Chapter 3 - The Bloodline Trait
"She carries the Vance bloodline, Luca," Wendy Vance declared in a calm, icy tone that sent a terrifying chill through the room. She didn't even grant Jessi a glance as she locked her eyes onto her son. "You really thought you could run halfway across the country, change your name, and hide the heir to a three-billion-dollar empire in a public clinic?"
Jessi gasped, her eyes widening in utter disbelief as she stared at her husband of four years. The air in her lungs felt completely trapped.
"You said your family was dead..." Jessi said, her voice breathless and trembling uncontrollably. "You told me you were an orphan from Ohio, Luca! You swore to me you had nobody left in this world!"
Luca held Fiona even closer, his knuckles turning white against the cloud-patterned blanket, tears falling freely onto the baby's soft cheek. He looked up at his mother with desperate, fierce defiance.
"I won't let you touch my daughter, Mother," Luca whispered through gritted teeth. "She is not your heir. She is my child."
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Wendy chuckled softly, reaching into her luxury handbag to pull out a leather-bound document stamped with a gold seal. "We shall see about that, my dear boy."
👉 Read PART 4 to discover why Luca ran away from his family five years ago!
