Ready to Rule: The Real Heiress Strikes Back novel Chapter 167

Rose dropped to her knees, bowing over and over until her forehead turned red and started to bleed.

In Kylie’s eyes, Rose just fell back on her old act, putting on a pitiful show for sympathy. She scoffed. “Seriously? You think that’s still going to work on me?”

“Kylie, I… I asked you about Lydia. I asked what she meant to you, but you never told me she was your real daughter. If you’d told me the truth, we never would’ve touched her.”

“Oh, so now this is my fault?”

“No, no, that’s not what I mean, Kylie. I thought she was just your goddaughter. I was scared she’d kick Henry out, scared she’d find out about the dumb things we did at the company, so I just… I lost my head. I’m sorry, Kylie. I really am. I’ve let you down.”

In the past, all Rose had to do was cry in front of Kylie, and Kylie would always cave, no matter what it was about.

Kylie frowned. “When did I ever say Lydia was my goddaughter?”

Rose froze on the spot.

She stared at Kylie and Lydia for what felt like forever. Suddenly, it clicked. She and Parker had totally fallen for Lucinda’s trap.

No one on the outside knew Lucinda wasn’t actually the Norwoods’ biological daughter. Even earlier at the Norwood house, Lucinda never mentioned it, not even once.

Lucinda did it on purpose. She set them up. But why?

“It was Lucinda, Kylie! She told me Lydia was your goddaughter and made me promise not to tell anyone. She misled us, and that’s why we panicked and did what we did. If I’d known Lydia was really your daughter, I never would’ve done that.”

But none of that mattered now. It was too late.

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