Ready to Rule: The Real Heiress Strikes Back novel Chapter 736

“You shut your mouth!” Mandy snapped, her voice trembling with anger and fear. Jackson was so close to his promotion. He had warned them over and over not to mess anything up. Tonight had already spiraled out of control, and there was no way she could let Jackson get dragged into this too.

Her eyes scanned the room and landed on Lydia. This was all because of her. Only now did Mandy realize that everything Connor had done tonight was for Lydia. “What’s going on between you and Connor? Why is he helping you?”

Lydia’s name had never come up in the Capital before. It was only this summer that she’d made headlines as the top scorer in the national exams. How could some college student from the countryside be connected to Connor?

Lydia met her gaze with a calm defiance. “You don’t deserve to know.”

She wasn’t about to reveal that she was the real Norwood heiress. When the time came, everyone would know exactly how she and Connor were connected.

Connor, honestly, was dying to tell everyone that he was Lydia’s fiancé. If it weren’t for those snakes crawling around in the shadows of Southeast Asia, he probably would have. He needed to take care of them, and soon.

Byron spoke up again, his voice steady. “Mrs. Gibson, if you would.”

Mandy’s hands clenched so tightly her knuckles turned white. She glanced anxiously toward the front door, but there was still no sign of Benjamin.

“I’ll go to the station with you,” she said, “but not until my husband gets back.”

“If you’d like Mr. Gibson to come to the station with you now, that’s fine with us,” Byron replied, all official business.

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