My coldhearted ex demands a remarriage

Chapter 1073:

Jacob gave her hand a gentle squeeze. “The results should be back by tomorrow. You’ve got to calm down, even if it’s hard. Family ties run deep. From what I’ve seen, Carrie doesn’t seem like the type to ignore someone in trouble. If she turns out to be part of our family, it’s probably the Morrison family blocking things. We can find a way to reach her directly…”

“You can see a person’s face, but that doesn’t mean you know what’s going on inside them. The times we’ve crossed paths with her were just over small, unimportant things. Whether she meant to be nice or was just acting, it didn’t carry much weight. If she calls us family now, she’s risking her own well-being. Is she really still as sincere and gentle as she once seemed to be?” Kelsey said.

There was no warmth left in Kelsey’s gaze as she talked about Carrie—only a sharp, unforgiving coldness.

Narrowing his gaze, Jacob took a quiet moment to think before reaching for the temperature-controlled kettle on the table.

After slowly filling a cup, he offered it to Kelsey and said with calm conviction, “If she didn’t have that bleeding heart of hers, this whole thing would be much simpler. Let’s be honest—who doesn’t love money? Especially someone who clawed their way up from nothing. Dangle the right amount, and I doubt she’d walk away from it.”

Leaning back slightly, he added, “Let the Morrison family parade her around all they want. It won’t change the facts. Luca already has a line of heirs—his children, his grandchildren. Reece alone stands out more than enough. Do you really think they’d hand over the family legacy to some outsider? She needs to look at the situation logically. If she’s willing to step in and save your life, we’ll put the entire Hinks family’s fortune in her hands. We’ve spent decades building it. We don’t need much. A peaceful retirement is more than enough. And besides…”

Though he left the rest unsaid, the glance he shared with Kelsey made the rest perfectly clear.

Years of effort had led to a quiet consolidation of power—Kelsey had funneled numerous business assets into Jacob’s name, even pulling in several high-earning projects originally belonging to the Hinks family. Growing up without the warmth of parental affection, Kelsey had clung to one constant in her life—Jacob. He was her only real family.

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She had never believed in putting blood above everything else. From the beginning, she’d protected herself from every angle—first from the Hinks family, then from the moment she learned her mother had other descendants out in the world. She prepared to defend what was hers from that so-called niece too.

Everything she had built, every deal struck and fortune earned—it wasn’t something she could hand over just because of some distant, faceless bond.noveldrama

Behind a thin wall, cloaked in shadows inside the nearby storage room, Alethea stood with a frozen expression. There was no mistaking the chill in her eyes.

Returning home today, she’d only meant to retrieve an old vase—one she hadn’t bothered locking away because it wasn’t worth much and had been collecting dust in the storage room.

Unexpectedly, the Hinks couple returned at this time and found an excuse to send away all the household staff.

Drawn in by their urgency, she slipped back into the storage room, deciding to eavesdrop and find out what secrets her adoptive parents were guarding so closely.

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