Chapter 43

Owen stepped onto the stage. Dressed in a perfectly tailored suit and hair slicked back in a sharp style, his presence alone silenced the room. Every step he took radiated the calm authority of a man long accustomed to being at the top. "Thank you all for making time to attend my daughter's birthday celebration," he began smoothly. "My daughter, Abigail Parker, is the treasured jewel of the Parker family. She is the one and only heiress to our family… Our little princess." Gianna stood frozen in place. Her blood felt like it had turned into ice as she stared in disbelief at the man on stage. She knew him far too well. No. No, this couldn't be real. How? Were they truly the richest family? The actual Parker family? Didn't they just share a last name? How could they have kept this secret from her the entire time for 20 years? If she had known, she would never have chosen the Newman family! Aside from the Newman family, David was also in full-blown panic. He scrambled to crawl t