Chapter 4 Second daughter

Ruby knew that the subject she was about to bring up would anger everyone , but at that point, she no longer cared. soon, she would be returning to the country where she lived and leaving everything behind.

" Do you not like your own daughter, but take care of another family's child instead? why is that? is Lacey also your blood?"

That question dropped like a bomb in the room , leaving everyone surprised and in a deadly silence. Lacey frowned. She didn't expect Ruby's temper to be so bad, to the point of expressing that subject in that way. she was only trying to help the matter , but she was dragged into the middle of that confusion.

Her father and stepmother exchanged glances. They were pale in front of that question , as if their disguise had been uncovered. Ruby's grandfather breathed hastily a few times before answering his granddaughter.

" Whether she is or isn't, that's none of your business. Don't try to change the subject,you need to marry into that family."

Ruby paid attention to everyone's reaction, and her doubt dissipated in that moment. seeing that, even that detail was the same as her dream, Lacey did indeed have the blood of the Hartwell family.

For that to be possible , her father betrayed her mother with Tilly, his first love, and her grandfather probably knew about that information, which is why he allowed her to enter the family with her daughter. And if everything was happening as in her dream, they trained her sister during those years to run the family business. But she didn't want to question why they did that , at that moment, Ruby only felt one thing; which was anger.

When her mother got married , their family had some recommendations . Hilda had a heart condition, and it wasn't advisable for her to get pregnant, even with twins, and the doctor recommended a legal abortion because she was at risk .

Hilda loved her husband very much and didn't want to give up on those two lives inside her ,so she went ahead with the pregnancy, defying all odds. After going through all the difficulties and giving birth, her condition worsened even more, and a few years later, she died from a heart attack.

Ruby's anger was about her father's actions. He betrayed her during her pregnancy ,sent her out of the country when she died, and took his mistress and their illegitimate child to save the family's finances. it disgusted her before she didn't think much about it because she still had a glimmer of hope in her family ,but that hope ended there.

"Well then ,who gets married is not my concern."

Ruby replied,mocking them.She stood up angrily and left,not even thinking about her suitcase . she was going to leave that house at that moment ,not wanting to spend another minute in that place.

"Ruby, where do you think you're going to ? someone stops her. She won't set foot outside this house until she's engaged."

Dalton barely gave that order when one of his employees appeared in a hurry to give a warning.

"Sir, someone from the Prescott family is on the property."

Everyone exchanged glances at that moment ,the same question echoing in their minds, but it was Weston who asked it.

" Who's the person outside?"

"He got out of the car and is in a wheelchair , i don't know his name, but we couldn't stop them from entering the property."

Is it someone from the Prescott family in a wheelchair? that person could only be WyattPrescott, Weston looked shocked at his father.

"Mr. Wyatt is here? unless it's him, no one in that family needs a wheelchair. "

Anger emerged even more visibly on the old man's face. A rare panic could be seen in his gaze. He had no idea what that man could want in his house since he hadn't scheduled anything for the engagement.

"Get up, and let's go to the door to greet him." He banged the table as he stood up.

Ruby didn't hear all the details of that conversation,only that someone from the Prescott family was arriving.She didn't care who it was and walked quickly towards the front door. She was going to take advantage of the situation to escape. she was disgusted with that last name and just wanted to go as far away from possible.

That was the initial plan, but when Ruby opened the door,she stopped in her tracks .There was a group of people blocking her path,and her eyes fell on the person who was just a few centimetres away from him. The man in the wheelchair.

The man appeared to be in his early thirties,and his black suit exuded a cold and striking personality. from his clothes to his gold framed glasses and wristwatch , everything screamed luxury.

That man was truly handsome, should be tall and slim,and even sitting in that chair,his presence did not diminish his grandeur. The four subordinates behind him gave her a commanding air , not of the furious type but majestic.

Ruby couldn't move forward,the presence that man had didn't let her continue, as she couldn't help but appreciate the beauty in front of her, and if she hadn't stopped in time, she might have even fallen into his lap.

Thinking about that possibility made most of Ruby's anger disappear ,maybe looking at handsome men somehow does good.the man in front didn't look away either,she placed her hand on the chair, making slight movements with her long fingers ,then one of the men behind him spoke.

"Are you Ruby Hartwell?"

Ruby shifted her scorching gaze from the man in front of her to look at that subordinate,even though she had heard that last name,she still didn't know exactly who that person in front of her was,or even, what they wanted in her house since it was clear that they were not invited, and she was unsure whether she should answer that question.