying this because I expect anything from you. I’m just mocking how naive I used to be.”

Her gaze burned with something darker. “In fact, I should thank Lilith for exposing us at the banquet. If not for that, I’d still be living in a dream. Foolishly trusting and believing your lies.”

Her tone… sounded dangerous. Foreboding, to be specific.

I mean, how far had she been pushed to think she should thank the very person who’d humiliated us both and ruined our stellar reputation in the circle overnight?

She stopped laughing, her face smoothing into eerie calm. “So, how did your talk with your dad go? Or have they already picked Lilith’s next fiancé?”

Soon, her laugh faded and her face smoothed into an eerie, unnerving calm.

“So, how did your talk with your dad go? Or have they already picked Lilith’s next fiancé?”

BRANDON

The moment she asked that question, any unnecessary emotion faded away from my face as I focused, my expression turning solemn.

“They’ve already picked someone else,” I admitted, “but Dad convinced Grandpa to hold off announcing it to the Caldwells for now.

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Claire’s brows rose slightly, but I ignored it and continued, “As long as I succeed in swaying public opinion in my favor, their family-worried about reputation damage and stock prices- will have no choice but to agree to stick with me as Lilith’s partner.”

She returned to her seat, crossing one leg over the other. “But will they really let you have your way that easily?”

A cold smirk tugged at my lips. “If it were anyone else, maybe not. But with Lilith? We both

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