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.

taking a moment to calm herself before looking back at

lowered her voice, almost whispering. "I

wanted you to think about how you'd feel if something

do whatever you wanted, right?" Keira cut in, her voice

paused, then

make one thing perfectly clear: my mom is off-limits. Whatever you want from me, don't you dare use her to try and

message, too. I'm not afraid of anyone, but if anyone tries to hurt my mom, I'll hunt them down to the

hard

had no

brief moment, had looked like a completely

wasn't done

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 we at least agree

her mother's safety

exactly are you asking me to do?" Keira

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

it someone from the

families, and Selena had been linked to them, even pretending to have access

rolled her eyes. "Nope,

Lewis, who said, "She's marrying into

"The Cobb family?"

Keira looked confused.

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

that's why Mrs. Gill runs the household.

given Keira a hard time. It

thought it was because Mr. Gill doted on

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