Chapter 50

Reyna was startlingly honest. "With that much wealth, who wouldn't be tempted? I dream about it." "Then, why…" Theo was even more puzzled. "Because if I take it now, it's neither earned nor justified." Her voice dropped, carrying a sharp edge. She explained, "If I take it now, what does that make me? A long-lost daughter who happened to be found after years, riding on her grandpa's affection and her brother's protection, getting everything without lifting a finger. "Those people who came to watch me make a fool of myself today—what will they say? They'll just think I'm nothing more than a lucky, pretty face who's nothing without the Wood family." She stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the entire Jexford nightscape. She added, "Theo, I can't get back all those years of my life that I lost. But the things that belong to me... I want to take them back with my own hands, one by one, fair and square." Her words echoed in the quiet hallway. Every word radi