Pampered By Power: The True Heiress Returns

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“Who was in Denzel repeated, his brow furrowing as he tried to follow Zane’s line of questioning Suddenly, a

nflashed through his mind, and a wave of shock hit him.

Denzel looked at Zane again, feeling his donde dip away. Maybe tw’d been wrong all along. His daughter could

really have done something that bad-like murder

He didn’t want to believe it, but it seemed like the only explanation. It felt like all the air had been let out of him,

and he slumped down, feeling totally defeated.

Zane watched him with a cool, calculating, gaze. “Mr. Janssen, you're a smart guy. You should know who we're

talking about. But if you need it spelled out, | can be more direct,” he said, his voice sharp.

Denzel looked up at Zane, his eyes filled with a quiet plea. “Mr. Hartley, my daughter made a mistake. She did

something she shouldn't have. | failed as a father.

“I'm here to apologize to you and Ms. Evans on her behalf. I'm asking for mercy because she’s still young, if she

comes home, | promise I'll make sure she never causes trouble again”

Zane chuckled, shaking his head. “Mr. Janssen, you've got a rep for being sharp, but looks like that’s not always

the case,” he said, his tone turning serious,

Denzel felt a chill and dropped his eyes, unable to face Zane. Zane kept pushing, “Mr. Janssen, if it were your

daughter in danger, would you really let the other person walk away unscathed?”

Denzel went quiet, knowing the answer was a flat-out no.

Zane let out a cold laugh. “People are selfish, Mr. Janssen, and you're no exception. How can you ask others to do

what you wouldn't do yourself, just because your daughter's the one in hot water?”

He paused, letting his words land. “And one more thing, Mr. Janssen: the person you need to apologize to and ask

forgiveness from isn’t me-it’s Elysia. If you've got even a bit of guilt in you, you should be talking to her, not me.

“If your daughter gets out, she’s just gonna be trouble for everyone. Better she stays in there and learns some

life lessons, builds scharacter. Since you can’t seem to teach her anything, maybe someone else should.”

Denzel felt a sharp pain in his chest. He wanted to fight back, but he knew any comeback would sound weak.

They were in the wrong, and Zane had a point.

He knew he had to apologize to Elysia above all else, as Zane had pointed out. If he could win her forgiveness,

Zane might let them go. He hated the idea of begging for mercy-it felt undignified-but he couldn’t abandon his

daughter.

Once they were outside the Nexus Tower, Rebecca finally let the tears fall. “Denzel, is there really no other way?”

Denzel wrapped his arms around Rebecca, trying to comfort her despite feeling pretty shaken himself. “We can

still hit up Ms. Evans for help. Don’t stress. I'm not giving up until we've tried everything,” he murmured softly.

Rebecca squeezed his hand, her voice steady with resolve. “Then let's go find Ms. Evans right away.”

“Alright,” Denzel said, nodding.

But just as Rebecca was about to head out, Denzel’s phone buzzed. He glanced at the screen, saw it was from

his assistant, and frowned a little before answering.

“Mr. Janssen, Mr. and Mrs. Evans just got to Sivro. They're holed up at the Eveona Hotel right now,” the assistant

said.

Denzel's face went from worried to downright serious in a second. He wondered if they were here to settle the

score. “Got it,” he said, hanging up.

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Rebecca, still standing next to him, could tell something was off. She held his hand tighter and asked, her

forehead creased with worry, “Denzel, what's going on?”

“Mr. and Mrs. Evans just got here,” Denzel said, his voice shaking a little.

Rebecca couldn't believe it. “What do we do now?”

Denzel just shrugged. “If it's good news, no problem. If it’s bad, we can’t avoid it. We gotta face it head-on. Let's

go to the hotel first. We were in the wrong, so we need to apologize right. We'll worry about forgiveness later.”

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He started for the car door, but Rebecca grabbed his arm. “Denzel, do you think they know about Bianca hiring

someone to kill Ms. Evans?”

Rebecca's eyes were full of doubt. If the Evans family hadn't heard about it yet, she figured they could leave it

out when they apologized. Maybe that would make the Evans less mad.

But Denzel knew what she was thinking. He gave her hand a gentle pat. “We can’t hide it forever. If we don’t say

it, someone else will. And if they hear it from someone else, they'll be even angrier.”

Rebecca kept silent. Denzel was right-the truth would cout eventually, and when it did, things might be just

as bad, if

not worse.

The car stopped in front of the Eveona Hotel. Both of them felt a knot in their stomachs, and neither wanted to

make the first move to get out.

Rebecca’s head dropped lower, her anxiety spiking. The hotel looked like a giant, menacing beast, making her

heart pound.

Then, she felt a warm hand on hers. Looking down, she saw Denzel’s hand gripping hers tight. Her nerves settled

a little, and she looked up at him. He met her gaze, his eyes calm and reassuring.

They locked eyes, and both nodded, like they were promising each other they'd get through this together.

Denzel took a deep breath to steady himself, then let go of Rebecca’s hand, opened the car door, and stepped

out,

Rebecca jumped out of the car right after Denzel. They rushed into the hotel and asked the receptionist about

Edward and Quinita, only to know that they'd left over ten minutes ago and were supposed to be back later.

They breathed a sigh of relief, but their worry quickly returned. They glanced around the lobby, remembering the

last tthey'd waited here with Bianca. It felt like déja vu-being in the sspot again.

This time, it was just Denzel and Rebecca. They both sat on the lobby sofa, feeling a swirl of emotions they

couldn't quite put into words.

Meanwhile, Edward and his wife had just pulled up to the school gate. They noticed two cars parked ahead with

familiar license plates.

As they wondered who it could be, they saw someone step out of the car. On closer look, they realized it was

Holden. Edward was about to say something when he saw Holden walking up to the front car and tapping on the

window. “Javier, | know it’s you. Stop hiding.” Holden called out.

The window rolled down halfway, and Holden's eyes widened in surprise when he saw who was in the passenger

seat. “Yehoshua? You're here too?” he blurted out, clearly stunned.

Yehoshua, with his military background, didn’t mince words. “You can show up uninvited, but we can’t?” His

voice was sharp

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and serious, making Holden stop in his tracks.

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Holden knew better than to mess with Yehoshua. Even though Yehoshua was only two years older, his fighting

skills were top-notch. Getting on his bad side could be just as bad as crossing Fabian.