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.

lowered her gaze, taking a moment to calm herself before looking back at

lowered her voice, almost whispering. "I wasn't

"I just wanted you to think about how you'd feel if

then I'd do whatever you wanted, right?" Keira

paused, then

off-limits. Whatever you want from me,

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 hunt them down to the ends of the

hard and

had no

moment, had looked like a completely different person—someone

wasn't

cautiously, she ventured, "Look, 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

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

asking me to do?" Keira

cleared her throat and then asked, "Do you know who

"Isn't it someone from the Gill

had been linked to them,

her eyes. "Nope, not

Lewis, who said, "She's marrying

"The Cobb family?"

Keira looked confused.

most people don't know much about them. They're not in business, which is why they aren't counted among Clance's

Mrs. Gill runs

Keira a hard time.

Gill doted on his wife. As