My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

Erin looked over at Lewis and Keira. "Look, you and the first branch don't get along anyway. Just let Selena Horton go and let her and Jake Horton fight it out! It's got nothing to do with you.

"Selena's smart, and with her husband backing her up, maybe she can take some of the first branch's assets from Jake.

"Jake's been doing well lately, and yeah, he's on your side for now, but you don't really have to protect him, right? Besides, there's not that much bad blood between you two and Selena anyway. If you make peace with the Cobbs, it keeps our five families working together, doesn't it?"

Keira got what Erin was driving at.

So this whole thing was about her and Lewis letting Selena go… and Erin was afraid if they didn't, it would mess up the alliance between the families. That was why she started out by trying to scare Keira with something about her mom.

Keira was speechless.

She shot Erin a look. "Over something this small?"

Erin coughed awkwardly. "Well, I was worried you might get all righteous about Jake and refuse to let her go. Thought maybe I'd spook you a bit."

The idea was to tell Keira something had happened to her mom, then say if she didn't let Selena go, something really would happen. That way, Keira would have no choice but to agree.

But now Erin realized that her little trick had almost backfired, nearly making Keira angry.

Just thinking about how scary Keira had looked a moment ago sent a chill down Erin's spine.

Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to joke about her mom anymore.

While Erin was busy worrying about that, Keira turned to look at Lewis.

had rattled her

the five families was a big deal. She wasn't sure why, but if she didn't complete the task, she might not even be able to get into

tortured by the South family made her even more desperate to find

it was just

that wasn't such a bad

the kind of person who let stubbornness

phone rang. She

answered, "Nara,

still came out haltingly,

who wasted no time. "Miss Olsen,

Keira fell silent.

Cobbs already made

about to respond when Mrs. Gill sighed. "I just got word that all our business deals with

Her husband may be a distant relative of the Cobb family, but his skills have caught the Cobb patriarch's eye. So, would

Keira clenched her jaw.

looked over at Lewis, who frowned

said, "Okay, Mrs. Gill. I'd appreciate

Gill quickly replied, "It's no trouble. You should visit

"Of course."

turned to Lewis with a frown. "What's going on? Selena was convicted, right? Isn't releasing her illegal?

body after his murder, and Selena had been

be

Selena was already out… and her husband seemed to hold a grudge over

baffled. "If Selena had this kind of pull, why

just used them to fight for power in the Horton family. Even old Mrs. Horton would've