Chapter 405

Author's pov Maggie let out a bitter laugh that cut through the silence of the ballroom. "Am I making this up ?"Her voice shook with anger she could barely control. "This whole spectacle was planned just to humiliate me, wasn't it ?" The tension in the room was thick enough to choke on. Everyone else seemed frozen, watching the scene unfold like a high-stakes power play. "I pretended not to know. I tried to protect your reputation,"she said, her eyes locked on Zane. "And how did you repay me ? You plotted behind my back, knowing I had no power to fight you !" She threw out a hand toward Cecilia, who stood still beside Alpha Sebastian. Alpha Sebastian moved a little, his shoulders straight and tense, his whole posture making it clear that Cecilia was under his protection. "You're so shameless,"Maggie's voice rose. "You talk about the ‘true Locke heiress' right in front of me ! So my children mean less than some stranger's bastard ?" A low growl came from Alpha Sebastian's chest, quiet b