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Jonathan's voice was tight. "So this is it? You're really with him now?"
Celine didn't answer right away. Graham hand settled at her waist, possessive, unbothered.
"You had her first," Graham said calmly.
Jonathan scoffed. "You stole her."
Graham smiled. "No. I chose her."
Jonathan's breath hitched. "Celine... if I had known..."
She looked at him then, eyes cold. "You did know. You just didn't care."
Celine turned away, Graham guiding her toward the door.
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Lost as a child. Returned as an inconvenience.
She was finally brought back to the Brentford mansion only to discover that her place has already been taken.
Susan, the adopted daughter, was everything Celine was supposed to be. Loved. Cherished. Protected.
Celine, the real heiress, is treated like a stain on the family name.
Stripped of affection, dignity, and even her birthright, Celine watched as the life promised to her is handed to Susan.
What the Brentfords don't know is that the girl they discarded was never powerless.
Raised by adoptive parents whose wealth surpasses their own, Celine learned influence, strategy, and silence long before she learned betrayal.
She isn't coming back to beg for what was taken from her.
She's coming back to rule.