Chapter 516

Venice giggled, her voice dripping with smugness. "Of course! I already told my aunt—strike while the iron's hot. With Mia's... circumstances, if you pass up Aunt Lora Mathews's family, where else would you find such a good match?" Martha's face twisted with fury and panic. She couldn't bear to listen any longer. She never imagined Venice would move so quickly to sell Mia off—and in the dead of night. If she had returned even a moment later, the consequences would have been unthinkable. Without hesitation, Martha lunged forward, only for Willow to seize her arm. "Let me go, sister-in-law!" Martha sobbed, her voice breaking. "They’re selling Mia! I—I can’t let them take her! They’ll ruin her life!" Willow’s expression was icy. "Listen to me, sister-in-law. Do this instead." She leaned in and whispered urgently into Martha’s ear. Minutes later, Willow lifted her foot and slammed it against the wooden gate of Nate’s courtyard. The door, reinforced with metal sheets, rattled violently, the