NovelOnlineAurelia laughed, her chuckle light and faintly derisive, "No need to stir the pot here. Lana's heart is purer than yours could ever hope to be. And Leopold? He's genuinely smitten with her. As for me, | never graze on pastures I've left behind. I'm not going back. I'll be in Lana's corner, helping her knock you off your high horse." "You're mad, absolutely mad." Megan spat out, fury etching her features. Was Aurelia really going to stand against her till the bitter end? Leaning back comfortably in her chair, Aurelia took a delicate sip of her coffee and said, "There's something you might not know.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtWhen | divorced Leopold, | had just one condition only a woman who has no desire for children can become the matriarch of the Stirling family. | foresaw your vile intentions. You'd undoubtedly be eager to bear a child, to replace Kane as the heir." Her gaze fixed on Megan, Aurelia's smile was sardonic, "Sorry to burst your bubble, but you'll never be the matriarch, and your son will never be the heir. Lana's already had a sterilization procedure. If anything were to happen to me or Kane, Leopold would cast you aside in a heartbeat and elevate Lana to the matriarch of the Stirling family." Megan felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She had thought she held all the cards, only to find she was the fool, outplayed at every turn.
Lana was ruthless. To dethrone her, she had gone as far as sterilization.
"You've been duped, Aurelia. | refuse to believe she'd actually go through with that surgery.” Without an heir, what was the point of being the matriarch? Aurelia's smirk widened, "You think everyone's as power-hungry as you, eyeing the Stirling fortune. Lana's love for Leopold is the real deal. True love means sacrificing everything. That's why he can trust her completely.” Megan's face fluctuated between shades of anger and defeat. She felt like she had just been hit with a magic strike. If she couldn't be the matriarch and her son couldn't be the heir, what was the point of all her schemes? She couldn't stand the thought of anyone else's child becoming the heir. She wasn't that magnanimous. Her heart was so small it couldn't even hold a grain of sand.
Every rival had to be eliminated. Only she could stand by Leopold's side, only her children could inherit. All bastards should be erased.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmTanya approached, taking a seat next to Megan.
"Megan, you should rest more at home, especially now that you're expecting. Long travels aren't suitable for you." Megan pursed her lips, "How can | rest when Leopold is gallivanting with another woman? Staying home alone is worse than torture." Tanya patted her hand gently, her voice filled with earnest advice, "These girls are all ravishing and delicate. Leopold can't bear to part with any of them. You need to be more gracious and set an example as Stirling's matriarch. Only then will Leopold trust you to manage the household.” Aurelia could not detect a hint of malice in Tanya's demeanor. If her suspicions were correct, Megan was a pawn handpicked by Tanya herself.
Leopold had been indifferent to women before, with Megan being his only girlfriend. After he thought Megan was dead, he hadn't sought the company of another.
To everyone, Megan was his lost love, the one he pined for endlessly. Tanya must have thought the same and thus invested so much in Megan, positioning her by Leopold's side.
But she forgot that the Stirling men were fickle, turning on a dime, changing their hearts faster than they change their faces.
And Leopold wasn't like Chad, driven by lust. To him, the family's interests were paramount. Women? They were mere accessories.
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