Chapter 69\u00a0<\/p>\n
Genevieve said, \u201cI came for this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Heron stared at the complete emerald bracelet and froze. He opened the door, wanting to snatch it from her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Genevieve was on high alert. She quickly flipped her hand over, dodging his move.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWho are you?\u201d Heron trembled in agitation. \u201cHow can the complete Seeker\u2019s Twinstone be in your hands? Who did you steal it from?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSteal?\u201d Genevieve chuckled. \u201cThis was the only thing my mother, Zoe Yates, left for me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Heron looked at Genevieve in disbelief, unable to form a single sentence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He could only stammer, \u201cW\u2013what did you just say? You\u2019re Z\u2013Zoe\u2019s d\u2013daughter?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He scrutinized Genevieve\u2019s face, as if he were looking for a resemblance between her and Zoe.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou look so much like her, especially your eyes\u2026\u201d Heron muttered under his breath.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The animosity in his eyes started to fade. He took a step back in resignation, letting Genevieve enter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCome in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was a calming scent in the old building.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Heron poured a cup of tea for Genevieve. \u201cWhat did Greg tell you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Genevieve held the cup in her hand, but she didn\u2019t drink from it. She just wanted to feel the warmth on her palm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She replied, \u201cHe said that my mother was a genius in the Yates family and also his brother\u2019s mentor. She was hunted down by some traitors, so she split the emerald bracelet into two and gave one half to his brother to look after.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Heron chuckled, but the sound was full of mockery. \u201cYour mother was indeed a genius. Greg wasn\u2019t wrong about the traitors\u00a0<\/p>\n
as well.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then, he looked straight at Genevieve and continued, \u201cBut your mother was known for something else in our family records \u2013she was an abandoned daughter of the family.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Genevieve\u2019s grip on her cup tightened. \u201cWhy?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou dare to ask me why?\u201d Heron smacked the table fiercely, and the medicinal jars in the hall shook.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe didn\u2019t abide by the family rules! She wanted to destroy the Yates family!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Heron grew more and more angry as he spoke. \u201cThe Yates family preached that doctors should be benevolent, but there are some things that we can never do! The secret medicine our family possesses is enough to shake the country\u2019s foundation! We can never let them come to light.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut she wanted to study them! She felt that it could help save many people. Not once did she consider how many people would die if things got out of control!\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe disregarded everyone\u2019s objections and secretly decoded half of the Seeker\u2019s Twinstone\u2019s secrets. She even managed to discover proof that 30 years ago, some people in the Yates family collaborated with others for their own benefit. They smuggled poisonous herbs and refined prohibited medicine!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Genevieve was barely breathing by then.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Lambert family\u2019s smuggling case was indeed related to the Yates family!\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSince she had evidence, she wanted us to announce our wrongdoings to the public!\u201d Heron\u2019s voice shook. \u201cIf she did that,\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 69\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
the Yates family would have been ruined! She would have destroyed the family\u2019s centuries\u2013old legacy and killed thousands of people! She failed to understand that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Genevieve\u2019s voice was chilly as she questioned, \u201cSo all of you just kicked her out of the family?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Heron didn\u2019t try to hide it. \u201cYes, we did! We gave her two choices\u2013it was either she destroyed the evidence, or we would kick her out of the Yates family and disown her. She chose the latter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe thought that after she took the Seeker\u2019s Twinstone, she could threaten us and that things would change. She was too naive!\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow could those bastards involved in the smuggling case let her off easily? The moment she left our protection, she became a walking target! The people who were after her weren\u2019t just foreign buyers; some of them were traitors of the Yates family.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A hint of agony flashed across Heron\u2019s face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI never thought that she would leave a trail for you. She even managed to hide the Seeker\u2019s Twinstone so well.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Genevieve finally saw the clear picture. Her mother hadn\u2019t been hunted down by mere enemies. She had been alone as she fought against the bad apples of the family and those who only valued themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She hadn\u2019t been running away; she had been resisting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Genevieve said slowly, \u201cThe Seeker\u2019s Twinstone is a key to opening the Yates family\u2019s treasure trove.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
you chose her so i married better 69 Chapter 69\u00a0 Genevieve said, \u201cI came for this.\u201d\u00a0 Heron stared at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-you-chose-her-so-i-married-better"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19840,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19800\/revisions\/19840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}