The Daughter in the Shadows (by Una Norris) novel Chapter 168

Chapter 168 No Room for Sand

Taylor laughed like she’d just heard a joke. “You think I’m trying to win you over? Get over yourself.”

Finished

She stood up and walked off, calling Yunice along. Yunice followed without a word, passing by Paul as she walked.

A faint, bitter scent drifted past Paul’s nose; puzzled, he looked toward Yunice but only caught a glimpse of her profile, completely hidden beneath her cap.

A flicker of her gaze met his for just a second under the brim of that baseball cap–just long enough for him to feel something strange–then it was gone.

Paul frowned and reached out as if to grab her arm, but behind him came Elsie’s frantic cry.

“Paul, help me!”

He turned around just in time to see Elsie breaking free of her restraints, trying to run toward. him. Before she got far, someone stuffed the rag back into her mouth and tied her down even tighter.

Once they finished, they started dragging her out right there in front of everyone.

If she got dragged all the way to the Powell mansion like this, the whole city would find out.

Paul rushed over to stop them, trying to wrestle her back from the Kendall family’s people.

Upstairs on the balcony, Taylor stood watching Paul struggle in the chaos. Her face twisted in disgust.

Yunice stood c

calmly beside her, her eyes steady as she watched the scene unfold below.

If this whole mess actually got back to the Powell family, what would Jackson do then–him, of all people, so obsessed with keeping up appearances?

Tonight wouldn’t just be a storm for the Powell family; even the Saunders family would be thrown into a boiling pot. Not even Yunice could predict how the two families would clean this.

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But… no matter what happened, she would be the one to come out on top.

Truth be told, she actually admired Taylor’s personality. Someone this decisive and ruthless would pair well with Wyatt.

Wyatt was by far the best investment–the real ace up their sleeve.

She just wasn’t sure whether Gerardo would care about him being an illegitimate son.

Taylor, of course, had no idea Yunice was already plotting to matchmake her behind her back.

Chapter 168 No Room for Sand

Does Paul have some kind of condition

Yunice replied, “He’s a playboy–been through a lot of women.”

“So basically, he just changes partners too often?” Taylor leaned on the railing, lowering her gaze as if trying to see into the shadow under Yumice’s cap. “I heard he’s infertile?”

Yunice said, “Gun’s fine; no bullets.”

Like that’s some kind of promise? Isn’t that just basic decency?

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