Betrayed I Upgraded to His Billionaire Brother novel Chapter 96

All these years, I’d tried to find it. But my time at the orphanage had been so brief–I couldn’t even recall that girl’s name.

When I went back once, the orphanage was gone.

I’d had no leads. I never expected it to find its way back to me like this.

Before I could fully process it, the necklace was suddenly snatched from my hand!

I nearly reached for it on instinct.

As a child, I hadn’t been able to fight back.

But I was grown now. I wanted to keep the only thing my parents had left me.

“Give that back!”

“Give it to you?” Zane frowned, studying my agitation. “This is something Mia has worn since she was a child. I can’t just give it to you.”

I forced myself to breathe. “This belongs to Amelia?”

“Yes.” He thought I was simply taken with the jewelry and offered me a piece of cod, explaining gently, “But there’s a charity auction in a few days. Come with me–you can bid on anything you like. Consider it my way of making things right, alright?”

My mind was spinning, fixed only on the necklace. I barely heard him, my eyes locked on the pendant: “Can I… look at it again?”

“Of course you can look.” He placed it back in my palm.

I took it, my fingertips unconsciously tracing the inner curve of the four–leaf clover, examining it closely.

My old name-*Jess*-was still there.

Dad had carved it himself.

This pendant held my parents‘ dearest hopes for me.

May Jess grow up safe and sound.

I was absolutely certain–this was mine. Not Amelia’s.

Amelia might even be the girl who’d bullied me at the orphanage.

She’d stolen my necklace as a child.

Now grown, she was not only stealing my husband, but also trying to take my job, my projects.

It seemed her whole life had been spent watching me, coveting what was mine!

I brushed my thumb over the engraved letters, then looked at Zane, a faint curve to my lips. “Her name was Jess, too?”

Zane’s eyes sharpened, his gaze intent. “Also?” Who else is named Jess?”

Jess wasn’t an uncommon name,

But the intensity in his stare put me on guard.

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Betrayed ? I Upgraded to His Billionaire Brother

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Chapter 96

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