My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

Erin never expected Keira to react so strongly.

For a moment, she completely forgot what she was going to say and just stood there, staring at Keira in shock.

Keira's sharp eyes locked onto Erin, waiting for her to explain what had happened to her mom. When Erin didn't respond, Keira grew even more anxious. "Say something!"

Erin swallowed hard. "I…"

Before she could get another word out, Lewis walked over and said calmly, "Your mom's probably fine."

That finally seemed to calm Keira down a bit.

She turned to Lewis. "What did you just say?"

Lewis continued, "She said your mom was in trouble, but it was probably just a test. She didn't expect you to get this worked up."

Keira quickly looked back at Erin. "Is that true?"

Erin was on the verge of tears and nodded. "Yes, your mom's fine! Besides, the news I get from the South family only comes in once a month. Even if something really had happened, I wouldn't know about it yet!"

Keira's mind finally started to clear.

She took a deep breath and let go of Erin.

Erin immediately stepped back several paces, putting some distance between them. Her face still showed fear.

looking back

shaken, Erin lowered her voice, almost whispering. "I

a second before continuing, "I just wanted you to think about how you'd feel if something really did happen to your

wanted, right?" Keira cut

paused, then

eyes narrowed. "Let me make one thing perfectly clear: my mom is off-limits. Whatever you want

in contact with the other heiresses. Make sure they get this message, too. I'm not afraid of anyone, but if anyone tries to hurt my mom, I'll

hard and

no doubt

had looked like a completely different person—someone

wasn't done

if you really don't want your mom to suffer while she's living under the South family's control, there are only two ways out. Either you become the heiress, or you support me in becoming one. So, can we at least agree to… bend the rules

had been trying to use her mother's safety as leverage to make her do things she didn't want

exactly are you asking

cleared her throat and then asked,

someone from

were one of Clance's five major families, and Selena had been linked to them, even pretending to have access

rolled her eyes. "Nope, not the

over at Lewis, who said,

"The Cobb family?"

Keira looked confused.

much about them. They're not in business, which is why they aren't

Mrs. Gill runs

Nara, Mrs. Gill had given Keira a hard time. It was evident then that

it was because Mr. Gill doted on his wife.