Sapphira\u2019s tone shifted. \u201cSo, Josette, what did you want with my Larissa last night?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Josette\u2019s eyes, heavy with arrogance, flickered. \u201cNothing important. I just heard that my brother\u2019s newly acknowledged daughter is getting married to Haskell tomorrow, and I came to offer my congratulations.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She shot a disdainful look at Larissa. \u201cI\u2019ll give you my gift at the party tomorrow. Today, I just wanted to meet the so\u2013called true heiress who made such a splash at her welcome party.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa\u2019s voice was calm but cutting. \u201cIf you were so curious about me, Aunt Josette, why didn\u2019t you come to my welcome party?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Josette was clearly caught off guard by the direct question. She stammered for a moment before retorting, \u201cBecause I was busy, of course. Just like you were too busy with your pathetic little herb garden to see me last night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa simply said, \u201cOh,\u201d then added, \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter. Your presence or absence is\u00a0<\/p>\n
irrelevant to me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Josette\u2019s face flushed with anger. \u201cPaxton and Vivica were right. You have no manners at\u00a0<\/p>\n
all.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing Josette finally drop the pretense, Sapphira\u2019s expression hardened. \u201cJosette, if you came here today to cause trouble for Larissa, just like they did, then you are not welcome here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Josette abandoned all pretense of civility. \u201cYou\u2019re right, Sapphira, I\u2019m not here to congratulate her. I\u2019m here to warn this little brat! Just because she\u2019s the true Judson heiress doesn\u2019t mean she can do whatever she wants and disrespect everyone!\u00a0<\/p>\n
I hear she\u2019s turned this family upside down since she arrived. Leopold is still lying in a hospital bed, Finley has a limp, and Honora is being mocked as a fraud all over the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I also heard Dad plans to hand over Starlight Media to her next month, and Judson Pharmaceuticals to your husband in six months, all because she claims she can secure a partnership with the Schwartz family. Well, I don\u2019t buy it. My husband knows people in the Schwartz family, and he hasn\u2019t heard a word about any collaboration. For a little girl to make such a bold claim is utterly absurd!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa shrugged. \u201cThen I guess your husband doesn\u2019t know the right people. Otherwise, Uncle Paxton would have sealed a deal with them long ago. Are you sure your\u00a0<\/p>\n
husband doesn\u2019t just know a gardener or a butler at the Schwartz estate and calls that \u2018knowing people\u2018?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Josette\u2019s face turned cold at the insult to her husband. \u201cInsolent girl! Watch your tone!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
10:33\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 233\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa chuckled. \u201cAunt Josette, this is my home, okay? If anyone is being insolent, it\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour home?\u201d Josette sneered. \u201cThis entire estate belongs to my dad, Kiernan. He could throw you out on the street any day! Then you\u2019d be right back where you started, homeless and destitute.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa remained unfazed by the venomous words. A calm smile played on her lips. \u201cThat\u2019s fine. It\u2019s just a mansion. I have thirty percent of Starlight Media and ten percent of Judson Pharmaceuticals. Either of those is worth more than this house.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The arrogant smirk on Josette\u2019s face vanished replaced by sheer shock. \u201cWhat did you say?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland\u2019s breathtaking cold.<\/p>\n
Wings of Broken Time by Alina Das 233 Sapphira\u2019s tone shifted. \u201cSo, Josette, what did you want with my Larissa […]<\/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":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-throne-of-thorns-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30752","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=30752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}