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“Your Ring Looks Just Like My Mom’s.” The Little Girl Pointed at Victoria’s Rose-Shaped Heirloom in a Boston Hotel—But When She Whispered, “Does Yours Say Rosewood Inside Too?”, Victoria Realized the Stranger Selling Roses Was Carrying the Secret That Her Father Had Buried for 20 Years. / Chapter 4 / 10

Chapter 4 - HUNTED IN THE DARK

"Hide!" Emily hissed, shoving Lily toward the closet.

Victoria jumped to her feet as the lock snapped with a loud crack. The door swung open, revealing two men built like brick walls, clad in dark tailored coats.

Behind them stepped a man Victoria recognized instantly: Julian Vance, her father’s longtime attorney and current senior partner at Rosewood Global Enterprise.

Julian looked surprised for a fraction of a second before a cold, calculating smile spread across his face.

"Victoria," Julian said smoothly, stepping over the threshold. "What a tragic, unexpected turn of events. You were supposed to be on your way to the airport."

"Julian?" Victoria stood her ground, placing herself between the men and her sister. "What is the meaning of this? Why are you harassing my family?"

"Family?" Julian chuckled, pulling a pair of leather gloves onto his hands. "Your sister died twenty years ago, Victoria. That was the narrative your father agreed to, and that is the narrative that keeps two hundred million dollars in the proper bank accounts."

"He told me everything," Victoria spat. "The trust, the forgery, the threats. It's over, Julian. I'm taking my sister and her daughter to the hospital, and then I'm going directly to the District Attorney."

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At a family dinner, I stood up smiling and announced I was pregnant. The whole table went completely silent — then my mother-in-law suddenly let out a laugh and yelled: “She’s pretending to be pregnant just to milk money from us!” Before anyone could even react, she seized my hand and pushed me off the hotel rooftop to “prove” I was faking it. Broken and barely conscious, I came to in the hospital with my husband by my side, pale as a ghost and shaking. But the moment the doctor stepped in and opened his mouth, the words he said made the entire room freeze in utter disbelief and horror.

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Julian sighed, shaking his head with mock sadness. "I'm afraid you won't be doing that. You see, the thirty-fifth birthday deadline is tomorrow at midnight. If both Rosewood heiresses aren't alive to sign the trust transfer, the capital defaults to my investment firm."

Julian motioned to the two men behind him. "Make it look like a tragic apartment fire. An old space heater... terrible accident."

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